Costa Rica Movies

Juan Morales and his family tell us about the struggle of the artisanal miner from Abangares, popularly called Coligallero.

A heartwarming story about a soccer team from an orphanage, who want to win a championship to be able to fix their home

What motivates a cock-fighter to fight a rooster he loves? In Costa Rica, cockfighting is considered a crime and has been banned for 99 years. A...

The situation at the Wholesale Market is complicated. Leiner’s boss doesn’t show up, and there’s no one to open the banana stand...

In this one-hour special, Gordon investigates the history, culture and controversy surrounding the shark fishing industry. Each year, nearly 100...

Liliana Lericci migrated with her family to a small town in an indigenous region in the middle of the Costa Rican mountains. They created a united...

Images of the transfer of power between Presidents Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno and Alfredo González Flores. Don Ricardo Jiménez...

A modern dancer must learn to juggle love, family, and her career while she auditions for a prestigious foreign dance company.

A group of students live together in an apartment while the "Semana U" (University Week) takes place at the University of Costa Rica—a time for...

This documentary tells the story of eight characters who narrate how they escaped and fled their country

A young New Yorker finds herself caught between her longing to honor her late mother's love for Christmas and her grandfather's deep-seated aversion...

A 12 year-old girl finds friendship on an internet chat room with a 14 year-old boy without realizing that the boy is actually an older man who is...

María Finojosa, wife of Spanish settler Juan de Cervantes, tunes into the fragile memory of the exact moment when her husband became obsessed...

Andrea, her daughter Alex and her fish are moving out of the city. Andrea wants to brings them together despite the tensions, Alex does not speak,...

Based on true events, is the first christian movie filmed in Costa Rica. Katherine, a young girl was abused in childhood, her life was perturbate...

Carlos, a married man with two daughters, dares to reveal his true sexual identity to his family; Ale, a trans woman manages to finally reconcile...

In the midst of the civil war of 1948 in Costa Rica, after the disappearance of her parents, a young girl finds shelter in the arms of a creature...

Francisco Coto was born in Alajuela in July 1924. A century later, he recalls some of his photographs in the studio he founded decades ago....