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- An 11-year-old and her mother are separated as the try to eke out a life on Nicaragua's largest landfill.
- When Alan's wife flakes on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, he's joined by his all too eager brother-in-law Mike on a trip to Nicaragua's 'Mercado Village,' a hipster resort for American tourists. As the two settle in, they meet Barbara, an American ex-pat who co-founded Mercado Village years earlier as a utopian haven for artists and free spirits. As Alan's relationship with Barbara evolves, his friendship with Mike takes an unexpected turn.
- Amanda convinces her friend to go on a blind date instead of her. The pair hit it off unexpectedly but things get complicated when Amanda decides that she wants him back.
- An emerging crisis in one of the last remaining rainforests in Central America ignites a heroic mission in PATROL. When illegal cattle ranchers decimate large swaths of rainforest, indigenous rangers join forces with an American conservationist and undercover journalists to expose the dark world of conflict beef.
- LAS SANDINISTAS. uncovers a watershed moment in history when a group of Nicaraguan women shattered barriers to lead rebel troops in battle and reshape their country with landmark social reforms during 1979's Sandinista Revolution and the ensuing US-backed Contra War - only to face renewed marginalization by their male peers once the wars ended. Now, 35 years later, amid the worst levels of violence against women in Nicaraguan history, these same women take to the streets to lead the popular movements for equality and democracy once again.
- Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open a staging area by the boy's hamlet. Alsino tries to be a child, climbing trees with a girl, looking through his grandfather's trunk of mementos and trying to fly; he goes to town to sell a saddle, has his first drink and is taken to a brothel. But the war surrounds him. The US advisor takes Alsino on a chopper flight, but he's unimpressed. The soldiers' cruelties awake rebel sympathies in Alsino, and after an army assault backfires, the lad is fully baptized into the conflict.
- Ecotourist couples visiting the 500 year old Colonial City in Nicaragua check into the wrong hotel.
- This is the story of Yuma a strong-willed and rebellious girl from the poor neighborhoods of Managua who dreams of being a boxer.
- Anything can happen to Nicaragua's youth. Here's a tiny preview of their realities, their dreams and experiences. Everything was built from real Nicaraguan young men and women.
- All over the world, love stories are written on the screens of mobile phones, but what happens when your privacy becomes public?
- Having lived only twenty years, they are sentenced to another thirty in prison. The Island of Lost Children is the story of ten young inmates who participate in a video course inside the largest prison in Nicaragua.
- Exploring the steps necessary to save and understand cultural heritage that has been long forgotten in rural Nicaragua.
- After a love prayer gone wrong, two best friends desperate for love run against time to get their men back after an unexpected switch happened.
- Three teenage firefighters in a small, rural city in Nicaragua decide to break the mundanity of their everyday lives by starting their own emergencies. After one of their fires gets out of hand and the higher-ups begin to suspect foul play, they realize they're in way over their heads.
- Direct and painful portrait of Palosmas, a marginal neighborhood in northen Nicaragua. The ?hell where lives are enclosed and tells us stories that reborn the value and dignity of the human beeings.
- Sandra Arana lived in comfort and affluence in beloved Nicaragua. In 1979, the Sandinistas radically changed her homeland. The uncertainties of the post-revolutionary period forced her and her children to flee. In dealing with the hardships associated with living in a new land, she must recreate herself.
- Interviews with key military woman guerrilla leaders, and young girls and old women who took part baring arms or making artisanal bombs, against the regime of General Somoza.
- Several students from Marin County California went on a journey to work with children in a neighborhood commonly referred to as the most dangerous in Managua.
- A personal look at a young woman discovering her Nicaraguan heritage.
- In this political thriller, Reynaldo, a young dancer from a resort area on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, deserts his career to join his nation's fight against the American-backed Contras. Wartime footage is interspersed with dance scenes, including one notable break-dancing demonstration at a discotheque. Despite its heavy political theme, this Spanish-language war drama also features a romantic subplot.
- Two childhood friends from a small village in the north of Nicaragua briefly reunite one day in the city. One, a University student, and the other, a dropout, have a slight misunderstanding regarding a motorcycle, which leads to some petty drama in their similarly uneventful day-to-day lives.
- An sensory exploration of Nicaragua's pirate cinema industry.
- The lives of Nicaraguan exiled students in Costa Rica.
- Sixteen female sex workers have been named judicial aides by Nicaragua's Supreme Court to facilitate the resolution of conflicts that come up in their work. It is the first time in the world that sex workers have had access to this function. The film accompanies some of these women in their mediation work and in the actions they promote through their association, Girasoles (Sunflowers) of Nicaragua, to gain recognition and regulations for autonomous sex work.
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- Vietnam veteran S. Brian Willson pays the price for peace by calling attention to the US government's defiance of international law through endless illegal wars.
- When Rosa came to this place the earthquake had just happened and the building was one enormous ruin. People say it was a cinema, but Rosa, who has lived here for many years, has never seen a film in her life. So many things happen in "Cinema Alcazar" that it's all Rosa can do to keep up.
- A rural community called Loma Verde will be shock while their residents worked through domestic struggles and family life, facing the secrets, crimes and mysteries hidden behind the doors.
- Gloria's parents are revolutionary Sandinistas, fighting to liberate Nicaragua from dictatorship. In 1979, they finally succeed, plunging the nation into civil war. Living life on the front line, the greater good forever takes centre stage. But what about young Gloria? Now an adult, her reflections pave the way for searing debates regarding torture, tragedy and the importance of parental love.
- A man must find his girlfriends puppy in order to save the relationship.
- Extreme poverty has plagued the hardworking families living in Leon, Nicaragua, for many years. The majority of the families effected by the poverty live in 'settlements' on the outskirts of the city. Each morning, members of the settlement travel to the heart of the city selling baked goods, clothing, and newspapers to provide for their families. Every night they return to their homes made of plastic tarps, rotting wood or, if they are lucky enough, sheet metal. Michelle Chavez is a member of Techo, an organization that believes adequate housing is the first step towards self-reliance. Upon searching these settlements she finds a family of three living in a house that has to be evacuated every time it rains.
- A visionary women's rights group working to end sexual violence at home, in bed and in the streets through their powerful blend of TV drama and grassroots organizing.
- Jessica's world is drastically rattled when her mother decides to take her back to Nicaragua. Richie appears. A charming man that seduces, deceives and blackmails her to enter the world of commercial sexual exploitation.
- ShortYear 2057. The survivors of the climate catastrophe, unable to face guilt, take refuge in virtual simulations that recreate the lost paradise that once was Earth. Sooner or later, the users of the simulation end up losing touch with a collapsing reality.
- Saul wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the courage. He enlists to participate in the popular reality show "El Panel del Suicidio" so they can help him end his pathetic life.