Nicaragua Movies

First sandinist noticiero

A queer performance for transforming violence into healing. A traditional dance and its costumes to counter colonial legacies. A peaceful ritual for...

A documentary about Monimbo, a town in Nicaragua.

Contrapeso is about a man struggling to uphold the meaningless construction of his life and whom through a mystical event, breaks the barrier...

Lina wants to become an animal and is willing to try it. Eduardo wants to tame her but can't. Primal Force explores the limits of a couple unable to...

La Paz del Futuro is a film about the personal, political and artistic journey of Janet Pavone, an American muralist who joined the Sandinista...

A family is torn apart by the conflict in Nicaragua, leaving brother fighting brother and illustrating religious manipulation, male chauvinism and...

In the single-channel video performance Torita-encuetada (2023), Elyla engages in an anticolonial ceremony that evokes liberation from oppression...

Italian priest Odorico D'Andrea arrived in Nicaragua in 1953 as a missionary of the Franciscan order; his life changed forever the small town of San...

Looking for a few reasons why you should visit Nicaragua? Considering the country's two incredible coastlines, almost 20 volcanoes, lively colonial...

The award-winning writer Claribel Alegría tells the story of her life, her influence in a new generation of poets and prizes like Premio Reina...

Considered to be the first Nicaraguan film.

On a trip to Waslala to visit her mother María Eufemia, Amanda seeks to reconnect with the territory that belongs to her and was taken from...

12-year-old Edelsin Linette Mendez illuminates the consequences of climate change on the coffee market, her community's traditional source of...

A film tribute to the founder of the FSLN: Carlos Fonseca Amador.

This feature documentary gives voice to the Creole people from Nicaragua and Costa Rica who have lived in resistance to colonialism, and now struggle...

A short documentary, inspired by Eduardo Galeano: a short trip in rhythms, sounds and atmospheres in a cuban cigar factory in Estelí,...

Shot over the course of seven years Clean Hands documents the human drama, personal struggle, innocence, and salvation of one family in Nicaragua...