🇧🇷 THE SECRET AGENT is the fifth Brazilian film to cross the $1M mark at the U.S. box office, joining a select group that includes I’M STILL HERE (2024), CITY OF GOD (2002), CENTRAL STATION (1998), and DONA FLOR AND HER TWO HUSBANDS (1976) 🇧🇷

Hear Carlos Gutiérrez, executive director of Cinema Tropical, accept the Leading Light Award at DOC NYC's Visionaries Tribute—on community, accountability, and documentary cinema today

We’re excited to announce the six nominees for the Cinema Tropical Award for Best U.S. Latinx Film of the Year! www.cinematropical.com/awards16

Obama picks Brazil's THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho as one of his favorites of the year

Cinema Tropical has revealed the 25 standout Latin American films of the year for the 16th Annual Cinema Tropical Awards! Winners in major categories will be announced January 7, 2026 at Film at Lincoln Center in New York City

Warner Bros. unveils the first poster for DIGGER, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest film, starring Tom Cruise and set to premiere in fall 2026

Berlinale announces three Latin American films—from Brazil and Mexico—in first slate for 2026 edition

Brazil made a strong showing on the 98th Oscars shortlists: four Brazilian films and a Brazilian cinematographer advance to the next round

Two Brazilian films and one Argentine move closer to the Oscars: APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS, BELÉN, and THE SECRET AGENT, all make the 98th Academy Awards shortlists

Film at Lincoln Center presents 'THE SECRET AGENT Network,' a weeklong series of nine films curated by Kleber Mendonça Filho. January 7—13, 2026 in New York City

Edward James Olmos memorably portrayed Abraham Quintanilla Jr. in Gregory Nava’s SELENA (1997). Selena’s father died today at the age of 86.

In memoriam: Legendary Argentine actor Héctor Alterio (1929—2025).

Explore the Latinx and Latin American Selection at Sundance 2026

The Hollywood Reporter en Español escoge sus películas favoritas en español del año!

For Your Consideration: Meet this year's 15 Latin American Academy Awards contenders for Best International Feature

Mexico’s Oscars entry WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED / NO NOS MOVERÁN, by Pierre Saint Martin, has been named one of the year’s Best International Features by the New York Film Critics Online

Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho has nabbed Hollywood's attention. His film THE SECRET AGENT was just nominated for several Golden Globes and seems to be on a glide path to Oscar glory like last year's Brazilian film I'M STILL HERE

Hammer to Nail interviews director Colette Ghunim of Mexican and Palestine descend, on her debut feature film TRACES OF HOME, which won the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Competition at @docnycfest.bsky.social

Latin American talent shines at the 83rd Golden Globes: Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN and Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE SECRET AGENT score big, Wagner Moura makes history, and Benicio del Toro earns recognition

The Brazilian documentary APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS by Petra Costa and the short film LOOKING FOR A DONKEY by Venezuelan director Juan Vicente Manrique take home IDA Awards

Cinco razones para ver NO NOS MOVERÁN, recomienda Animal Político. La candidata mexicana a los #Oscars se exhibe actualmente en el Cinema Village en Nueva York y se estrena pronto en el Teatro Roxie en San Francisco!

Three Latin American films have scored Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations!

Historic win! Wagner Moura is the first Latin American Best Actor by the New York Film Critics Circle, and THE SECRET AGENT is named Best International Film. Parabéns, Wagner and Kleber!

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE SECRET AGENT makes history with the biggest U.S. debut ever for a Brazilian film, earning a whopping $35K per-theater average at Film at Lincoln Center and the Angelika Film Center in New York City. A NEON release.

Tonatiuh (KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN), Benicio del Toro (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER), Kleber Mendonça Filho and Wagner Moura (THE SECRET AGENT) vie for this year’s Gotham Awards

“‘A scorching chamber piece about the country’s unhealed wounds" (Variety). Mexico’s #Oscars entry WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED / NO NOS MOVERÁN, Pierre Saint Martin’s acclaimed debut starring Luisa Huertas, is now playing at Cinema Village in NYC

Friends in Washington DC, join us for the 14th Annual GALA Film Festival, December 3—7, featuring films from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Latino USA and special guests!

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE SECRET AGENT begins its U.S. theatrical run after its Cannes triumph as Brazil’s Oscar entry. Opens 11/26 in NYC, 12/5 in LA, followed by other cities

TRACES OF HOME, Colette Ghunim’s debut feature exploring Mexican and Palestinian roots, wins the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Competition at @docnycfest.bsky.social

New Yorkers! Don’t miss this special sneak preview of the Cannes-winning A POET by Simón Mesa Soto—Colombia’s official Oscar submission for Best International Feature. Join us on Sunday, December 7 at 3pm at @movingimagenyc.bsky.social

In Memoriam: Udo Kier (1944—2025) and his remarkable Latin American roles cinematropical.com/cinema-tropi...

Happening tonight at 7pm at @uniondocs.bsky.social! Join us for an unmissable conversation with filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz, moderated by Lucila Moctezuma, as part of his month-long retrospective uniondocs.org/event/betwee...

"A film of striking intimacy and cinematic elegance" (Rolling Stone). Don’t miss HARVEST SEASON—an intimate portrait of the Latino workers behind California’s #wine industry—Fri, Nov 21 at Maysles Cinema, followed by Q&A with director Bernardo Ruiz and Monika Navarro

Carlos A. Gutiérrez of CinemaTropical and filmmaker Michèle Stephenson honored at @docnycfest.bsky.social Visionaries Tribute www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropi...

BAD HAIR returns to the big screen for one night at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social! "Bold and intelligently perceptive. Provocative and gripping" (IndieWire), the beloved Venezuelan film by Mariana Rondón screens Thursday, November 20. Don't miss it! mailchi.mp/cinematropic...

BAD HAIR / PELO MALO screens Thursday, November 20 at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social. A tender portrait of a boy, his curls, and a mother’s fear. Mariana Rondón’s Golden Shell–winning film explores race, gender & coming of age in Venezuela www.cinematropical.com/new-events/b...

Join us for a FREE screening of THE INFINITE RACE, a portrait of the Rarámuri people of Chihuahua, Mexico—the runners who inspired the ultra-running craze. Mon 11/10 at CUNY Graduate Center presented by @claclsgc.bsky.social, followed by a Q&A w/ director Bernardo Ruiz RSVP: clacls.gc.cuny.edu/race/

Mexico’s official Oscars entry WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED / NO NOS MOVERÁN, the debut feature by Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos starring Luisa Huertas, hits U.S. theaters this November via Cinema Tropical

VIRIDIANA, the Palme d’Or–winning masterpiece by Spanish-born Mexican director Luis Buñuel and starring Silvia Pinal, returns to theaters in a new 4K restoration starting November 14 at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social. A Janus Films release. Watch the trailer!

Mexican director Diego Toussaint’s debut NO, GRACIAS, YA NO FUMO tops the Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City, taking home Best Narrative Film

Filmmaker Michèle Stephenson and Carlos A. Gutiérrez, director of @cinematropical.com, will be honored at the 12th @docnycfest.bsky.social Visionaries Tribute. Stephenson & Joe Brewster receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, Gutiérrez gets the Leading Light Award

Colette Ghunim’s TRACES OF HOME, a journey through her Mexican and Palestinian roots, will world premiere next week in the U.S. Competition at @docnycfest.bsky.social

Don’t miss the North American premiere of PLEBEIAN ULYSSES / ULYSSES PLEBEYO by Argentine director César González, a bold, dialogue-free kaleidoscope of life on society’s margins. Wed, Nov 19, 7pm at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social. Part of 'Lost & Found.' cinematropical.com/new-events/l...

@nymag.com says "See REPORTERO" at @dctvny.bsky.social's Firehouse Cinema! “A testament to the power—and the terrible price—of maintaining a free press.” Screening this Wed, Nov 5 w/ director Bernardo Ruiz and Joel Simon, CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism dctvny.org/s/firehousec...

Tonight we kick off "Between Borders and Voices: The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz at Museum of the Moving Image in NYC with EL EQUIPO—a powerful doc on Argentina’s legendary forensic team and their global fight for truth and justice. Q&A+Reception to follow! Tix: movingimage.org/event/el-equ...

"Between Borders and Voices: The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz" multi-venue New York City retrospective announced via @broadwayworld.com

Join us this Saturday, November 1, 6:30pm at @movingimagenyc.bsky.social for the kickoff of "Between Borders and Voices: The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz"—featuring a special screening of EL EQUIPO, followed by a Q&A with the director and guests. Tix and more info: movingimage.org/event/el-equ...

"Between Borders and Voices: The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz," November 2025 in New York City, presented by Color Congress, through its Elev8Docs Marketing Initiative, and Cinema Tropical www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropi...

¿Está el cine en crisis? Más que una falta de historias, lo que enfrentamos es el colapso de modelos caducos que se resisten a cambiar. Alexandra Galvis reflexiona sobre los retos de la industria y la urgencia de repensar el futuro del cine latinoamericano. cinematropical.com/cinema-tropi...

Imaginario propio y vacío. El realizador y actor Vladimir Durán abre una reflexión sobre los desafíos de construir imaginarios auténticos, el lugar de la crítica y la necesidad de asumir riesgos en la creación