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

Peru selects Indigenous drama KINRA by Marco Panatonic as official #Oscars candidate

The 63rd New York Film Festival is in full swing—don’t miss this year’s Latin American selections!

Mexico picks WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED / NO NOS MOVERÁN, Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos’ debut feature, for the #Oscars international feature race

Hispanic Heritage Month 2025 is in full swing! Check out the U.S. Latinx and Latin American film festivals happening this month

Colombia selects Cannes' Un Certain Regard Jury Prize winner A POET by Simón Mesa Soto as its contender for Best International Feature #Oscars 🇨🇴

Brazil keeps its Oscars momentum: the country submits Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE SECRET AGENT for Best International Film, following Brazil’s first-ever win this year with Walter Salles’ I’M STILL HERE

Karla Badillo’s Buñuelian feature debut OCA, starring Natalia Solián, Cecilia Suárez and Leonardo Ortizgris, world premieres at the Toronto Film Festival #TIFF50

Chile is going after its second Oscar for Best International Feature with Cannes winner THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO, the debut feature by Diego Céspedes

The Dominican Republic has become the first Latin American country to select its Oscar candidate, announcing Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias’ PEPE

La cineasta argentina Lucrecia Martel presenta en el Festival de Venecia el documental NUESTRA TIERRA, que parte del asesinato del líder indígena Javier Chocobar para cuestionar los relatos históricos

Join us Wednesday, September 17 at 7pm at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social for CIDADE; CAMPO, Juliana Rojas’s (GOOD MANNERS) acclaimed new film, winner of Berlinale’s Best Director Award. A lyrical double portrait of women navigating loss, migration & memory

People unveils the first look at the remake of THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, the English-language debut of Mexican filmmaker Michelle Garza Cervera, premiering October 22 on Hulu

Brazil and Mexico screen THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho and THE RESERVE by Pablo Pérez Lombardini at Telluride

OCA, the debut feature by Mexican writer-director Karla Badillo starring Natalia Solián and Cecilia Suárez, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival #TIFF25

Mark your calendars! On Wednesday, September 24, we’ll be at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) @bambrooklyn.bsky.social celebrating the 10th anniversary of IXCANUL, the brilliant debut by acclaimed Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante (LA LLORONA)

Entrevista de Rodrigo Prieto, Alejandro González Iñarritu, y Guillermo del Toro sobre PEDRO PÁRAMO www.youtube.com/watch?v=75x-...

The Argentine film EL FUTURO PERFECTO screens this Wednesday, August 27 at the Goethe-Institut New York City followed by a Q&A with director Nele Wohlatz: goethe.de/prj/gfo/en/k...

PBS’ ‘POV’ to Launch ‘The Age of Water’ During Environmental Awareness Month. @cinematropical.com Full article: 1tak.ee/40ti #AgeofWaterDocumentary #IsabelAlcántaraAtalaya #AlfredoAlcántara #AgeofWaterPBS #PBS #PBSPOV #DocumentaryFilms #FilmNews #1TakeNews

Dive into THE AGE OF WATER, by sibling directors Isabel and Alfredo Alcántara. Premieres Monday, September 8 on #PBS POV #AgeofWaterPBS

"The sexiest movie at Cannes” (Vanity Fair) is coming to New York City and Los Angeles this summer: Karim Aïnouz’s MOTEL DESTINO. Opens Friday, August 29 at the IFC Center and the Laemmle Glendale. A Strand Releasing release.

Director Kleber Mendonça Filho and actor Wagner Moura with President Lula and First Lady Janja after a special screening of THE SECRET AGENT at the Palácio da Alvorada

The New York Film Festival unveils five South American films—from Argentina and Colombia—for its Currents section #NYFF63

Despite its vibrancy, Latin American cinema remains marginalized in New York City. @nicopsetzer.bsky.social asks why in this sharp piece for @screenslate.bsky.social

In memoriam: Grammy Award-winning, trailblazing Latino musician Eddie Palmieri (1936–2025). He and his salsa orchestra are featured in Spike Lee’s latest film HIGHEST 2 LOWEST, opening August 15, and make a brief cameo in the teaser trailer

Lucrecia Martel, Kleber Mendonça Filho, and Milagros Mumenthaler join New York Film Festival Main Slate

In memoriam: Leonardo 'Flaco' Jiménez (1939—2025). The Tejano musician was featured in the 1976 documentary CHULAS FRONTERAS by Les Blank.

Celebrating 50 years of the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC): A pillar of Mexican cinema

Peruvian Film PUNKU by J.D. Fernández Molero takes the Grand Prix for Best Film at the New Horizons Film Festival in Poland

Guillermo del Toro and George Lucas shared the stage at #SDCC2025 for a rare, moving conversation on storytelling, fantasy, and the power of popular art. The occasion: unveiling the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, opening 2026 in LA #ComicCon

At the end of the world, small things matter. Read Natalia Hernández Moreno's TropicalFRONT interview with José Luis Torres Leiva on WHEN CLOUDS HIDE THE SHADOW. The film has its US Premiere at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social in NYC this Wednesday, July 30

Colombian indie producers on the verge of a nervous breakdown? reports Variety from Bogotá

US Premiere of WHEN CLOUDS HIDE THE SHADOW by Chilean director José Luis Torres Leiva. Wednesday, July 30, 7pm at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social as part of our series 'Lost & Found.' Tix and more info:

In memoriam: Jean-Claude Bernardet, towering critic and thinker of Brazilian cinema (1936—2025)