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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- All over the world, love stories are written on the screens of mobile phones, but what happens when your privacy becomes public?
- 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.
- This is the story of Yuma a strong-willed and rebellious girl from the poor neighborhoods of Managua who dreams of being a boxer.
- 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.
- 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 Rafael del Norte and influenced the peace process of the country during its civil war. Today he has thousands of devotees who hail him as a saint.
- The lives of Nicaraguan exiled students in Costa Rica.
- 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.
- 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.
- Exploring the steps necessary to save and understand cultural heritage that has been long forgotten in rural Nicaragua.
- 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.
- Ecotourist couples visiting the 500 year old Colonial City in Nicaragua check into the wrong hotel.
- A journey through the poetry and life of the revolutionary priest Ernesto Cardenal.
- 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.
- 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.
- A documentary about the life of Blessed Sister Maria Romero.
- El Pueblo Unido (The People United) is a visceral & emotionally resonating documentary that chronicles the Nicaraguan people's historic fight to overthrow President Daniel Ortega's regime in an on-going conflict that has claimed nearly 500 lives and counting.
- 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.
- Celia is angry at the world, but her son Beto is different, he wants to change the world they live in. Celia's attitude drags her son down.
- 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.
- Mysterious trees planted by the Sandinista government are changing more than the landscape in Nicaragua.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Despite its coastal beauty and colonial architecture, Nicaragua's oldest city, Granada, is mired in unemployment, poverty and violence. It is the poorest city in Central America where 80% of the population survives on less than $1 per day. The picturesque streets are littered with kids ("chavalos") who have succumbed to crime and drug addiction. The drug of choice due to its affordability and accessibility: glue-sniffing. With no means of receiving an education, learning basic job skills or finding employment, these kids are left with no options and no hope.
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- A documentary on Ritmo en los Barrios, which is a program that teaches impoverished children to find their inner musical talent.
- 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.
- Happy Chocolate in Nicaragua
- A personal look at a young woman discovering her Nicaraguan heritage.
- Nicaragua's exceptionally high number of women filmmakers is a legacy of the revolution. This documentary explores their stories.