Ecuador Movies

En el Nombre de la Hija tells the story of a nine-year old girl whose name is in dispute. Manuela has been named alter her socialist-atheist father, but her catholic-conservative grandmother insists she should carry the name the first daughters of the family...

Since more than 10 years the director Darío Aguirre lives between two totally different worlds, Germany and Ecuador. He decides to make an extraordinary journey, visiting five unknown men called Darío Aguirre as well: One in Mexico and four in Argentina. Meeti...

Humanity has been desolated and only machines are left to roam the world.

The caretaker of a neighborhood community hears strange noises and screams mixed with strange percussive music coming from the house of one of his neighbors. Something is going on in there that he can't understand.

Documentary that follows the popular expressions of five provinces of Ecuador.

In 1973, Juan Chopin Thermes found Juan Cayambe playing his harp in the Ibarra market (Ecuador). He takes it to his house and records his music on magnetic tape. As a result of this encounter, the music and poetry of Juan Cayambe survives. At the end of 2022,...

A young security guard begins his first night shift at an abandoned condominium slated for demolition. To survive until dawn, he must document the night with a video recorder and strictly follow a list of unsettling rules recorded on a cell phone by the previo...

Why do all the bottle tops start the same way up, grouped together, if there are two teams? When is the ball launched with a plank and when by hand? Why sometimes way overhead and sometimes to the body? When can you turn the tops over? Is it like the runs in c...

Is there an audience for Latin American movies? These are some of the questions posed by an Ecuadorian filmmaker whose latest movie was a commercial flop. He embarks on a query to find answers to his questions and relief for his despair. His research leads him...

The life and work of Gabriel García Moreno, one of the most controversial presidents in the political life of Ecuador. For some he is a saint but for others he is a devil.

A conversation between a father (the poet) and his son (the illustrator) about imagination as the creator and, at the same time, transgressor of reality.

Mónica Vásquez’s debut film focuses on the Indigenous communities of the Ecuadorian páramo and their struggle against the erosion threatening their lands. The film documents efforts to revive traditional agricultural practices, such as Inca farming terraces, a...

Darío follows in the footsteps of his famous ancestor to uncover a hidden chapter in his family's history. With the help of previously unknown relatives, he questions his own origins and discovers other truths. A personal exploration of identity and colonialis...

In 1960s South Africa, a close-knit community from Die Vlakte was forcibly and violently uprooted to make way for the Stellenbosch University as part of the Apartheid regime’s segregation measures. José Cardoso’s What the Soil Remembers recounts the traumatic...

Ecuadorian athlete Millán Ludeña, embarks on his new adventure to be the first athlete to register a new Guinness World Record for his beloved country.

Through amateur film material, Educación Perdida formulates a portrait of Ecuador through the exercises of power in the act of filming that the film archive proposes. This film is a subjective wandering through the turbulent paths of an unfortunate nation.

Ale and Emma, two twin sisters spend the weekend of the elections together, perfectly knowing that they both think differently about politics.

Anticipating the return of her father, Alicia a little pianist awaits his arrival, however, he does not return home. Searching for answers, she comes across objects from her childhood, an encounter that prompts her to see her father's absence.

When Nina and María's harvest is rejected, mother and daughter venture into one of Europe's largest food markets. Together, they will strengthen their bond as they face this challenge.