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A man reads a letter on a bus, surrounded by people. He discovers that even with so many so near, he is all alone.

Documentary on Tokyo's work culture through the salaryman, an anonymous cog in Japan's immense labor force, via interviews analyzing their role.

Eleven year old Masha and her mother Elisa move to her demented grandmother's house, to take care of her. The close environment of the family acts as if Masha's father is dead, something Masha actively denies. There seems to be also a dark secret connected to Elisa's dead father. When Elisa feels the presence of a threatening person around the house, to protect Masha, she cuts her off from the outside world.

Based on Gabriel García Márquez's novel, this is the unsettling story of 13-year-old noble Sierva and the dog bite that changes her life forever. Abandoned, displaced, in the midst of a sexual awakening and finally exorcised, Sierva finds an unlikely ally in a young priest and together they discover passion.

The story of an alley. Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama and Colombia all have something in common and in this story you will see how similar they are.

Isa has more than enough on her plate with two children and the household, which she manages on her own. When her husband persists with his wish for a third child, she realizes that something must change.

A young New Yorker finds herself caught between her longing to honor her late mother's love for Christmas and her grandpa's deep-seated aversion to embrace the holiday spirit when she returns to her family's house after many years away.

In this Western set on the rural coast of California in the 1920s, a teenager struggles to come of age in a racialized society.

A group of friends embark on a road trip into the unknown.

The town Domingo lives in is being threatened by thugs hired by a developer to expel its inhabitants and pave the way for the construction of a highway. But his land hides a secret-the ghost of his wife who visits him within the mist.

Elena dreams being a model but in her attempt to achieve it she meets Christofer a renowned photographer who seems to be her path to success, he meets her to a photoshoot, after meeting she begins to feel suspicious of something bad.

Family is no longer a safe place to grow up.

The story of real life Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas, from his humble beginnings in his home town to his rise to greatness as an elite soccer player.

A Costa Rican farmer, when faced with the prospects of losing his farm, embarks in a journey to Europe to raise enough money to pay his debts meeting new acquaintances, lost relatives and himself.

A smart poor girl and a inmature rich boy get their life twisted when they accidently have a baby.

After a decade abroad, Antonio returns to Costa Rica for a short visit. Unable to run away as usual, he is confronted with everything he has desperately struggled to put in the past: a broken family, an ailing father, a violent country and long lost friends.

A person struggles to maintain their routine as a blue stain spreads across their body.

By the year 2078, all animal species from the rain forest had become extinct. Only genetic samples of such species remained, stored and patented by big commercial Labs. Aiming at preserving this genetic material near its natural habitat, these Labs created a controversial project, "Zootizens", implanting such genes in the bodies of Central American citizens who were willing to be host organisms in exchange of a package of social benefits. The animation shows, documentary-style, interviews with such hybrid citizens (a Sloth, a Tapir, a forest Frog and a Glyptodon) as they tell the ups and downs of their experiences with the project.

Passion: of people for the land and sea, of corporations for riches, and of men and women for each other. Vicente and Abigail run a banana plantation in Limon Province, on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Abigail's half-sister Irene, about whom Abigail knew nothing, comes to introduce herself. She is 21 and beautiful. Meanwhile, banana prices fall, threatening the plantation's finances. An oil company works with the government to get off-shore drilling rights, over local objection. Vicente is at the center of each cross-current. Will he fall for Irene, can he save the plantation, will he sell out to corporate offers? What of the coast: can its beauty be saved?

"Dos Fridas" is inspired by the relationship between Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and her Costa Rican nurse Judith Ferreto - Judith cared for Frida during the final years of her life. In her memories, Frida was cared for by Judith in her Blue house in México. As a mirror, Judith was cared for by a woman in Costa Rica. In Judith's inner world, reveries, myths, imagination and reality intertwine.

Manuel got separated from his brother during the evacuation of the Earth and got left behind. He now has to survive an automated mission to save the planet, hoping to find his brother again.

Alongside her work as an architect, 40-year old Luisa gives inspirational creative workshops to children. One day, she comes across 17-year-old Yuli by the school toilets; it turns out she has unintentionally become pregnant. Luisa decides to help her - in the process operating herself into a difficult position somewhere between friend, teacher and mother figure.

People who wait in endless queues at the Immigration Office in Costa Rica go through different sensations and emotions produced by the confusing bureaucratic framework. In there, time and processes can be felt eternal.

Tatiana (Johanna Solano) is a journalist with a routine life in all its aspects and a recent failed love relationship. Motivated by her best friend, she decides to make a stop and travel around Costa Rica to find herself and inner peace.