Alba
An aspiring Peruvian performer must decide whether she’s dancing for others or for herself.
Aurora
An unplanned pregnancy unites two very different Costa Rican women in unique ways.
Azor
Baltasar
An African migrant living in Spain is confronted with the bitter meaning of ‘home’.
A Cop Movie
Winner of a Silver Bear at the Berlinale, this genre-bender takes an immersive, existential ride deep inside the Mexico City police force.
El Planeta
A real-life mother–daughter duo play a semi-fictional mother–daughter duo struggling to make ends meet in this charismatic feminist class comedy.
Entre tú y Milagros
In this coming-of-age tale, which won Venice’s Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film, a Colombian 15-year-old born into privilege experiences a rude awakening.
Gravedad
In a world with extremes of gravity, Rosa must navigate what it means to feel emotional ups and downs.
La Civil
This illustriously produced vigilante drama centres on a mother who will do anything to get her kidnapped daughter back.
Language Lessons
Co-writers Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales depict a modern-age bond in this touching SXSW Audience Award–winning film, told entirely across screens.
La Verónica
Ema star Mariana Di Girólamo is magnetically front and centre – literally – as a dangerous wannabe social media influencer in this dark drama.
Le temps perdu
A book group of Proust superfans elevate the art of collective reading and sharing to delightful new heights.
Libertad
Selected for Critics’ Week at Cannes, Spanish filmmaker Clara Roquet’s coming-of-age debut captures female desire and friendship on the lush coast of Catalonia.
Madrid, Bad Life
Over a hundred years since the publication of the sociological text, La mala vida en Madrid, that coined the term in Spain, what does it mean to be a ‘lowlife’?
Marcelita
An elderly woman and her nephew wax nostalgic in this charming ode to times gone by.
Memoria
Apichatpong Weerasethakul returns with this hotly anticipated English-language collaboration with Tilda Swinton, which won the 2021 Cannes Jury Prize.
MIFF Closing Night - Language Lessons
Co-writers Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales depict a modern-age bond in this touching SXSW Audience Award–winning film, told entirely across screens.
New Order
Winner of the Silver Lion at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, this shocking, dystopian thriller is an incendiary indictment of class, racism and power that speaks to our times.
Nudo Mixteco
The lives of Indigenous women collide in this powerful feature debut, which takes aim at poverty, prejudice and the patriarchy.
Prayers for the Stolen
This adaptation of Jennifer Clement’s bestselling novel explores the visceral impact of Mexican drug cartels on the lives of three young girls.
Year of the Everlasting Storm
Jafar Panahi, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Laura Poitras and other global cinema heavyweights reflect on 2020 in this sweeping anthology film for the COVID age.