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- DirectorRoland JofféStarsRobert De NiroJeremy IronsRay McAnallyEighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.
- DirectorMiguel ArmoaGuarani Kokue shows the experience of Guaraní communities since the 80s, when the fences of the large estates were setting limits to the world they knew, being forced to have to fight, with the help of various organizations, to ensure territories where they could live according to your culture. Joining forces through long processes of organization between the different communities, the current struggle is to defend the territories won and to continue recovering, in the face of new antagonists that do not give truce, wooden dealers, soybeans, cattle ranchers, narcos.
- DirectorPaz EncinaStarsElba Elisa Benítez de GoiburúHebe DuartePatricia Goiburú BenitezAn experimental documentary centering on memories by the children of Agustin Goiburu, who was the most important political opponent of US-supported dictator Alfredo Stroessner (Ruled Paraguay 1954-1989). Goiburu was disappeared in 1979 .
- DirectorSofía Paoli ThorneHealing from the trauma of the Paraguayan dictatorship, Celsa uses herbs to mend deep wounds left from her imprisonment and torture.
- DirectorMario VerónStarsEnrique Yuka CaballeroErico CanterosFidel CanterosFidel is a child who migrates from Paraguay to the bowels of the jungle of Misionera, Argentina. In the mountain is horse the workers call "El Che" for his noble spirit; just like the Revolutionary Che Guevara. The boy will ride his dream horse wearing Maradona's number 10 jersey as his amulet. His goal will be to earn money to help his mother living in poverty.
- DirectorAnna Recalde MirandaAfter 35 years under the Stroessner dictatorship, the corrupt Colorado Party (the only political party allowed after the democratic transition) ruled Paraguay for 17 years. In 2008, Fernando Lugo, a former bishop running for president, represented the country's hope to finally build a better future. This film chronicles the quixotic struggle of Martín Almada, an internationally recognized human rights activist who discovered the Archives of Terror, as he fights to expose the links between the old dictatorial system and the corrupt democratic government that future president Lugo will inherit.
- DirectorAndrea RuffiniA group of indigenous leaders travel from Paraguay to Bolivia to meet the Guarani and seek advice to solve the drought and confront their political situation.
- DirectorPaz EncinaStarsAnel PicaneraiCuria Chiquejno EtacoroDucubaide ChiquenoiEami's homeland is invaded by settlers. Embodying Asojá, the bird-god-woman, she falls into trance in which she walks slowly and stunned through her beloved forest as she prepares to leave it forever.
- DirectorManuel CuencaStarsSilvino AlegreManuel CuencaManuel Rodríguez"La tierra ardía" is the film version of the novel written by Jorge Ritter, who was a doctor in the Chaco's War with Bolivia (1932-1935)
- DirectorArmando AquinoMauricio RialStarsLali GonzalezAndrea QuattrocchiRenato GómezBetty Jara reassembles the Yaguareté Commandos to exchange an imprisoned criminal for one of her own agents. A risky operation becomes even more so when she realizes they are not just fighting a drug ring but the highest spheres of power.
- DirectorLuis R. VeraStarsDamián AlcázarRafael AlfaroNatalia AlvarengaA film about real life musician Augustin Barrios Mangore, an influential and important composer and classical guitarist from Paraguay.
- DirectorDario Cardona HerrerosStarsBeto AyalaRamon Del RioLiber Fernandez1875, after the Triple Alliance War, Paraguay was despoiled of its masculine population. In a town without borders, three women will find a reason for love. A mysterious basket contains a secret that they Will look after with their lives. Animals and the town's population are mysteriously murdered. The tale of a being that would bring death and revenge to those who would get to see him, is born. Philip
- DirectorLuis R. VeraStarsRaquel BaezaJesús PérezAyesa FrutosIn the small town called Amerigua where most things are controlled by the influential Colonel Banderas, the people are preparing themselves for the annual beauty contest. At the same time the revolutionist Evaristo returns after twenty years of exile in Nicaragua. He now seeks revenge aswell as his childhood friend Maria...
- DirectorJuan Manuel Salinas AguirreStarsJorge RamosA thrilling, incisive documentary that unpacks how a prominent drug trafficker's settlement in Paraguay in the late 60's set into motion a wave of rampant corruption, leaving no part of the country unpoisoned.
- DirectorMichael J. HardyStarsFernando AbadieNathan Christopher HaasePaloma VargasA family that's falling apart must stay together long enough to survive a city-wide manhunt
- DirectorGustavo DelgadoStarsRafael AlfaroLourdes LlanesFiorella MiglioreA tale of the uprising of the Paraguayan rebellion against the Spanish crown 200 years ago.
- DirectorSean PennStarsCharlize TheronJavier BardemBrandon PhillipsIn the midst of African social horror, a love between two volunteers fades out and is reborn.
- CreatorAlexandre FragaStarsRaphael LogamRui Ricardo DiazCyria CoentroIn 1990s Rio de Janeiro, an ambitious criminal mastermind builds a powerful empire while a haunted federal agent wages a dangerous cat-and-mouse game to take him down.
- CreatorDaniel BurmanStarsNatalia OreiroGustavo BassaniAlejandro AwadaAn Argentinean intelligence agent infiltrates the Jewish community to gather information that is then allegedly used to perpetrate two of the worst terrorist attacks in Latin American history, leaving over 100 dead.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGregory PeckLaurence OlivierJames MasonA Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsMichael CaineRichard GereBob HoskinsDuring the Dirty War, a half-English doctor in Argentina befriends the police, the rebels and the alcoholic Honorary British Consul, whose Latino wife he seduces. When the consul is mistakenly kidnapped by the rebels, he must pick a side.
- DirectorLucrecia MartelStarsDaniel Giménez CachoLola DueñasMatheus NachtergaeleBased on the novel by Antonio Di Benedetto written in 1956, on Don Diego de Zama, a Spanish officer of the seventeenth century settled in Asunción, who awaits his transfer to Buenos Aires.
- DirectorArami UllonStarsMateo Sobode ChiquenoJose IquebiFollows Mateo Sobode Chiqueno and his recorded stories, songs and testimonies of his Ayoreo people on an old tape recorder.
- DirectorHugo GiménezStarsEver EncisoAníbal OrtizSilvio RodasIn 1978, Paraguay lives a dictatorship and, clandestinely, two men bury corpses. But one day they find a man who is still breathing. They have to kill him, but they never killed anyone before.