Cinema Tropical
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Founded in 2001, NYC-based non-profit media arts organization Cinema Tropical is the leading promoter of Latin American cinema in the U.S.
Cinco razones para ver NO NOS MOVERÁN, recomienda Animal Político. La candidata mexicana a los #Oscars se exhibe actualmente en el Cinema Village en Nueva York y se estrena pronto en el Teatro Roxie en San Francisco!
5 razones para ver “No nos moverán”, la peli que nos enfrenta con la venganza, el dolor y el olvido
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December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Cinco razones para ver NO NOS MOVERÁN, recomienda Animal Político. La candidata mexicana a los #Oscars se exhibe actualmente en el Cinema Village en Nueva York y se estrena pronto en el Teatro Roxie en San Francisco!
Three Latin American films have scored Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations!
ESTA ISLA, A POET and THE SECRET AGENT Score Spirit Awards Nominations — Cinema Tropical
Three Latin American films—from Puerto Rico, Colombia, and Brazil—were announced this morning as nominees for the 41st Film Independent Spirit Awards, presented by Film Independent in celebration of t...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Three Latin American films have scored Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations!
Historic win! Wagner Moura is the first Latin American Best Actor by the New York Film Critics Circle, and THE SECRET AGENT is named Best International Film. Parabéns, Wagner and Kleber!
Wagner Moura Makes History as First Latin American Best Actor at New York Film Critics Circle — Cinema Tropical
In a landmark moment for Latin American cinema in the United States, Wagner Moura has become the first Latin American performer to win Best Actor from the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC), thanks ...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Historic win! Wagner Moura is the first Latin American Best Actor by the New York Film Critics Circle, and THE SECRET AGENT is named Best International Film. Parabéns, Wagner and Kleber!
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE SECRET AGENT makes history with the biggest U.S. debut ever for a Brazilian film, earning a whopping $35K per-theater average at Film at Lincoln Center and the Angelika Film Center in New York City. A NEON release.
THE SECRET AGENT Scores a Historic U.S. Debut for a Brazilian Film — Cinema Tropical
Propelled by a wave of early awards buzz, The Secret Agent has achieved the biggest opening for a Brazilian film in the United States—ever. In an extremely limited release by NEON, and playing in ju...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE SECRET AGENT makes history with the biggest U.S. debut ever for a Brazilian film, earning a whopping $35K per-theater average at Film at Lincoln Center and the Angelika Film Center in New York City. A NEON release.
Tonatiuh (KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN), Benicio del Toro (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER), Kleber Mendonça Filho and Wagner Moura (THE SECRET AGENT) vie for this year’s Gotham Awards
Mendonça Filho, Moura, del Toro, and Tonatiuh Vie for This Year’s Gotham Awards — Cinema Tropical
The 35th Annual Gotham Awards, the American film awards presented each year in New York City, take place this Monday, December 1, with four Latin American talents in contention. Brazilian filmmaker K...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Tonatiuh (KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN), Benicio del Toro (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER), Kleber Mendonça Filho and Wagner Moura (THE SECRET AGENT) vie for this year’s Gotham Awards
“‘A scorching chamber piece about the country’s unhealed wounds" (Variety). Mexico’s #Oscars entry WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED / NO NOS MOVERÁN, Pierre Saint Martin’s acclaimed debut starring Luisa Huertas, is now playing at Cinema Village in NYC
‘We Shall Not Be Moved’ Review: Mexico’s Oscar Entry Is a Scorching Chamber Piece About the Country’s Unhealed Wounds
Pierre Saint-Martin’s 'We Shall Not Be Moved' stars Luisa Huertas as a lawyer, seeking revenge after her brother's murder during the Tlatelolco student massacre.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“‘A scorching chamber piece about the country’s unhealed wounds" (Variety). Mexico’s #Oscars entry WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED / NO NOS MOVERÁN, Pierre Saint Martin’s acclaimed debut starring Luisa Huertas, is now playing at Cinema Village in NYC
Friends in Washington DC, join us for the 14th Annual GALA Film Festival, December 3—7, featuring films from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Latino USA and special guests!
GALA Film Festival 2025 — Cinema Tropical
This year’s festival will feature six contemporary films by emerging directors and a classic from the Mexican Golden Age. Join us for exclusive talkbacks with producers, artists, directors, and expert...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Friends in Washington DC, join us for the 14th Annual GALA Film Festival, December 3—7, featuring films from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Latino USA and special guests!
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE SECRET AGENT begins its U.S. theatrical run after its Cannes triumph as Brazil’s Oscar entry. Opens 11/26 in NYC, 12/5 in LA, followed by other cities
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE SECRET AGENT Begins Its U.S. Theatrical Run After Its Cannes Triumph as Brazil’s Oscar Entry — Cinema Tropical
From acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho ( Bacurau ) comes The Secret Agent / O Agente Secreto , an audacious, genre-defying political thriller set in Recife during the height of B...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE SECRET AGENT begins its U.S. theatrical run after its Cannes triumph as Brazil’s Oscar entry. Opens 11/26 in NYC, 12/5 in LA, followed by other cities
TRACES OF HOME, Colette Ghunim’s debut feature exploring Mexican and Palestinian roots, wins the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Competition at @docnycfest.bsky.social
TRACES OF HOME, Exploring Mexican and Palestinian Roots, Wins Grand Jury Prize at DOC NYC — Cinema Tropical
Traces of Home , the powerful and timely debut feature by director Colette Ghunim, produced by Sara Maamouri, Dan Rybicky, and Capella Fahoome, was announced as the winner of the Grand Jury Prize for ...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
TRACES OF HOME, Colette Ghunim’s debut feature exploring Mexican and Palestinian roots, wins the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Competition at @docnycfest.bsky.social
New Yorkers! Don’t miss this special sneak preview of the Cannes-winning A POET by Simón Mesa Soto—Colombia’s official Oscar submission for Best International Feature. Join us on Sunday, December 7 at 3pm at @movingimagenyc.bsky.social
A Poet – Museum of the Moving Image
In a performance marked by darkly comic pathos, first-time actor Ubeimar Rios stars in Simón Mesa Soto’s Un Certain Regard Jury Prize-winner A Poet, a raw and riotous farce about how good deeds are of...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
New Yorkers! Don’t miss this special sneak preview of the Cannes-winning A POET by Simón Mesa Soto—Colombia’s official Oscar submission for Best International Feature. Join us on Sunday, December 7 at 3pm at @movingimagenyc.bsky.social
In Memoriam: Udo Kier (1944—2025) and his remarkable Latin American roles cinematropical.com/cinema-tropi...
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
In Memoriam: Udo Kier (1944—2025) and his remarkable Latin American roles cinematropical.com/cinema-tropi...
Happening tonight at 7pm at @uniondocs.bsky.social! Join us for an unmissable conversation with filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz, moderated by Lucila Moctezuma, as part of his month-long retrospective uniondocs.org/event/betwee...
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Happening tonight at 7pm at @uniondocs.bsky.social! Join us for an unmissable conversation with filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz, moderated by Lucila Moctezuma, as part of his month-long retrospective uniondocs.org/event/betwee...
"A film of striking intimacy and cinematic elegance" (Rolling Stone). Don’t miss HARVEST SEASON—an intimate portrait of the Latino workers behind California’s #wine industry—Fri, Nov 21 at Maysles Cinema, followed by Q&A with director Bernardo Ruiz and Monika Navarro
HARVEST SEASON — maysles documentary center
IN MAYSLES DOCUMENTARY CENTER CINEMA Friday, November 21st at 7PM HARVEST SEASON Bernardo Ruiz, USA, 2018, 83 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles HARVEST SEASON delves into the...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"A film of striking intimacy and cinematic elegance" (Rolling Stone). Don’t miss HARVEST SEASON—an intimate portrait of the Latino workers behind California’s #wine industry—Fri, Nov 21 at Maysles Cinema, followed by Q&A with director Bernardo Ruiz and Monika Navarro
Carlos A. Gutiérrez of CinemaTropical and filmmaker Michèle Stephenson honored at @docnycfest.bsky.social Visionaries Tribute www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropi...
Carlos A. Gutiérrez and Michèle Stephenson Honored at DOC NYC Visionaries Tribute — Cinema Tropical
The 12th edition of DOC NYC’s annual Visionaries Tribute recognized two prominent Latinx figures in non-fiction
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November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Carlos A. Gutiérrez of CinemaTropical and filmmaker Michèle Stephenson honored at @docnycfest.bsky.social Visionaries Tribute www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropi...
BAD HAIR returns to the big screen for one night at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social! "Bold and intelligently perceptive.
Provocative and gripping" (IndieWire), the beloved Venezuelan film by Mariana Rondón screens Thursday, November 20. Don't miss it! mailchi.mp/cinematropic...
Provocative and gripping" (IndieWire), the beloved Venezuelan film by Mariana Rondón screens Thursday, November 20. Don't miss it! mailchi.mp/cinematropic...
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
BAD HAIR returns to the big screen for one night at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social! "Bold and intelligently perceptive.
Provocative and gripping" (IndieWire), the beloved Venezuelan film by Mariana Rondón screens Thursday, November 20. Don't miss it! mailchi.mp/cinematropic...
Provocative and gripping" (IndieWire), the beloved Venezuelan film by Mariana Rondón screens Thursday, November 20. Don't miss it! mailchi.mp/cinematropic...
BAD HAIR / PELO MALO screens Thursday, November 20 at
@bambrooklyn.bsky.social. A tender portrait of a boy, his curls, and a mother’s fear. Mariana Rondón’s Golden Shell–winning film explores race, gender & coming of age in Venezuela
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@bambrooklyn.bsky.social. A tender portrait of a boy, his curls, and a mother’s fear. Mariana Rondón’s Golden Shell–winning film explores race, gender & coming of age in Venezuela
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November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
BAD HAIR / PELO MALO screens Thursday, November 20 at
@bambrooklyn.bsky.social. A tender portrait of a boy, his curls, and a mother’s fear. Mariana Rondón’s Golden Shell–winning film explores race, gender & coming of age in Venezuela
www.cinematropical.com/new-events/b...
@bambrooklyn.bsky.social. A tender portrait of a boy, his curls, and a mother’s fear. Mariana Rondón’s Golden Shell–winning film explores race, gender & coming of age in Venezuela
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Join us for a FREE screening of THE INFINITE RACE, a portrait of the Rarámuri people of Chihuahua, Mexico—the runners who inspired the ultra-running craze. Mon 11/10 at CUNY Graduate Center presented by @claclsgc.bsky.social, followed by a Q&A w/ director Bernardo Ruiz RSVP: clacls.gc.cuny.edu/race/
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Join us for a FREE screening of THE INFINITE RACE, a portrait of the Rarámuri people of Chihuahua, Mexico—the runners who inspired the ultra-running craze. Mon 11/10 at CUNY Graduate Center presented by @claclsgc.bsky.social, followed by a Q&A w/ director Bernardo Ruiz RSVP: clacls.gc.cuny.edu/race/
Mexico’s official Oscars entry WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED / NO NOS MOVERÁN, the debut feature by Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos starring Luisa Huertas, hits U.S. theaters this November via Cinema Tropical
Mexico’s Official Oscar Entry WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED Hits U.S. Theaters This November via Cinema Tropical — Cinema Tropical
Cinema Tropical is proud to announce the U.S. theatrical release of We Shall Not Be Moved ( No nos moverán ), the acclaimed debut feature by Mexican filmmaker Pierre Saint-Martin...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Mexico’s official Oscars entry WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED / NO NOS MOVERÁN, the debut feature by Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos starring Luisa Huertas, hits U.S. theaters this November via Cinema Tropical
VIRIDIANA, the Palme d’Or–winning masterpiece by Spanish-born Mexican director Luis Buñuel and starring Silvia Pinal, returns to theaters in a new 4K restoration starting November 14 at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social. A Janus Films release. Watch the trailer!
See Luis Buñuel’s Once-Banned, Sacrilegious ‘Viridiana’ Anew in 4K — Watch the Trailer
Watch the exclusive trailer for the 4K Janus Films restoration of Luis Bunuel's 'Viridiana.'
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November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
VIRIDIANA, the Palme d’Or–winning masterpiece by Spanish-born Mexican director Luis Buñuel and starring Silvia Pinal, returns to theaters in a new 4K restoration starting November 14 at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social. A Janus Films release. Watch the trailer!
Mexican director Diego Toussaint’s debut NO, GRACIAS, YA NO FUMO tops the Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City, taking home Best Narrative Film
Mexican Feature NO, GRACIAS, YA NO FUMO Tops Urbanworld Film Festival in New York — Cinema Tropical
The Mexican film No, Gracias, Ya No Fumo , the debut feature by director Diego Toussaint, was announced as the winner of the Best Narrative Award at the 29th edition of the Urbanworld Film Festival i...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Mexican director Diego Toussaint’s debut NO, GRACIAS, YA NO FUMO tops the Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City, taking home Best Narrative Film
Filmmaker Michèle Stephenson and Carlos A. Gutiérrez, director of @cinematropical.com, will be honored at the 12th @docnycfest.bsky.social Visionaries Tribute. Stephenson & Joe Brewster receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, Gutiérrez gets the Leading Light Award
DOC NYC Visionaries Tribute to Honor Michèle Stephenson and Carlos A. Gutiérrez — Cinema Tropical
In its 12th edition, DOC NYC’s annual Visionaries Tribute will recognize two prominent Latinx figures in non-fiction cinema: filmmaker Michèle Stephenson and Carlos A. Gutiérrez, co-founding executi...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Filmmaker Michèle Stephenson and Carlos A. Gutiérrez, director of @cinematropical.com, will be honored at the 12th @docnycfest.bsky.social Visionaries Tribute. Stephenson & Joe Brewster receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, Gutiérrez gets the Leading Light Award
Colette Ghunim’s TRACES OF HOME, a journey through her Mexican and Palestinian roots, will world premiere next week in the U.S. Competition at @docnycfest.bsky.social
Colette Ghunim’s TRACES OF HOME, a Journey Through Mexican and Palestinian Roots, to World Premiere at DOC NYC — Cinema Tropical
Traces of Home , the powerful and timely debut feature by director Colette Ghunim, will have its world premiere in the U.S. Competition at the 2025 edition of DOC NYC , America’s largest ...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Colette Ghunim’s TRACES OF HOME, a journey through her Mexican and Palestinian roots, will world premiere next week in the U.S. Competition at @docnycfest.bsky.social
Don’t miss the North American premiere of PLEBEIAN ULYSSES / ULYSSES PLEBEYO by Argentine director César González, a bold, dialogue-free kaleidoscope of life on society’s margins. Wed, Nov 19, 7pm at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social. Part of 'Lost & Found.' cinematropical.com/new-events/l...
Lost & Found: PLEBEIAN ULYSSES at Anthology Film Archives — Cinema Tropical
PLEBEIAN ULYSSES / ULISES PLEBEYO A film by César González (Argentina, 2024, 68 min. No dialogue) North American premiere “Prolific Argentine filmmaker and poet César González has been crafting one of the most original and groundbreaking bodies of work in contemporary Argentine cinema. Yet, f
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November 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Don’t miss the North American premiere of PLEBEIAN ULYSSES / ULYSSES PLEBEYO by Argentine director César González, a bold, dialogue-free kaleidoscope of life on society’s margins. Wed, Nov 19, 7pm at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social. Part of 'Lost & Found.' cinematropical.com/new-events/l...
@nymag.com says "See REPORTERO" at @dctvny.bsky.social's Firehouse Cinema! “A testament to the power—and the terrible price—of maintaining a free press.” Screening this Wed, Nov 5 w/ director Bernardo Ruiz and Joel Simon, CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism dctvny.org/s/firehousec...
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@nymag.com says "See REPORTERO" at @dctvny.bsky.social's Firehouse Cinema! “A testament to the power—and the terrible price—of maintaining a free press.” Screening this Wed, Nov 5 w/ director Bernardo Ruiz and Joel Simon, CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism dctvny.org/s/firehousec...
Tonight we kick off "Between Borders and Voices: The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz at Museum of the Moving Image in NYC with EL EQUIPO—a powerful doc on Argentina’s legendary forensic team and their global fight for truth and justice. Q&A+Reception to follow! Tix: movingimage.org/event/el-equ...
El Equipo with Bernardo Ruiz in person – Museum of the Moving Image
For almost two decades, Mexican American documentarian Bernardo Ruiz has emerged as a vital chronicler of the Latin American diaspora in the United States. We present the first night of a multi-boroug...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Tonight we kick off "Between Borders and Voices: The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz at Museum of the Moving Image in NYC with EL EQUIPO—a powerful doc on Argentina’s legendary forensic team and their global fight for truth and justice. Q&A+Reception to follow! Tix: movingimage.org/event/el-equ...