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.
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
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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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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...
"Between Borders and Voices: The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz" multi-venue New York City retrospective announced via
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BETWEEN BORDERS AND VOICES: THE CINEMA OF BERNARDO RUIZ Multi-Venue New York City Retrospective Announced
Color Congress, through its Elev8Docs Marketing Initiative, and Cinema Tropical will present Between Borders and Voices: The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz, the first-ever retrospective honoring the work of ...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Between Borders and Voices: The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz" multi-venue New York City retrospective announced via
@broadwayworld.com
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Join us this Saturday, November 1, 6:30pm at @movingimagenyc.bsky.social for the kickoff of "Between Borders and Voices: The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz"—featuring a special screening of EL EQUIPO, followed by a Q&A with the director and guests. Tix and more info: movingimage.org/event/el-equ...
El Equipo with Bernardo Ruiz in person – Museum of the Moving Image
With a trove of archival materials spanning four decades and unfolding as part procedural, part true crime thriller, El Equipo chronicles the history-making collaboration between Dr. Clyde Snow, a leg...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Join us this Saturday, November 1, 6:30pm at @movingimagenyc.bsky.social for the kickoff of "Between Borders and Voices: The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz"—featuring a special screening of EL EQUIPO, followed by a Q&A with the director and guests. Tix and more info: movingimage.org/event/el-equ...
"Between Borders and Voices: The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz," November 2025 in New York City, presented by Color Congress, through its Elev8Docs Marketing Initiative, and Cinema Tropical
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Announcing the First-Ever Retrospective of Bernardo Ruiz in New York City This November — Cinema Tropical
Color Congress , through its Elev8Docs Marketing Initiative , and Cinema Tropical are proud to present "Between Borders and Voices: The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz," the f...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Between Borders and Voices: The Cinema of Bernardo Ruiz," November 2025 in New York City, presented by Color Congress, through its Elev8Docs Marketing Initiative, and Cinema Tropical
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¿Está el cine en crisis? Más que una falta de historias, lo que enfrentamos es el colapso de modelos caducos que se resisten a cambiar.
Alexandra Galvis reflexiona sobre los retos de la industria y la urgencia de repensar el futuro del cine latinoamericano.
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Alexandra Galvis reflexiona sobre los retos de la industria y la urgencia de repensar el futuro del cine latinoamericano.
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La muerte del cine y la última glaciación — Cinema Tropical
Me formé profesionalmente en una familia mal divorciada. Y me parece relevante esta aclaración porque eso me hizo crecer en mi oficio y aprender de dos familias separadas y
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October 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
¿Está el cine en crisis? Más que una falta de historias, lo que enfrentamos es el colapso de modelos caducos que se resisten a cambiar.
Alexandra Galvis reflexiona sobre los retos de la industria y la urgencia de repensar el futuro del cine latinoamericano.
cinematropical.com/cinema-tropi...
Alexandra Galvis reflexiona sobre los retos de la industria y la urgencia de repensar el futuro del cine latinoamericano.
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Imaginario propio y vacío. El realizador y actor Vladimir Durán abre una reflexión sobre los desafíos de construir imaginarios auténticos, el lugar de la crítica y la necesidad de asumir riesgos en la creación
Imaginario propio y vacío — Cinema Tropical
Una mirada rápida al marco inicial que acá nos convoca: “Pensar el cine latinoamericano” . El contexto: un mercado audiovisual, el Bogotá Audiovisual Market.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Imaginario propio y vacío. El realizador y actor Vladimir Durán abre una reflexión sobre los desafíos de construir imaginarios auténticos, el lugar de la crítica y la necesidad de asumir riesgos en la creación
Peru selects Indigenous drama KINRA by Marco Panatonic as official #Oscars candidate
Oscars: Peru Selects Indigenous Drama KINRA as Official Candidate — Cinema Tropical
Kinra, the debut film by Marco Panatonic, has been selected as Peru's official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at
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September 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Peru selects Indigenous drama KINRA by Marco Panatonic as official #Oscars candidate
The 63rd New York Film Festival is in full swing—don’t miss this year’s Latin American selections!
Latin American Films at New York Film Festival 2025 — Cinema Tropical
63rd New York Film Festival September 26 - October 13, 2025 The 63rd annual edition of the New York Film Festival (NYFF) starts Friday, September 26, screening different films by Latin American ...
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September 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The 63rd New York Film Festival is in full swing—don’t miss this year’s Latin American selections!
Mexico picks WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED / NO NOS MOVERÁN, Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos’ debut feature, for the #Oscars international feature race
Oscars: Mexico Picks WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED for International Feature — Cinema Tropical
The Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences has announced that We Shall Not Be Moved / No nos moverán , the debut feature by
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September 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Mexico picks WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED / NO NOS MOVERÁN, Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos’ debut feature, for the #Oscars international feature race