Cinema Tropical
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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.
The film is expanding to other cities during December, and will have a national rollout on January 9
December 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In Memoriam: Udo Kier (1944—2025) and his remarkable Latin American roles cinematropical.com/cinema-tropi...
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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
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...
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 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...
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 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/
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 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...
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The Argentine film EL FUTURO PERFECTO screens this Wednesday, August 27 at the Goethe-Institut New York City followed by a Q&A with director Nele Wohlatz: goethe.de/prj/gfo/en/k...
August 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
US Premiere of WHEN CLOUDS HIDE THE SHADOW by Chilean director José Luis Torres Leiva. Wednesday, July 30, 7pm at
@anthologyfilm.bsky.social as part of our series 'Lost & Found.' Tix and more info:
July 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Our friends at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social are screening René Cardona’s THE BAT WOMAN—a deliciously campy 1968 gem of Mexican B-horror set in Acapulco and starring sex symbol Maura Monti as the masked heroine—this Friday and Saturday
www.bam.org/film/2025/re...
June 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
SILENT WITNESSES / MUDOS TESTIGOS, Luis Ospina and Jerónimo Atehortúa’s imaginative journey through Colombian history using only surviving silent film footage, screens this Wednesday, June 25 at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social www.cinematropical.com/new-events/l...
June 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In memoriam: Sebastião Salgado (1944—2025).

Film still from THE SALT OF THE EARTH by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders (France/Brazil, 2014)
May 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"An extraordinary debut" (The Washington Post). Don't miss our 20th anniversary screening of the Mexican film DUCK SEASON / TEMPORADA DE PATOS by Fernando Eimbcke on Thursday, 5/22 at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social in New York City 🦆 bam.org/film/2025/du...
May 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
U.S. premiere of Martín Rejtman's RIDERS / EL REPARTIDOR ESTÁ EN CAMINO, tomorrow Wednesday, May 7 at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social in New York City as part of our new series 'Lost & Found.' cinematropical.com/new-events/l...
May 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Chicagoans! The Puerto Rican hit drama THE FISHBOWL screens Fri May 9 at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social followed by Q&A w/ director Glorimar Marrero Sánchez moderated by Tracye Matthews of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the U. of Chicago musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
May 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
U.S. Premiere of RIDERS / EL REPARTIDOR ESTÁ EN CAMINO, the documentary feature by Argentine director Martín Rejtman. Wednesday, May 7, 7pm at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social as part of our new series 'Lost & Found': cinematropical.com/new-events/l...
May 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Friends in Chicago! The acclaimed Puerto Rican film THE FISHBOWL (LA PECERA) screens on Friday, May 9 at the @musicboxtheatre, followed by a Q&A with director Glorimar Marrero Sánchez. Tix on sale now! musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
April 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Estreno en Estados Unidos de EL REPARTIDOR ESTÁ EN CAMINO, el documental del cineasta argentino Martín Rejtman, el miércoles, 7 de mayo en @anthologyfilm.bsky.social en Nueva York como parte del ciclo 'Lost & Found' cinematropical.com/new-events/l...
April 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Latin Wave 18: New Films from Latin American featured in the front cover of @houstonchronicle.com's Preview section. Catch our wonderful eight-film selection this weekend at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
April 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Mexican actor Gael García Bernal stars in the title role of MAGELLAN, directed by Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz, which will have its world premiere at Cannes this May
April 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Latin Wave 18: New Films from Latin America, April 25—27, 2025 at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: www.cinematropical.com/new-events/l...
April 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The final screening in our 20th anniversary mini-series lands May 22 at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social: DUCK SEASON / TEMPORADA DE PATOS 🦆. Fernando Eimbcke’s wry, award-winning portrait of teen boredom and friendship is as fun and witty as ever. Don’t miss it! bam.org/film/2025/du...
April 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Mexican actress Naian González Norvind is interviewed by
@eyeforfilm.bsky.social about her title role as CORINA in the debut feature by Urzula Barba-Hopfner
eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025...
April 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
18th edition of Latin Wave: New Films from Latin America, April 25—27 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Organized by the MFAH in association with the creative partner Fundación PROA. Sponsored by Tenaris and American Friends of Fundacion Proa Inc. Complete lineup: www.mfah.org/calendar/ser...
April 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Friends in Chicago! Acclaimed Puerto Rican drama THE FISHBOWL (LA PECERA) screens on Friday, May 9 at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social, with director Glorimar Marrero Sánchez in person! musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
April 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM