Magic Realism Movies

Yeda, the green-faced woman, sells homemade bread to support the house where she lives with her sick husband. Through the context of green-faced...

Yana is determined to leave her innocent days behind. Together with her sharp and shady friend Sheli, she sets out for an afternoon of mischief at...

Vega hits something on the road, but there is nothing on the pavement. Looking for help, she meets Elvira, who tells her that she may have run over a...

In this retelling of an Italian folktale, a man marries the youngest of three sisters and shares a very strange secret with her on their wedding...

The story of two men and a mysterious family, who repeat the same day forever in order to save the life of one of its daughters.

Shot almost in its entirety in the corridors of the Villa 21, one of Buenas Aires' most well-known shanty-towns, Estrellas (Stars) revolves around...

Amidst the grief of her grandfather's passing, a little girl discovers solace in the gentle companionship of a stray dog.

A reflection on love and identity with detours towards magical realism, which winks at the oral tradition of coastal populations and introduces us to...

'9 waves' is an independent film, produced almost entirely by crowdfunding, approaching the issue of identity in the contemporary world. It tells the...

A young man is bullied by a physical personification of his anxiety before a date.

A recent widower deals with his grief through his wife's broken camera as he relives through her photos to find one last chance to be with her.

It took a hundred queer years for Lola Perla to be finally recognized by a government that never really took notice of the likes of her. But...

A surrealist short film that tells the story of a young woman navigating the whirlwind that is adolescence. Dreamlike sequences of young love,...

Amid Guanajuato's vibrant streets, an aging filmmaker becomes a modern Don Quixote, joined by a spirited young animator as his loyal Sanchia....

Anaktana tells the story of a mute boy who can communicate with nature. When a palm oil company faces the mysterious disappearance of its workers in...

Jana, a girl suffering from depression, escapes to her grandmother's country house in a desperate impulse to escape from her increasingly destructive...

A young couple discover an ancient book in the attic and start reading the story of the Malemort family: a sombre household set in the nineteenth...

Ortensia is a mechanical ballerina, that every day is forced to dance for an audience, in a seemingly endless loop. But one day, she sees in the...