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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.
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20th anniversary screening of MACHUCA, tonight 7pm at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social! www.bam.org/film/2025/ci...

Read Blake Simons' interview with Argentine director Matías Piñeiro for @thefilmstage.bsky.social on his latest film YOU BURN ME, opening at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social before expanding to @amcinematheque.bsky.social, and more theaters stateside—a @cinemaguild.com release.

The 15th @athenafilmfest.bsky.social runs March 6-9 at Barnard College. Check out this year's Latin American film selection.

MACHUCA, twenty years later! Read Natalia Hernández Moreno's article on the landmark Chilean movie and its relevance today, and watch it on the big screen tomorrow Wed 3/5 at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social

Brazil’s Oscar win for I’M STILL HERE Still just made for the craziest Carnival ever #Oscars #MardiGras2025

Brazilians celebrated their historic Oscar win last night as if they had won the FIFA World Cup 🇧🇷🏆 #Oscars

"Impressive... a meditation on love and desire, death and memory, silence and expression" says @slantmagazine.com on YOU BURN ME by Matías Piñeiro. Opens this Friday, March 7 at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social, followed by other cities. A @cinemaguild.com release.

Brazil became the fourth Latin American country—after Argentina, Chile, and Mexico—to win the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, with I'M STILL HERE becoming the fifth Latin American film to take home the honor #Oscars

Zoe Saldaña became the fourth Latina to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Zoe Saldaña becomes the fourth Latina to win Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the #Oscars

Walter Salles wins the Academy Award for I'M STILL HERE, giving Brazil its first win for Best International Film #Oscars

The #Oscars left the great Silvia Pinal (1931-2024) out of their In Memoriam. A pioneering figure in Mexican cinema, Pinal’s remarkable career spanned decades, and she became an icon for her roles in classic films and her influence on the Mexican film industry. Read our obituary: bit.ly/4bqgcnJ

Walter Salles wins the Academy Award for I'M STILL HERE, giving Brazil its first win for Best International Film after five nominations #Oscars 🇧🇷 🇧🇷 🇧🇷

Zoe Saldaña wins the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. "I am a proud child of immigrant parents with dreams and dignity and hard working hards. And I’m the first American of Dominican origin to accept this award, and I know I will not be the last." #Oscars

Fernanda Torres walks the #Oscars red carpet

Mother and daughter, 26 years apart: Brazilian Academy Award nominees Fernanda Montenegro (CENTRAL STATION, 1999) and Fernanda Torres (I'M STILL HERE, 2025) at the #Oscars 🇧🇷 www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropi...

Before the Brazilian drama I'M STILL HERE earned a Best Picture nomination, Héctor Babenco’s KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN made history at the #Oscars

Our latest article spotlights the six phenomenal Latin American women nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the #Oscars. Discover the stories behind these groundbreaking performances

Brazil’s Best Picture Oscar nominee I'M STILL HERE by Walter Salles sparks new fight for justice #Oscars

Acclaimed Mexican cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto is featured in @newyorker.com on his debut feature, PEDRO PÁRAMO, based on Juan Rulfo’s landmark novel

Fernanda Torres, holding her Golden Globe, in the streets of Pernambuco, Brazil, during Carnival #Oscars

Watch the brand-new theatrical trailer for Matías Piñeiro's YOU BURN ME on @thefilmstage.bsky.social. The film opens Fri 3/7 at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social in NYC, followed by LA and Chicago. A @cinemaguild.com release. thefilmstage.com/exclusive-tr...

Actors Zoe Saldaña, Fernanda Torres, Monica Barbaro, and Colman Domingo at the the 97th Academy Awards nominees dinner #Oscars

The Latinx Project and @cinematropical.bsky.social present the second edition of the Latinx Film Showcase, a one-day series celebrating the remarkable work of U.S. Latinx filmmakers. Please follow the link in bio for more details.

The New York Times obituary for the renowned Brazilian filmmaker Carlos Diegues (1940—2025)

Brazil named as country of honor at the 2025 #Cannes Market

Fernanda Torres with Jane Fonda, Timothée Chalamet, Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce and Monica Barbaro #Oscars

Why the Brazilian film I’M STILL HERE deserves to win Best Picture at the #Oscars, according to The Guardian

North American theatrical run of THE FALLING SKY by Ery Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha to open in March. A @kimstim.bsky.social release. Read the news via @broadwayworld.bsky.social

Tickets are now on sale for our special 20th anniversary screening of the Chilean landmark film MACHUCA by Andrés Wood! Wednesday, March 5, 7pm at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social www.bam.org/film/2025/ci...

Watch the brand-new poster and trailer for ALMA DEL DESIERTO / SOUL OF THE DESERT, the debut documentary by Colombian director Mónica Taboada-Tapia, winner of the Queer Lion Award for Best LGBTQ+ Film at the Venice Film Festival

Dominican-American actress Zoe Saldaña won the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, cementing her status as a top contender for the #Oscars

Three Latin American films—from Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico—take top prizes at the #Berlinale

Mexican director Ernesto Martínez Bucio wins the Best First Film Award at the #Berlinale with THE DEVIL SMOKES

Remembering Spanish-Mexican filmmaker Luis Buñuel (1900–1983) on the 125th anniversary of his birth

Good luck tonight to all the Latin American and U.S. Latinx nominees at the Independent #SpiritAwards!

"Tender, funny and smart... an incisive political parable" (Wall Street Journal), join us for a special 20th anniversary screening of the Chilean landmark movie MACHUCA by Andrés Wood, Wednesday, March 5 at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social mailchi.mp/cinematropic...

Starring Naian González Norvind (NEW ORDER) and Cristo Fernández (TED LASSO), CORINA will have its North American premiere at #SXSW. The debut feature by Urzula Barba Hopfner is an uplifting and heartfelt fable about leaving one’s comfort zone and embracing the unknown

Filmmakers Michel Franco and Fernando Eimbcke reteam for Mexico City-set feature MOSCAS

Glorimar Marrero Sánchez's Puerto Rican #Sundance ecofeminist drama THE FISHBOWL arrives in U.S. theaters in March

'It's exactly what the country needs': How Brazil propelled drama I'M STILL HERE to be this year's #Oscars dark horse www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

Mexican filmmakers Michel Franco and Fernando Eimbcke in conversation at #Berlinale Talents

First look at Mimi Cave's thriller HOLLAND, uniting Gael García Bernal and Nicole Kidman, set to have its world premiere at #SXSW

Mexican filmmaker Eva Aridjis Fuentes featured in Interview Magazine on her most recent documentary, GOODBYE HORSES, about the mysterious Q Lazzarus

In memoriam: Iconic Mexican actress and dancer Yolanda Montes, Tongolele (1932—2025)

Chilean-born director Alejandro Jodorowsky turns 96 today. Happy birthday!

Inside the global phenomenon of the Academy Award-nominated Brazilian film I'M STILL HERE by Walter Salles starring Fernanda Torres via @vanityfair.com #Oscars

Dominican-American performer Zoe Saldaña won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress, further solidifying her path to the #Oscars

Brazilian Golden Globe winner Fernanda Torres, star of Walter Salles' I'M STILL HERE, graces the cover of The Hollywood Reporter #Oscars hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

In memoriam: Carlos Diegues (1940—2025). Stills from BYE BYE BRAZIL (1980), XICA DA SILVA (1976), QUILOMBO (1984), and TIETA (1995) www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropi...