Cinema Tropical, the leading presenter of Latin American cinema in the United States, is proud to unveil its annual list of the Best Latin American and U.S. Latinx Films of the Year. The selection includes 26 Latin American productions from ten countries and six U.S. Latinx films, representing the best in contemporary filmmaking as chosen by the New York-based organization.
This year’s selection features acclaimed films from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and the United States. All selected titles will compete for the 15th Annual Cinema Tropical Awards.
Winners in categories including Best Film, Best Non-Fiction Film, Best Director, Best First Film, and Best U.S. Latinx Film will be announced at an in-person ceremony on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at Film at Lincoln Center in New York City.
The winners in the Latin American cinema category will be determined by a jury composed of Josh Gardner, Associate Programmer at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center; Milton Guillén, Senior Programmer for the Camden International Film Festival and the Points North Institute; and Isabel Rojas, Director of OaxacaCine.
The U.S. Latinx Film category winner will be selected by Sabrina Avilés, Founder and Executive Director of CineFest Latino Boston; Eugenio del Bosque, Director of CineFestival San Antonio; and Gabriel Magraner, Associate Director of The Latinx Project at New York University.
Eligible films are a minimum of 60 minutes in length and premiered between May 1, 2023, and April 30, 2024.
Cinema Tropical’s List of Best Latin American Films of 2024:
1. The Buriti Flower / Crowra by Renée Nader Mesora and João Salaviza, Brazil/Portugal
2. Cidade; Campo by Juliana Rojas, Brazil
3. The Day I Met You / O Dia Que Te Conheci by André Novais Oliveria, Brazil
4. The Delinquents / Los delincuentes by Rodrigo Moreno, Argentina
5. Eureka by Lisandro Alonso, Argentina/France/Portugal
6. The Human Surge 3 / El auge del humano 3 by Eduardo Williams, Argentina/Portugal/Netherlands/Taiwan/Brazil/Hong Kong/Sri Lanka/Peru
7. Hurricane Season / Temporada de huracanes by Elisa Miller, Mexico
8. La Cocina by Alonso Ruizpalacios, Mexico/USA
9. The Last / Los últimos by Sebastián Peña Escobar, Paraguay/Uruguay
10. Memories of a Burning Body / Memorias de un cuerpo que arde by Antonella Sudasassi, Costa Rica/Spain
11. Mixtape La Pampa by Andrés di Tella, Argentina/Chile
12. The Other Son / El otro hijo by Juan Sebastián Quebrada, Colombia/France/Argentina
13. Otro Sol by Francisco Rodríguez Teare, Chile/France/Belgium
14. Pepe by Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias, Dominican Republic/Namibia/Germany/France
15. Pictures of Ghosts / Retratos Fantasmas by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil
16. The Practice / La práctica by Martín Rejtman, Argentina/Chile/Portugal
17. Reas by Lola Arias, Argentina/Germany/Switzerland
18. Reinas by Klaudia Reynicke, Peru/Switzerland
19. Riders / El repartidor está en camino by Martín Rejtman, Argentina/Portugal/Venezuela
20. The Settlers / Los colonos by Felipe Gálvez Haberle, Chile/Argentina
21. Skin In Spring / La piel en primavera by Yennifer Uribe Alzate, Colombia/Chile
22. Sleep With Your Eyes Open / Dormir De Olhos Abertos by Nele Wohlatz, Brazil/Taiwan/Argentina/Germany
23. Socialist Realism / El realismo socialista by Raúl Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento, Chile
24. Sujo by Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero, Mexico/France
25. Undefined Things / Las cosas indefinidas by María Aparicio, Argentina
26. You Burn Me / Tu me abrasas by Matías Piñeiro, Argentina/Spain
Cinema Tropical’s List of Best Latinx Films of 2024 (alphabetically by title):
1. Frida by Carla Gutiérrez
2. Igualada by Juan Mejía Botero
3. The In Between by Robie Flores
4. In the Summers by Alessandra Lacorazza
5. Ponyboi by Esteban Arango
6. Skin of Glass by Denise Zmekhol
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