Paraíso

Benjo starts a carnal relationship with a tree. His passion turns to anger when he sees his plant with another man.

Casi Paraíso is a film in which 8mm footage, collected photographs, magnetic tape recordings and filmed moments are combined to reflect on violence in Mexico nowadays. When the filmmaker's daughter is born and becomes the fifth generation of this film, he starts an inquiry into the past while he follows the events back home.

Narrated by himself, by those who knew him and those he rescued, Gilberto Bosques describes the action taken between 1939 and 1942, in Marseille, as Consul General of Mexico in France, where he saved tens of thousands of people: Republicans Spanish, Jews, socialists, communists and whatever they were persecuted by fascism.

Paraiso, an all-seeing drone spirit, is summoned every Sunday into the heart of Hong Kong where Filipina migrant workers gather to socialise. As the women claim the public space, Stephanie Comilang’s sci-fi documentary considers social connections in today’s age of economic migration and modern technology.

Three ghostly compadres try to finish their earthly business before moving on to the afterlife.

A group of Australians undertake a trip to South America together with their leader, the English writer, William Lane (1861-1917), with the aim of setting up a socialist colony in the Paraguayan nature.

In the Peruvian desert lies an extravagant hotel filled with endless entertainment where one of the guests, introverted Guillermo, battles to overcome his lack of confidence and his school bully to win the heart of his dream girl.

The most commercially successful Spanish singer of all time is Alejandro Sanz. His career began in the late 80's as a singer-songwriter. He earned a reputation as an industrious hitmaker in his native country of Spain and by the end of the 90's, Sanz became an International superstar with a ton of radio hits, most notably, one of the all-time greatest Spanish songs ever to hit the radio airaves, 'Corazon Partio.' Throughout the last fifteen years, Sanz has remained one of the best selling Latin pop singers, both in the recorded and concert touring industry. DVD

Celso Felix, a successful radio broadcaster in the metropolis, is disillusioned with his everyday life and leaves his wife and children to live in a small beach town on the brazilian coast.

Many immigrants, when they arrived in Spain, thought they had found paradise, soon thwarted all their dreams of prosperity. Many of them then decided to return to their land, but not so simple. In a pension match various immigrants end up discovering that deportation is the only way to return to his country.

A serene mind a person is in a coffee some of their experiences: the story of a poet who gives shelter, a nun who takes off to find a drug habits in the black market, and his own witness of a robbery and as a lover.

Countryman J.K. gets annoyed and quits his job on a farm when his boss sends his pet cow to a slaughterhouse in town. In search of the animal, J.K. goes to the city and, there, is harassed by several single women.

A picnic by the river. Pablo is in love with his pretty older cousin, but she would rather be alone with her lover, so she gets rid of the boy by sending him off in search of a gift. Something strange happens to Pablo during his trip. Upon his return, he is not the only one whose innocence is at stake.

Disillusioned teacher Sara and forgotten poet Francisco were once married and now decide to meet again to talk about their hopes and anxieties. The former couple ends up meeting the young Penelope who changes their lives with her free way of being.

Mexican feature film

The painter Juarez Paraíso describes the assembly of panels at the entrance of the Cinema Tupi, in Salvador, explaining their meaning.