Colombia App Raises $5 Million for Microdramas: Phone Soap Operas
A Colombian app, Idilio, has raised $5 million from Silicon Valley backers including Nubank founder David Velez to make short...
June 10, 2026Section
Film
Film, TV and Video News in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Lucrecia Martel Turns an Argentine Murder Into Great Cinema
Lucrecia Martel documentary Nuestra Tierra, her first and her first film since Zama, probes an Indigenous activist murder and colonial...
June 10, 2026
How a Quiet Film About a Failed Poet Put Colombian Cinema on the Map
A Poet, a tragicomedy about a washed-up writer in Medellín, is carrying Colombian cinema to the Oscars and Goyas after...
June 8, 2026
Mexico Marks the World Cup With a Different Kind of Football Cinema
Mexico's national film archive marks the 2026 World Cup with a football cinema season spotlighting the forgotten 1971 women's tournament.
June 7, 2026
Diego Luna Film Skewers How Mexico Won the 1986 World Cup
Mexico 86, the Diego Luna Netflix satire on how Mexico landed the 1986 World Cup, arrives days before the 2026...
June 7, 2026
Latin American Films Take the Spotlight at Tribeca 2026 in New York
Latin American cinema is having a moment on one of the world's most visible festival stages, with a Bolaño adaptation...
June 5, 2026
‘Persepolis’ Creator Marjane Satrapi Dies at 56 in Paris
She turned a childhood under Iran's Islamic Revolution into one of the most widely read graphic memoirs ever made, and...
June 4, 2026
Mexico’s Cineteca Marks the World Cup With a Football Film Series
As Mexico prepares to co-host the World Cup, its national film archive is using the moment to look at football...
June 4, 2026
Brazil Launches Tela Brasil, Free Public Film Streaming
Brazil’s first public streaming service launches with 555 works from 1910–2025. Free, ad-free, no tracking—log in with Gov.br. Here’s how...
June 2, 2026