Honduras: Von Regenwald und Strand

Die verschwundene Welt von Honduras(de)

Black I Am(es)

The women of the first Garífuna community in Honduras work hard for the future of their daughters. Surrounded by a dazzling landscape, they celebrate their identity and the importance of maternal figures.

Seeking Asylum(es)

Seeking Asylum is a feature documentary that bears witness to the endless deterrents migrants face when petitioning for asylum in the United States. In a dismantled system that has been designed for failure, we follow one woman's journey as she searches for protection for her and kids. Many people view getting to the United States as the final hurdle of the migration journey, but we quickly learn that once in the U.S. the fight has just begun. During one of the most uncertain times in our country's history, Seeking Asylum documents the challenges asylum seekers face and shows why asylum is an integral part of the American Dream that we cannot afford to lose.

Y hoy somos recordados(es)

Little Birds(es)

Through dances and games, migrant boys and girls who live in a shelter in Reynosa, on the US-Mexico border, shared their dreams and stories of hope with us.

El Soldador(es)

A naturalistic story about the realities of healthcare and houselessness from the perspective of Ramon Duarte, a houseless welder who receives care from Miami Street Medicine, a street medicine team. In Miami, where rising housing costs are forcing folks onto the streets, the doctor's work is more important than ever.

Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley(en)

In 2009, the first coup d'etat in a generation in Central America overthrows the elected president of Honduras. A nation-wide movement, known simply as The Resistance, rises in opposition. Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley centers on the most daring wing of the movement, the farmers of the Aguan. Not satisfied with just marching and blocking highways, 2000 landless families take possession of the palm oil plantations of Miguel Facusse, the country's largest landowner and a key player in the coup. The camera follows three farmers over four years as they build their new communities on occupied land, in the face of the regime's violent response, while waiting for the elections The Resistance hopes will restore the national democratic project.

We Are Not Afraid: Inside the Coup in Honduras(es)

Portrays the violence of the coup d'etat in Honduras last June 28, 2009, making use of the voices of people resisting in the streets. Through commercials, news, real-time shots and interviews with Honduran scholars, the documentary puts in historical and political context the consequences of the capture of President-elect Juan Manuel Zelaya.

The Other Side of the Wall(es)

Honduran immigrants living in Mexico, teenage siblings Rocío and Ale must take over care of their two younger siblings after their mother is sentenced to prison on dubious grounds. Tensions grow between the pair as the decision must be made on whether to stay together in Mexico or split the family up to cross into the US to work.

Honduras: La Batalla de la Dignidad(en)

Documentary that tells the chronology of the current coup in the Central American republic, the massive resistance in the streets against the repression from the airport to the journey through the jungle on the border with Nicaragua, leaving an open ending that will be defined with the fight of an entire town in the streets.

The young honduran revolution(es)

In the Honduran coup of June 28, 2009, where the Constitutional President was kidnapped, a popular movement was born without precedent because of its national character. The students, members of the popular resistance, explain their reasons and their vision in the middle of this conflict that received continental uproar. Filmed in August 2009 while the president is still in involuntary exile. Filmed days after the coup, this documentary shows impressions, opinions and positions of the Central American people in their struggle for democracy and the restitution of the Constitutional President José Manuel Zelaya. In the voice of the students and other Honduran protagonists.

The Mosquito Coast(en)

An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.

Morazán(es)

Francisco Morázan has been in Costa Rica for five months where he has been appointed Provisional Chief of State. It has called for elections to install a National Constituent Assembly, which should be a legal structure to the Costa Rican state. The Assembly has decreed the validity of the constitution of 1825, the same as that of the Central American Federation; It has declared the accession of Costa Rica to the Republic of Central America. Two months later Francisco Morazán is shot one afternoon on September 15, 1842.

Sin Nombre(es)

Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same American-bound train.

Made in Honduras(en)

There are cases of exemplary people who, against all odds, go against the current. This film is the the testimony of women that work in the maquiladoras, which not only shows the dark real- ity in the working site, but also gathers the voices that have found a way to change the situation.

The Game(es)

Maybe this is hell and you have nowhere to go. After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Emanuel meets someone who shows up offering to help him.

La Condesa(es)

Brothers Felipe and Eduardo spend a quiet weekend with each other's girlfriend. They like the girls' grandmother's old house. The deceased grandmother's old house plunges them into a nightmare when they discover a dark family secret hidden for generations in The Countess.

My Friend Ángel(es)

An experimental and critical view on the decadence of Honduran society. It practically has no narrative structure, as it plays out as a day-in-the-life-of the eponymous Ángel, a kid who's a shoe-shiner.

Employee of the month(xx)

Mateo tries to get away from the memory of his failed relationship by working insistently, but he can't help but find things everywhere that remind him of his ex-partner.

Stories and Legends of Honduras(es)

Based on the book by Jorge Montenegro, the film is composed of four segments of the famous fables: "El cadejo", "La sucia", "La fiesta de ánimas", and "La taconuda".