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Browse 43 movies from Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC)

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The Swimming Pool poster
Movie

During summer in La Habana, four adolescents with physical problems, while in vacation from school, spend a day in a swimming pool with their apathetic instructor.

The Swimming Pool

Dec 2012

The Girls poster
Movie

Four lucid grandmothers tell their story forgotten by history: the militancy and resistance of the young women of the leftist youth against the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez.

The Girls

Jun 2014

Nostalgia poster
Movie

Thomas, a man in his thirties who cares a land in deep plain, accompanied by his little son Alberto, buries his wife after a sudden death. It is only for the first night Thomas. He sits in the courtyard of the house to get drunk and mourn. The next morning he is awakened by Alberto and his hunger. With the confusion of novelty, the father uses the instinct to care for their child. But sorrow lurks in the solitude of his home. One night, Thomas falls asleep to escape. Another, starts drinking. Drowned by what he feels, alcohol and anxiety in the body, decides he wants to be with his wife.

Nostalgia

Feb 2012

Autolisis poster
Movie

written, produced, and directed by Rhoda Torres, tells the story of a UCV scientist, married and father of three children, and his wife, who commits suicide by jumping out of their bedroom window in front of their 14-year-old son. The young man tries to catch him in the air but he escapes due to lack of strength. As a result of the tragedy, the boy is left with a terrible trauma and feelings of guilt for what his father did.

Autolisis

Jul 2016

Wayúu: La Niña de Maracaibo poster
Movie

A detective, goes from Spain to the Venezuelan Guajira, hired by the king of Wuayuus, to protect her, Niña de Maracaibo (wife of King, who belongs to an aristocratic family in the city) the detective tries to discover a conspiracy greater than initially imagined. Where he is only one piece in a plot which mixes smuggling, power struggles and tribal magic. The clash of two opposite visions, the 'Western' Spanish researcher, and the 'native' the Wuayuu original owners of Caribbean, converts this format film apparently 'police' in a thesis film revealing the mystery of the still existing singular South American identity.

Wayúu: La Niña de Maracaibo

Jul 2012

Borrador poster
Movie

After several years of retirement, Roco decides to make a new film. To achieve this, he reassemble his crew: cinematographer Larsen, Nacho the cameraman, soundman Meta and Cacho, the ever loyal machinist. But social and personal crises have dispersed the strange and remote territories of reality. Sometimes dramatic and and sometimes funny, Roco's search will lead him to an unavoidable encounter of life, death and rebirth.

Borrador

Jul 2005

Sound is the Body poster
Movie

A Venezuelan city is emptying. A labor less priest struggles with a sonic sleep disorder while trying to safe-keep his meek buffalo from being taken. As the intentions of the remaining ones become more desperate, the priest’s malaise becomes more alive.

Sound is the Body

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El Último Cuerpo poster
Movie

Investigating the murder of a drag, the journalist Heriberto Camargo discovers that the crime is part of a plot of police killings attributed to a character known as Vincent. The chronicles published by Camargo and his investigations to uncover the motive for the crimes confront Commissioner Sangretti.

El Último Cuerpo

Jan 2011

Ritorno poster
Movie

Gioia returns home for her grandfather's funeral, after having fled when she realized that she would never be part of the family business, until then managed by him. But now that her grandfather is dead, she makes the women of the family understand that they must unite and take the spaces that belong to them. Together they will take control of the family business, where these women now have their place conquered.

Ritorno

Oct 2023

Piel poster
Movie

A hazardous encounter leads América and Juan Pedro to recognize in each other the unsuspicious emotion of the first love. Young and innocent identified with their artistic devotion -he is a composer, she a dancer- they overstep the bound of their shared feeling, joyful and without great fears. They never imagined that their openhearted and pure love could hide a stain: that of racial prejudice.

Piel

Sep 1998

3 Nights poster
Movie

When the corpse of mobster Miguel "el chino" Sanabria surfaces, everyone thinks his death is the result of an argument during the heat of the moment. That is, everyone except Officer Ferran (Victor Mayo), who believes something more menacing was at fault. Along with Picasso (Juanko Vellido), the last person to see Sanabria alive, Ferran sets out to find the truth behind the murder -- and learns something about his own destiny in the process.

3 Nights

Sep 2001

Trampa para un gato poster
Movie

Between 1980 and 1992, El Salvador was at war. Two Venezuelans joined the guerrilla movement in that Central American country and participated in Radio Venceremos, a subversive radio station that broadcast uninterruptedly during the years of struggle between the government and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front.

Trampa para un gato

Jan 1994

El hombre de la luz poster
Movie

The Mesa de Adrián region, located between the towns of La Paya and Bailadores in the state of Mérida, bears witness to the birth of Luis Zambrano, on May 1, 1901. His inventiveness and passion led him to become a popular, innovative, and self-taught technologist, bringing electricity to remote communities in the Andean region for the first time. Awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Los Andes (ULA), his name can be found on the doors of the School of Mechanics at this institution. Until his death in 1990, he continued to work tirelessly on machines and artifacts that resembled beings from other eras.

El hombre de la luz

Oct 2025

Francisco Massiani poster
Movie

This documentary is a chronicle of the journey through the most important sites of the life of venezuelan writer Francisco Massiani who reveals the details of his work and the love of his life.

Francisco Massiani

Feb 2015

Children of the Salt poster
Movie

An elderly father and his two children, survive by harvesting salt from the sea. After the father dies, they live alone. Isolated from the outside world they become increasingly distanced, whilst their lust starts to blossom. Their lives get a lot harder. The brutal reality of harvesting sea salt coincides with their blossoming sexuality. Their lives of solitude drive them further apart whilst awakening lust makes itself known.

Children of the Salt

Jul 2017

Tamara poster
Movie

The story of a lawyer's journey to overcome her fears and social boundaries in order to transition.

Tamara

Nov 2016

Eppur Si Muove: Armando Arce, la aventura del movimiento poster
Movie

Armando Arce (b. 1948) has led a restless and multifaceted life as a painter, sculptor, filmmaker, diplomat, and teacher. Deeply committed to the cultural development of his country, he has devoted much of his career to education and to the growth of Venezuelan cinema. His path into filmmaking began during the political ferment of the 1970s, when Super-8 cameras became accessible tools for popular expression in working-class neighborhoods. Today he faces two of his most ambitious projects: the creation of the Museum of Cinema and Audiovisual Art (MUCAAC) in Mérida and the National Center for Animation Cinema in Caracas.

Eppur Si Muove: Armando Arce, la aventura del movimiento

May 2014

Memorias de un tiempo eterno poster
Movie

A journey to the origins through the encounter with the muleteers, farmers, artisans and artists of the Venezuelan Andes.

Memorias de un tiempo eterno

May 2020

Elephants Never Forget poster
Movie

A man fails to acknowledge the teenagers he mistreated when they were small children.

Elephants Never Forget

Oct 2004

Warime, the Masks of the Gods poster
Movie

Warime is a traditional ceremony that serves as a way for the community to connect with the spiritual world and seek guidance from their ancestors. During the ritual, participants gather around a sacred fire and perform dances, songs, and chants to invoke the spirits. Offerings such as food, drinks, and tobacco are presented to the spirits as a sign of respect and gratitude. Through Warime, the Wojtüja people believe they can communicate with their ancestors and receive blessings and protection for the community. It is a deeply spiritual and meaningful ceremony that highlights the strong connection between the Wojtüja people and the natural world. Join us as we witness the beauty and significance of Warime and gain a deeper understanding of the rich cultural traditions of the indigenous peoples of the Venezuelan Amazon.

Warime, the Masks of the Gods

Jan 2000

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