List of Venezuelan films

This is a list of films produced in Venezuela.

Early film

See also: Venezuelan cinema in the 1890s and Venezuelan cinema in the 1900s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1897
Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa			Documentary	First film
Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo			Documentary
Disputa entre Andracistas y Rojistas
Una paliza en el estado Sarría
Carlos Ruiz peleando con un cochero			proto-Western
1899
Joropo de negros en el Orinoco	Carlos Ruiz Chapellín		Folk tale
1901
Diálogos de Tirabeque y Pelegrín	G. Romegout, a Lumière worker			First certain fiction and first sound film made in Venezuela
Bailes populares	Romegout		Folktale	Featuring sound
Coplas de Gedeón	Romegout			Featuring sound
1903
Unknown (likely multiple)	Manuel Trujillo Durán and Alfredo Duplat			Possibly made in Colombia; shown in Venezuela by Venezuelans (August 13–27)
1908
5 de Julio or 5 de Julio: Película Criolla	Manuel Ignacio Baralt, Servio Tulio Baralt and Manuel Delhom		Documentary	Made in honor of the president of Carabobo state, Dr. Samuel E. Niño
Las Trincheras-Valencia	S. T. Baralt and M. Delhom		Documentary
1909
Carnival in Caracas	M. A. Gonhom and Augusto González Vidal		Documentary	Said to be filmed on primitive cameras, but enjoyed by the audience who wanted to see the subject
1913
Don Confusio	Lucas Manzano			[1]
La dama de las Cayenas	Enrique Zimmerman		Parody	First feature film
1923
La Trepadora	Edgar J. Anzola & Jacobo Capriles
1928
Los milagros de la Divina Pastora	Amábilis Cordero
1932
La venus de Nácar: Fantasía Aborigen	Efrain Gómez			First sound film
1938
Taboga				Features synchronous sound
El Rompimiento				Features synchronous sound

1940s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1941
Juan de la calle	Rafael Rivero		Social cinema	Production by Rómulo Gallegos
1945
Alma llanera	Manuel Pelufo
Las Aventuras de Frijolito y Robustiana	José María Galofré
Dos hombres en la tormenta	Rafael Rivero
1949
La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde	Carlos Hugo Christensen	Juana Sujo, Tomás Henríquez	Drama	Cannes Film Festival winner: Best Cinematography

1950s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1950
La Escalinata	César Enríquez			Independent film
El demonio es un ángel	Carlos Hugo Christensen
1952
Reverón	Margot Benacerraf		Documentary
1953
Luz en el páramo	Víctor Urruchúa			Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival
1957
Caín Adolescente	Román Chalbaud	Carlota Ureta Zambrano, Milagros del Valle, Edgar Jimenez, Rafael Briceño	Drama	Román Chalbaud's first movie
1959
Araya	Margot Benacerraf	José Ignacio Cabrujas (narrator)	Documentary	1959 Cannes Film Festival nominee: Golden Palm

1960s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1962
Séptimo Paralelo	Elia Marcelli
1963
Cuentos para mayores	Román Chalbaud	Manuel Poblete, Carmen Mesutti, Héctor Cabrera
1964
Isla de sal	Clemente de la Cerda	Simón Díaz, Lila Morillo		Clemente de la Cerda's first movie
1965
EFPEUM	Mauricio Odremán [es]		Science fiction
La ciudad que nos ve	Jesús Enrique Guédez		Mockumentary	Social compromise film
1968
La Universidad Vota en Contra	Jesús E. Guédez	Documentary

1970s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1971
Chévere o La victoria de Wellington	Román Chalbaud	Eva Moreno, José Royo, Alfredi Berry
1973
Cuando quiero llorar no lloro	Mauricio Walerstein	Valentín Trujillo, Orlando Urdaneta, Verónica Castro, Miguel Ángel Landa, Haydée Balza Fernando Arriaga, Rafael Briceño	Drama	Film based on the homonymous novel Cuando quiero llorar no lloro by Miguel Otero Silva; entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival
1975
Crónica de un subversivo latinoamericano	Mauricio Walerstein
La Quema de Judas	Román Chalbaud	Miguel Ángel Landa, Hilda Vera, Rafael Briceño	Drama	9th Moscow International Film Festival nominee: Grand Prize
1976
Compañero Augusto	Enver Cordido	Orlando Urdaneta, María Grazia Bianchi, Rafael Cabrera, Jesús Maella, Julio Mota, Chelo Rodríguez	Drama
Soy un delincuente	Clemente de la Cerda	Haydée Balza		Special Jury Prize at 1977 Locarno International Film Festival
1977
El Cine Soy Yo	Luis Armando Roche	Asdrúbal Meléndez, Juliet Berto, Alvaro Roche	Drama	Entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival
El Pez que Fuma	Román Chalbaud	Hilda Vera, Orlando Urdaneta, Haydée Balza, Miguel Ángel Landa	Comedy / drama
Los Tracaleros	Alfredo Lugo	Orlando Urdaneta, Elluz Peraza, Toco Gómez	Comedy / drama
Panamá	Jesús Enríque Guédez
Se llamaba SN	Luis Correa	Asdrúbal Meléndez, José Torres, María Gracia Bianchi, Pedro Marthan, Ricardo Blanco	Historical
Se solicita muchacha de buena presencia y motorizado con moto propia	Alfredo Anzola
1978
Carmen, la que contaba 16 años	Román Chalbaud	Mayra Alejandra, Miguel Ángel Landa, Carlos Márquez	Drama
El cabito	Daniel Oropeza	Carlos Carrera, Chony Fuentes, Gabriel Martínez, Hermelinda Alvarado, María Grazia Bianchi, Oscar Ibarra
La empresa perdona un momento de locura	Mauricio Walerstein	Simón Díaz, Eva Mondolfi, Asdrúbal Meléndez, Iván Feo	Comedy	Screened at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Yo hablo a Caracas	Carloz Azpurúa		Documentary
1979
Bodas de papel	Román Chalbaud
Bolívar, sinfonía tropikal	Diego Rísquez
El rebaño de los ángeles	Román Chalbaud	Mary Soliani, Pilar Romero, Alicia Plaza	Fiction
Manuel	Alfredo Anzola	Víctor Cuica, Alejo Felipe, Asdrúbal Meléndez, Julio Mota, Virginia Urdaneta
País Portátil	Iván Feo	Alejandra Pinedo, Héctor Duvauchelle, Iván Feo	Fiction	Film based on the novel of the same name by Adriano González León
Simplicio	Franco Rubartelli	Guillermo Montesinos, David Lares, Luis Salazar, Antonio Rodríguez
Trampa inocente	Oziel Rodríguez	Bienvenido Roca, José Torres, Hilda Vera, María Fernanda di Giacobbe, Arturo Calderón
Travelling Companion	Clemente de la Cerda			Entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival

1980s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1980
Historias de amor y brujería	Carlo Cosmi
1981
La Propia Gente	Carlos Azpúrua, Carlos Oteyza, Jacobo Penzo		Documentary
1982
Cangrejo	Román Chalbaud	Miguel Ángel Landa, América Alonso, Carlos Márquez	Drama	Based on the book Cuatro Crímenes: Cuatro Poderes, by Fermín Mármol León
Domingo de resurrección	César Bolívar
Los Criminales	Clemente de la Cerda
1983
La Gata Borracha	Román Chalbaud
The House of Water	Jacobo Penzo
1984
Adiós Miami	Antonio Llerandi
Cangrejo II	Román Chalbaud	Miguel Ángel Landa, Jean Carlo Simancas, Toco Gómez
Cóctel de camarones	Alfredo Anzola	Adriana Villalba, Alba Roversi, Alejandro Corona	Comedy
Homicidio culposo	César Bolívar	Elba Escobar, Javier Vidal, Jean Carlos Simancas	Drama
La hora del tigre	Alfredo Lugo
La muerte insiste	Javier Blanco			Based in the novel L'Assassin maladroit by René Reouven
Macho y hembra	Mauricio Walerstein
Morituri	Philippe Toledano
1985
Oriana	Fina Torres	Doris Wells, Maya Oloe	Drama	Won the Golden Camera Award at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival
Ratón de ferretería	Román Chalbaud	Miguel Ángel Landa, Jenny Noguera, Rafael Briceño
Más allá del silencio	César Bolívar	Maria Isabel Calderón, Julie Restifo, Ileanna Simancas
Agonia	Joseph Novoa	Maria Eugenia Carrasco, Aminta de Lara Aminta de Lara. Jorge Díaz, Juan Manuel Montesinos	Drama
1986
Ifigenia	Iván Feo	Marialejandra Martín, Adriano González León, Vilma Ramia	Drama
Pequeña revancha	Olegario Barrera Monteverde			Nominated for the 1st Goya Awards as Best Iberoamerican Film.[3]
1987
Macu, The Policeman's Woman	Solveig Hoogesteijn	Daniel Alvarado, María Luisa Mosquera, Ana Castell	Drama
La oveja negra	Román Chalbaud	Eva Blanco, Arturo Calderón, Javier Zapata	Drama

1990s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1990
Cuchillos de fuego	Román Chalbaud	Miguel Ángel Landa Dora Mazzone Jonathan Montenegro
1991
Jericó	Luis Alberto Lamata	Cosme Cortázar	Drama	Goya Award nominee: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film
1992
Desnudo con Naranjas	Luis Alberto Lamata	Lourdes Valera & Daniel Alvarado	Drama	Sochi International Film Festival winner: Best Actor Daniel Alvarado
Río Negro aka Blak River	Atahualpa Lichy	Ángela Molina, Marie-José Nat, Nathalie Nell, Fanny Bastien, Frank Ramírez, Daniel Alvarado	Drama	Coral Prize to the Best Unpublished Script - Havana Festival, India Catalina Opera Prima - Cartagena Festival, Makhila to the Opera Prima - Biarritz Festival.
Santera	Solveig Hoogesteijn	Gledys Ibarra, Irma Salcedo	Drama	Gramado Film Festival nominee – Latin Competition: Best Film
1993
Los Platos del Diablo	Thaelman Urgelles	Gustavo Rodríguez, Mimí Lazo, Marcela Walerstein	Drama	Film based on the novel of the same name, by Eduardo Liendo
1994
Golpes a mi Puerta	Alejandro Saderman	Verónica Oddó & Elba Escobar	Drama	Goya Award nominee: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film
1995
Mecánicas Celestes	Fina Torres	Ariadna Gil	Comedy	L.A. Outfest winner: Grand Jury Award for Outstanding American Narrative Feature
Rosa de Francia	César Bolívar	Ninibeth Leal, Víctor Cámara	Drama
Sicario	Joseph Novoa	Laureano Olivares, Gledys Ibarra, Pedro Lander	Drama	Tokyo International Film Festival winner: Best Director & Best Supporting Actress
1996
Out in the Open	Luis Armando Roche	Roy Dupuis, Christian Vadim, Carlos Cruz	Drama
Tokyo-Paraguaipoa	Leonardo Henríquez	Adolfo Cubas, Eileen Abad, Kenji Sato	Action / drama
1997
Una Vida y Dos Mandados	Alberto Arvelo	John Márquez, Bernardino Angel	Drama	Montréal World Film Festival nominee: Grand Prix des Amériques
Pandemonium: La Capital del Infierno	Román Chalbaud	Orlando Urdaneta, Amalia Pérez Díaz [es]	Drama	San Sebastián International Film Festival nominee: Golden Seashell Award
La Voz del Corazón	Carlos Oteyza	Henry Soto, Beatriz Valdez, Asdrúbal Meléndez	Drama	Gramado Film Festival nominee: Best Film
1998
100 años de perdón	Alejandro Saderman	Orlando Urdaneta, Elluz Peraza, Mariano Álvarez, Daniel Lugo & Aroldo Betancourt	Comedy	Newport International Film Festival nominee: Jury Award
Amaneció de golpe	Carlos Azpúrua	Ruddy Rodríguez, Yanis Chimaras, Elba Escobar	Drama	Goya Award nominee: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film
Piel	Oscar Lucién	Indhira Serrano, Gabriel Blanco, Juan Manuel Montesinos	Drama	Bogotá Film Festival nominee: Best Film
1999
Huelepega: Ley de la Calle	Elia Schneider	José Gregorio Rivas, Pedro Lander, Adolfo Cubas	Drama
Loop

2000s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
2000
Caracas Amor a Muerte	Gustavo Balza	Luis Fernández, Iván Tamayo	Drama	Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival winner: Best Film
Cédula Ciudadano	Diego Velasco	Héctor Palma, Luis Colmenares, Dimas González, Rolando Padilla, Benjamin Rausseo, Orlando Urdaneta	Comedy
Manuela Sáenz	Diego Rísquez	Beatriz Valdés, Mariano Álvarez	Drama
Borrón y Cuenta Nueva	Henrique Lazo	Mimí Lazo, Luis Fernández, Elba Escobar	Comedy	Cartagena Film Festival nominee: Best Film
Oro Diablo	Joseph Novoa		Drama
2002
The Archangel's Feather
2003
B-Happy	Gonzalo Justiniano	Manuela Martelli, Eduardo Barril, Lorene Prieto, Felipe Ríos, Ricardo Fernández	Drama	Winner: CICAE Award - Best Film
Una casa con vista al mar	Alberto Arvelo	Imanol Arias, Leandro Arvelo	Drama	Miami Film Festival winner: Best Director
Yotama se va volando	Luis Armando Roche	Edgar Ramírez, Beatriz Vásquez	Drama	Cartagena Film Festival nominee: Best Film
2004
Punto y Raya	Elias Schneider	Roque Valero, Edgar Ramírez	Action / drama / comedy	Bogotá Film Festival winner: Best Director
X-Ray of a Lie	Wolfgang Schalk		Documentary
Habana, Havana	Alberto Arvelo	Raúl Eguren, Israel Guerra	Drama	Cartagena Film Festival nominee: Best Film
2005
Secuestro Express	Jonathan Jakubowicz	Mia Maestro, Jean Paul Leroux, Carlos Julio Molina, Ruben Blades, Niga Sibilino & Budu	Drama	British Independent Film Award nominee: Best Foreign Film
1888, El Extraordinario Viaje de la Santa Isabel	Alfredo Anzola	Marco Villarubia, Elba Escobar	Drama	ANAC Awards: Best Art Direction & Best Cinematography
El Caracazo	Román Chalbaud	Fernando Carrillo, Yanis Chimaras, Mimí Lazo, Francis Rueda	Drama	ANAC Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Beatriz Vásquez)
Maroa	Solveig Hoogesteijn	Tristán Ulloa, Yorlis Domínguez, Elba Escobar	Drama	Venezuela's Official Selection for the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
2006
Francisco de Miranda	Diego Rísquez	Luis Fernández	History / drama
Tocar y Luchar	Alberto Arvelo	José Antonio Abreu, Gustavo Dudamel	Documentary	Miami Film Festival: Best Documentary
El Don	Joseph Novoa	Laureno Olivares	Drama, Accion
Elipsis	Eduardo Arias-Nath	Édgar Ramírez, Seu Jorge, Jean Paul Leroux	Drama / crime
Mi Vida por Sharon, ¿o qué te pasa a ti?	Carlos Azpúrua	Mimi Lazo, Carlos Mata, Vicente Tepedino	Comedy
2007
13 Segundos	Freddy Fadel	Daniela Alvarado, Carmen Julia Álvarez, Nohely Arteaga	Drama
El Señor Presidente	Rómulo Guardia		Drama	Adaptation of the 1946 homonymous novel by Guatemalan writer Miguel Ángel Asturias
Puras Joyitas	César Oropeza	Mario Cimarro, Miguel Ferrari, Erich Wildpret	Action / comedy
Una abuela virgen	Olegario Barrera	Daniela Alvarado, Antonio Delli, Marlene De Andrade, Iván Tamayo	Comedy
Cyrano Fernandez	Alberto Arvelo	Edgar Ramirez, Pastor Oviedo, Jessika Grau	Action / romance	Malaga Film Festival Best Latin American Film
Postcards from Leningrad	Mariana Rondon	Laureano Olivares, Greisy Mena	Drama / tragicomedy	Biarritz Film Festival winner; Goya Awards: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film nominee
2008
Bloques	Carlos Caridad, Alfredo Hueck	Dimas González, Lourdes Valera, Nohely Arteaga	Drama
The Color of Fame	Alejandro Ballame	Elaiza Gil, Alberto Alifa, Miguel Ferrari	Drama
La Virgen Negra	Ignacio Castillo Cotin	Carmen Maura, Matheus Nachtergaele, Carolina Torres	Comedy
A mi me gusta	Ralph Kinnard	Mónica Pasqualotto, Jonathan Ashford	Romance / comedy
2009
Libertador Morales, el Justiciero	Efterpi Charalambidis	Rafael Gil, Alba Vallvé	Comedy
Swing con son	Rafael Marziano Tinoco	Caridad Canelón, Billo Frómeta, Rafa Galindo, Alberto Naranjo, María Rivas	Documentary / history / musical
Venezzia	Haik Gazarian	Alfonso Herrera, Ruddy Rodríguez	Drama
Zamora: Tierra y hombres libres	Román Chalbaud	Alexander Solórzano, Eric Ekvall, Antonio Machuca	Historical

2010s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
2010
Cheila: Una Casa Pa' Maita	Eduardo Barberena	Endry Cardeño, Violeta Alemán, José Manuel Suárez	Drama	Best Movie at the Mérida Film Festival
Habana Eva	Fina Torres	Prakriti Maduro, Juan Carlos García	Comedy	Best Movie at the New York Latino Film Festival
Hermano	Marcel Rasquin	Eliú Armas, Fernando Moreno	Drama	Best Movie at the Moscow Film Festival; Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film
Taita Boves	Luis Alberto Lamata	Juvel Vielma, Daniela Alvarado, Gledys Ibarra	Historical
La Hora Cero	Diego Velasco	Zapata 666, Amanda Key, Erich Wildpret, Nana Ponceleon, Albi de Abreu, Antonio Cuevas, Marisa Roman	Action
El Chico que Miente	Marite Ugas	Iker Fernandez, Francisco Denis, Beatriz Vazquez, Gladys Prince, Aldrin Sterling	Drama
Yours	Ivan Mazza	Albi De AbreuArmando CabreraPrakriti Maduro	Short
2011
No Stingray Pie for Dinner Tonight	Braulio Rodríguez	Luis Carreño	Comedy short
Reverón	Diego Rísquez	Luigi Sciamanna, Sheila Monterola, Luis Fernández, Prakriti Maduro	Drama	Best Movie at the Mérida Film Festival
Yo, indocumentada	Andrea Baranenko	Tamara Adrián	Documentary	Represented Venezuela and was part of the 2013 official selection of the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF).[4]
2012
Breach in the Silence	Luis Rodríguez, Andrés Rodríguez
Caracas, las dos caras de la vida	Jackson Gutiérrez
Rock, Paper, Scissors	Hernán Jabes		Drama
Tiempos de dictadura	Carlos Oteyza [es]		Documentary	Film about the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez
2013
Alt	Alejandro Hernández	Edmary Fuentes Gustavo Finol	Short
Bad Hair	Mariana Rondón	Beto Benites
Bolívar, Man of Difficulties	Luis Alberto Lamata	Roque Valero	Historical
High Noon	Ivan Mazza	Gabriel Rojas, Pedro Gómez, Prakriti Maduro, Edgar Noria, Efraín Romero, Gustavo Santana	Short
The Liberator	Alberto Arvelo		Historical	Venezuelan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards,[5][6] making the January Shortlist.[7]
Jacinto Convit	Sergio Monsalve		Documentary
La distancia más larga	Claudia Pinto	Carme Elias, Omar Moya, Ivan Tamayo	Drama	Nominated for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film at the 29th Goya Awards.
Papita, maní, tostón	Luis Carlos Hueck		Comedy	Highest-grossing film in the history of Venezuelan cinema.[needs update]
The House at the End of Time	Alejandro Hidalgo	Ruddy Rodríguez	Horror	Highest-grossing film in the history of Venezuelan cinema[needs update] and the most internationally distributed Venezuelan film.
The Return	Patricia Ortega	Daniela González, Sofía Espinoza, Laureano Olivares, Jessica González	Drama
Valle Cocodrilo	Leticia Patrizi		Short
2014
Blue and Not So Pink	Miguel Ferrari	Guillermo García, Nacho Montes (aka Ignacio Montes González), Hilda Abrahamz, Carolina Torres, Alexander Da Silva, Sócrates Serrano, Elba Escobar, Beatriz Valdés	Drama	Best Foreign Film in the Spanish Language at the 28th Goya Awards in 2014
Corpus Christi	César Bolívar	Carlos Cruz, Jariana Armas, Marcos Moreno
2015
El desertor	Raúl Chamorro	Magdiel González, Eliane Chipia, Leónidas Urbina, Glenda Mendoza, Mercedes López, Salvador Villegas	Drama
El malquerido	Diego Rísquez	Chyno Miranda	Drama	[8]
From Afar	Lorenzo Vigas		Drama	Golden Lion at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.[9][10][11] It was selected as the Venezuelan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.[12]
Gone with the River
Km 72	Samuel Henríquez	Gustavo Rodríguez, Frank Spano, George Akram, Indra Santamaría, Jesús Nunes	Cine Negro	[13]
Muerte Suspendida	Óscar Rivas Gamboa	Zapata 666 Mayra Africano Asdrúbal Blanco Óscar Pérez	Action
2016
CAP 2 Intentos	Carlos Oteyza [es]		Documentary	Film about the two non-consecutive tenures of President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
El Amparo	Rober Calzadilla	Giovanny García Vicente Quintero Samantha Castillo Vicente Peña Rossana Hernández	Historical
La Soledad	Jorge Thielen Armand	Jose Dolores López, Adrializ López, Jorge Roque Thielen	Drama	Premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival
Tamara	Elia Schneider	Luis Fernández, Prakriti Maduro, Mimí Lazo, Karina Velásquez, Carlota Sosa, Julie Restifo, Tamara Adrián	Drama Romance
2017
El Inca	Ignacio Castillo Cottin		Sports Drama
In the Shadow of the Revolution	J. Arturo Albarrá Clifton Ross		Documentary
The Family	Gustavo Rondón Córdova		Drama
2018
Being Impossible	Patricia Ortega		Drama
Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st Century	Gustavo Tovar-Arroyo [es]		Documentary	Best documentary in the New York International Films Infest Festival.[14]
El pueblo soy yo	Carlos Oteyza [es]	Enrique Krauze, Fernando Mires, Loris Zanatta, Alberto Barrera Tyszka, Ana Rosa Torres	Documentary	Nominated in the 34th Guadalajara International Film Festival for the feature-length documentary category.[15][16]
They Call Us Warriors	Jennifer Socorro David Alonso Edwin Corona Ramos		Documentary
Simón	Diego Vicentini	Christian McGaffney, Kelley Mack, Steve Wilcox, Alexandra Hoover	Short	Feature film produced.[17]
2019
Colateral	Lucrecia Cisneros		Documentary
Infection	Flavio Pedota	Rubén Guevara, Leonidas Urbina, Magdiel González, Genna Chanelle Hayes	Horror	Best Ibero-American Film award at the 2019 Guadalajara International Film Festival.[18]

2020s

See also: Venezuelan cinema in the 2020s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
2020
A La Calle	Maxx Caicedo Nelson G. Navarrete		Documentary
Atacama	Enrique Bencomo	Loreto Dañobeitia Egaña, David Alonso, Mariajesus Foix, Jose Miguel Ceardi, Luciano Farías, German Silva
La Fortaleza	Jorge Thielen Armand	Jorge Roque Thielen, Yoni Naranjo, Carlos Medina, Leudys Naranjo	Drama	Nominated for Tiger Award at the 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam.[19]
Lejos de casa: éxodo venezolano	Abner Ramírez	Gabriel Buitrago, Abner Ramirez, Yroski Palacios	Drama
El Father Plays Himself	Mo Scarpelli	Jorge Thielen Armand, Jorge Roque Thielen	Documentary	51st Visions du Réel International Competition Special Mention Winner. In Co-production with the UK, Italy, and the US.
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela	Anabel Rodríguez Ríos		Documentary	Venezuelan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.[20]
Opposite Direction	Alejandro Bellame Palacios	Claudia Rojas, Christian González, Erick Palacios, Diana Volpe, Alberto Alifa	Romance	Candidate for the 36th Goya Awards for the Best Ibero-American Film category.[21][22]
The Inner Glow	Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez		Drama	Venezuelan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.[23]
Two Autumns in Paris[24]	Gibelys Coronado	María Antonieta Hidalgo, Francisco Villarroel, Raúl Amundaray, Sonia Villamizar, Juan Belgrave	Drama Political Thriller	Special Jury Prize at the Nigeria Film Festival[25] and several International awards
2021
La última pieza	Ricardo Muñoz Senior	Ricardo Muñoz Senior, Samantha Castillo, Victor Oliveira	Drama Comedy
Me & The Beasts	Nico Manzano [es]	Jesús Nunes	Drama Musical
Rómulo Resiste	Carlos Oteyza [es]	Américo Martín, Elisa Lerner, Ramón Guillermo Aveledo	Documentary
The Box	Lorenzo Vigas	Hernán Mendoza, Hatzín Navarrete, Cristina Zulueta	Drama	Venezuelan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.[26]
2022
Free Color	Alberto Arvelo Mendoza	Carlos Cruz-Diez	Documentary
Jezebel	Hernán Jabes	Gabriel Agüero, Johanna Juliethe, Eliane Chipia, Shakti Maal	Thriller Crime
2023
My Otaku Girlfriend	Edio Raven	Miguelángel Hidalgo, Karla Scallop, Frank Coello, Subotic Kelliens	Drama
The Rent Girl	Carlos Caridad Montero	Daniela Alvarado, Luis Olavarrieta, Patricia Schwarzgruber, Agustín Segnini, Augusto Nitti, César Bencid	Romantic comedy	Premiered on June 1, 2023.[27]
The Shadow of the Sun	Miguel Ángel Ferrer	Carlos Manuel González, Anyelo López, Greisy Mena, Jeizer Ruiz, Richard Clark, Davis Olaves, Camila Curtis, Pedro Alonso, Kenny Montoya	Drama	Venezuelan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards[28]
Simón	Diego Vicentini	Christian McGaffney	Drama	Best Feature Film at the Venezuelan Film Festival.[29]
Upon Entry	Alejandro Rojas Juan Sebastián Vásquez	Alberto Ammann, Bruna Cusí, Ben Temple, Laura Gómez	Drama
Back to Life	Luis Carlos Hueck Alfredo Hueck	José Ramón Barreto, José Roberto Díaz, Crisol Carabal	Comedy-drama

See also

• Cinema of Venezuela
• List of South American films
• List of Caribbean films

References

1. "Diccionario de Cine Venezolano | PDF | Venezuela | Cine".
2. "Quinzaine 1979". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
3. Pequeña revancha, Goya Awards
4. "Yo, indocumentada por Flavia Cassani". Runrunes (in Spanish). November 15, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
5. "Libertador representará a Venezuela en los premios Oscar". El Nacional. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
6. "Oscars: Venezuela Picks 'The Liberator' for Foreign Language Candidate". Hollywood Reporter. September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
7. "9 Foreign Language Films Advance in Oscar Race". AMPAS. December 19, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
8. El malquerido on IMDb
9. "Leone d'oro a 'Desde Alla' di Vigas" (in Italian). ANSA. September 12, 2015.
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External links

• List of Venezuelan Movies on IMDb