Movies & TV Shows from Ecuador

Iris and Ariel are 17-year-old twins, who live with their mother and older sister in an old house in the middle of a rocky island covered with molluscs and birds. The teenagers have grown up isolated from the mainland, in a sibling relationship that surpasses the limits of normal intimacy. The abrupt absence of their mother deeply wounds the three siblings, and Iris, moved by a strong need of separating herself from her brother, decides to go alone to the city for the first time.

Six Latinos traveling to the United States for different reasons soon find themselves immersed in the most ridiculous and embarrassing situations. From an inexperienced boy traveling as an exchange student to a naive actress trying to make it in Hollywood, each of them will experience unexpected adventures that will make them question whether leaving their country was the best decision.

Julia, a teenager from Latin America, has lived in the U.S. most of her life. She is popular, a successful Youtuber and wants to become prom queen. Everything changes abruptly when her family has to return to Ecuador. What will she have to face? Getting used to a new culture and a catholic high school will not be easy. The "gringa" becomes the target of "La Reinas", three popular bullies who rule the school. Julia is now a misfit who will have to earn her new friends' affection in order to survive.

Two families dispute a land with a land dealer.

A 13-year-old girl living in a Buenos Aires shantytown falls for a 17-year-old boy who earns a living juggling in a Spiderman costume.

A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.

Chinese mining in Ecuador’s mountains sets the stage for an epic battle between eco-guerrillas and a corrupt government in an intensely dramatic feature by former CPH:DOX winner Marc Wiese.

The film tells the story of Ariel, a 21-year-old who decides to form a rock band to compete for a prize of ten thousand dollars in a musical band contest, this as a last option when trying to get money to save their relationship and reunite with his ex-girlfriend, which breaks due to the trip she must make to Finland for an internship. Ariel with her friend Ortega, decides to make a casting to find the other members of the band, although they do not know nothing about music, thus forming a band with members that have diverse and opposite personalities.

A Missionary converting an Indigenous Community in a remote Ecuadorian volcano must come to terms with her own Faith when her son is possessed by dark forces older than her own religion.

When a new priest arrives in a small Andean village, the lives of its inhabitants begin to change.

The stories of a group of Latina migrant mothers whose kids have been taken away by an unfair system in Italy.

At the end of the 19th century, a boy appears in an Andean village. Nicanor, the village priest, discovers that the child’s blood causes the crops to bear fruit magically, but for the boy to live, he must be fed human blood.

Dalia, the daughter of a famous writer who has recently died, inherits the legacy of finishing his book. To do this, Dalia will become part of the book and will come face to face with the characters who have taken the theme of the book in order to be the protagonists.

A meditative film and counterpart to the eponymous album by composer and violinist Bryan Senti, interweaving neoclassical and indigenous Latin American music. Memories document something distant yet also familiar. Manu: A Visual Album is a documentation of the landscapes and traditions of Ecuador that are on the verge of disappearing. Filmed entirely on 16mm, it explores the highlands of the Andes, the coast of Ecuador and parts of the Amazon.

Baldomero, a former boxer, faces a new reality after several years in prison. Filled with guilt and deep personal conflicts, he wanders aimlessly through downtown Quito, trying to recognize the places he once inhabited. He meets Amelia, a techno-cumbia singer and hopes to rebuild his life, but the ghosts of the past are more alive than ever.

A woman suffering from drug addiction is interned against her will in a clandestine rehabilitation center where she suffers many cases of abuse and fights to survive against violence, prejudice and the loss of dignity.

Martín is a 13-year-old orphan shoeshine boy from La Paz, Bolivia, who has lived his entire life in the streets with the hope and desire to find his father. Driven by this desire and his imagination, Martin bonds with one of his best clients: Mr. Novoa, a lonely tailor whose only emotional bond is his dog, Astor, a fine German shepherd whom he cares for like a son.

The documentary follows the classification, preparation and participation in the Olympic Games of the athletes Beatriz Pascual, Rolando Saquipay and Claudio Villanueva.

A cynical college student and an optimistic tourist, stranded on a bus by a national strike, form an unlikely bond as they decide to hitchhike together to reach their individual destinations, discovering shared lessons and unexpected friendship along the way.

A bus called Sueños (Dreams) links three modern-day tales set in exotic Ecuador - the equator-straddling country that calls itself "The Middle of the World." Each of these stories carries a woman's name, and each features a mysterious, alluring female outsider who bewitches men. In the first tale, a blonde woman with an unclear past arrives in a remote, male-deprived Andean town and offers piano lessons, only to become the focus of wild rumors and innuendo. In the second, a married college professor who is haunted by nightmares becomes obsessed with a beguiling woman who seems to be sending him an ominous message. In the final story, a couple vacationing at a jungle resort refuse to believe in the ancient myths of Ecuador, but are forced to confront the legendary Guasangó.

Lamune has returned to Earth with no memory of his adventures on Hara-Hara world and Doki-Doki space. The remains of Gobuhriki find their way to Earth, and awaken the spirit of Don Harumage. While Cocoa builds a fighting vehicle with stuff she finds around Tokyo, Milk and Leska set off to find Lamune and Da Cider to save the day before the new Gobuhriki is revived and destroys the Earth.

It follows the lives of four housewives and the everyday problems and mysteries that surround their husbands, friends, and neighbors, which are sometimes more sinister than they appear.

Mortal Glitch tells the story of a girl who feels that her destiny is much more of what she does now, but has to fight with the status quo in order to save the world. Through unique humor, and surprising storytelling the creators of enchufe.tv take the hero's journey and give it a contemporary approach.

Los Barriga is a Peruvian-Ecuadorian telenovela produced by Chroma Producciones for Frequency Latina and TC Television, it was distributed by Frequency Latina International. Original Story by Yesmer Uribe. Claudia Berninzon and Julián Gil starred, with the antagonistic participation of Marcela Ruete, Marco Zunino, Adriana Quevedo and Rebeca Escribans. It also features star performances by Orlando Fundichely, Amparo Brambilla, Ramón García, Nicolás Fantinato, William Bell Taylor and Giovanna Andrade, and special performances by leading actors Camucha Negrete and Hernán Romero..

This is the story of a humble family and Pepe Pancho García, the head of the family, who is suddenly appointed president of a multinational company. This happens after he prevents the suicide of Mrs. Isabel Luque, the president and owner of the Luque Corporation, an elderly woman suffering from a terminal illness. Pepe Pancho shows the woman his daily life while she recovers.

Doña Hortensia sees her life turned upside down with the return of her beloved son, Carlitos, who after 15 years of absence decides to return to Ecuador in the company of his wife. For him, as for everyone, this will cause an inner disorder that will make them question his life and his true desires.

Beginnings of a Friendship, is a web series by Ecuavisa Digital about the adventures and the beginning of friendship, by La Chama (Valentina de Abreu) ​​and El Kevin (Kevin Chapin) out of 3 Families.