Movies: Juan Pablo Olyslager

Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a w...

After her sister goes missing, Sarita, a working-class girl from Guatemala City, travels to the seaside town of Puerto Barrios to infiltrate a group of young gang members. As she risks her life to join the gang, Sarita becomes involved with her siste...

Rita, a 13 year old girl, runs away from her abusive father to the big city. She finds solace until she's placed in a safe house run by the State. Rita and her cellmates plots an escape that ends in a shocking act of violence....

A prejudiced Franco-Peruvian woman opens a restaurant after her husband leaves her for another woman. Through it, she falls in love with the gastronomic and cultural diversity of Peru during the prosperous but troubled Lima of 1965....

A family man torn between the love for his family, the boundaries of religion and the freedom to choose whom to love....

The story of the Maya People through four stories which allude to important moments in the in its history over the course of the last half millennium. The central protagonist in all these stories is a young woman named Maya who witnesses the invasion...

Set along a dangerous trail to the Mexican border, where every migrant is prey to assault. A proud knife-wielding heroine born into impoverished circumstances must escape a ruthless cartel to find true freedom....

Condemned to live in scarcity behind a colossal wall that divides Gabhán City in two, Alba is part of a network that distributes medicines and water to the most needy in a clandestine hospital. Her godmother, Lucre, seeks to save her by risking her l...

After the tragic death of his mother, Carlos "El Paletero" won't have a choice but to take justice into his own hands. His destination is a far away town. His mission is to recover his mother's ashes. The means in which he will be fulfilling his goal...

The small coastal town of Roquesas de Mar (village invented by the author) is shocked by the disappearance of one of her neighbors sixteen years of age. When days later found the girl's body, horribly maimed in the back of the house of one of the mos...

Four scientists live a series of paranormal events. Their only track is a message that would lead them to a place called Ciudad Blanca....

After a terrorist attack on Guatemala in the 1980's, a small child is left deaf and motherless. Now her father has to step up and take care of her by himself while the fear of inner armed conflict looms over the country....

Crime - Shot inside of one of Guatemala's most dangerous prisons, with it's inmate population as actors in the film. - Juan Pablo Olyslager, Monica Palmieri, Jorge 'El Pumita' Asturias...

A young woman is brutally assaulted by gang members in the middle of Guatemala City. As usual, the authorities have no suspects or leads, leaving the girl to become one more victim in a society where thousands of women are assaulted every year. Jacob...

In Guatemala, violence is contagious. The neighbors of Villas de La Esperanza, in fear of an eventual invasion of those infected by violence, arm themselves and patrol nights, risking their lives for the safety of their families. But battling violenc...

Over the course of one extraordinary day, the lives of a devious woman, a ruthless screenwriter, a hunky junkie and a snuff-film producer collide in an explosion of sex, violence, intrigue and death in this stylized urban action thriller. Twists and ...

Sharon Yitzhaki traveled to Bolivia with a guy she barely knew. She was indicted in an attempt to smuggle 10 kilos of cocaine out of the country and sentenced to serve her time at one of the cruelest women’s prisons in the world. She quickly became a...