'La Violencia' is a documentary film about the indigenous Mayan women of Guatemala, their painful past and uncertain future in the fight for justice and equality. The film paints an image of life in Guatemala using a series of personal stories told through the eyes of both victims and activists. The viewer is taken on a visual and emotional journey of this beautiful yet tormented country, from its violent history to its current fragile state.—Til Frohlich

Guatemala is a country of contrasts and contradictions. Home to the indigenous Mayan people and breathtaking landscape it is a country contrasted with an armed conflict that tore the country apart for 36 years, claiming the lives of over 200,000 men, women and children. La Violencia is a documentary about the indigenous Mayan women of Guatemala, their painful past and uncertain future in the fight for justice and equality.Today, Guatemala remains one of the most dangerous countries for women in the world, where rape, domestic violence and femicide are rife.—Anonymous

La Violencia documents the lives of the indigenous Mayan women of Guatemala. Guatemala is explored from its violent history to its current fragile state, through the personal stories of indigenous women and activists and narrated by Aidan Gillen. Guatemala's armed conflict tore the country apart for 36 years, claiming the lives of over 200,000 women, men and children. in 2013 Guatemala became the first country in history to put its former head on state on trial for genocide in a domestic court. The accused is General Rios Montt, who ruled the country during the most brutal period of the conflict, known as La Violencia. The trial has been marred be outside pressure from the powerful elite and has pushed the justice system to its limits.