Discoveries from Argentina World Cinema

Two brothers go to their mother's house, not knowing what they will find there.

Documentary about Argentine journalist Jorge Ricardo Masetti (1929-1964), founder of the Latin American news agency Prensa Latina, and commander of Che Guevara's vanguard in Argentina.

In the heart of Eurasia, H. discovers humanity's best kept secret (and perhaps its last hope). From San Salvador de Jujuy to the desertic and mountainous confines of the Chinese State; H., generic Argentinean system of programmer police, persecuted and tortured Russian cryptographer, Islamic cyber-terrorist adrift in an unfinished beta desert, disembodied prison guard, mutinous prisoner, a mark carved in the ruins of a very old wall, dust of a planet in retreat, involuntary banner of a rebellion.

Sergio visits his elderly mother on her birthday after more than a year away. There, he meets María, a twenty-something girl who begins to attract him and presents him with an opportunity to reconnect with his past.

"Metal Wheels" that was going to be a post-apocalyptic feature film and ended up being a sycalypse its realization. It was canceled after several days, after nothing went well and the number of planned scenes could never be filmed (even the first scene that appears, which is the first filmed, we traveled to a distant field and were only able to record one scene due to conditions inhuman under the sun, without water and without electricity to charge the battery) Here is edited based on the existing script the material that was recorded.

An analysis of the social, cultural and institutional environment that surrounds the problem of gender violence in Argentina based on the story of the survivor Ivana Rosales. In addition, the patriarchal network of power that runs through institutions, and the role of the media and stereotypes. A documentary by Susana Nieri.

The Buenos Aires Children's Trust is a center dedicated to protecting disadvantaged children. In 1939, the world's first symphony orchestra, composed exclusively of blind young people, was founded there. For decades, eleven teenagers devoted themselves to music body and soul. Basilio, the last survivor of that orchestra, is about to retire. The film shows how Braille scores are made and read, how the instruments are played, and describes the story behind each of the Trust's rooms.

From the perspective of youth in 13 towns across Argentina, this article recounts the changes the pandemic brought about in terms of school, socializing, and the virtualization of all gatherings, as well as how all of this impacted youth emotionally.

Silent black and white movie by pioneer of argentine cinema Eugenio Cardini.

Animated short film by Victor Iturralde

During the bloody dictatorship in Argentina, the military regime kidnapped pregnant women, forced them to give birth, murdered them, and took the babies. Thirty-five years later, a single trial for "Baby Theft, State Crime, and Crime Against Humanity" begins in Buenos Aires, the fruit of a 30-year struggle by the grandmothers of Paz de Mayo to find the 500 stolen babies, their grandchildren.

Carlos, a 19-year-old soldier with only a few months of military service, waits in his trench for an enemy he doesn't know, along with José and Pedro, who help him face very difficult moments of loneliness and fear. There, Carlos learns not only to fight the enemy but also to appreciate things he'd never considered before. Furthermore, a pilot must execute one of the most important missions in Argentine aviation, Operation Invincible. This is a joint operation between the Navy and the Air Force. He and five other pilots target the aircraft carrier "Invincible," one of the most protected ships of the British Crown.

A remake of the 1943 film of the same name.

Two brothers heredates the ice cream truck of their grandfather. They have different opinions about what to do with it.

A reclusive fisherman's life is forever changed by a mysterious discovery.

A portrait of the legendary bombist in the final stage of his life. Vitillo Abalos, member of the legendary Argentine folkloric quintet, Hermanos Abalos, embarks on a musical adventure that will become his last legacy.

A couple, having recently moved in together, is hit by a total power outage. While searching for a candle, new and old arguments flare up.

The origins of the Piquetero Movement in Argentina. After successive neoliberal governments left the country with over 50% unemployment and the disappearance of entire towns, the first uprisings took place in 1996 and 1997. Women were the first to take to the streets and block roads with their children. This story is told through the voices of women from Salta (Mosconi), Jujuy (Ledesma), and Neuquén (Cutral Co).

The short film tells a coastal version of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Photo montage of a romance.

An insight into one of Argentina's most famous marketing campaigns of the late 1990s and early 2000s: la llama que llama. Their creators talk about their creation on its 25th anniversary.

Francisco, a 35-year-old filmmaker who secretly works for a delivery app, has a date in Belgrano with Belén, 28, whom he has just met. As he tries to impress her, they both discover a deep and unexpected connection.

A Galician living in La Plata returns to Lugo with his daughter after 27 years, against all odds

A fiction that imagines anxiety as literal explosions of light, surging out of one's body. Tonight's anxiety, this girl's, is linked to her interrupted pregnancy.

The story of a serial killer, a pervert, a friend's farawell and the fight of public universities' rights

Primitive link is the representation of a genuine connection necessary to generate change.

1980s' Argentina. Four young men decide to avoid being drafted to military service by staying in a car smoking cigarettes all night long.

Malena (31) grew up surrounded by empowered women, although always concerned about hegemonic beauty. This contradiction leads her to review the beauty pageants that marked her life and that of her family in order to answer why, in some way, everyone wants to be a Miss.

Some slippers fall in love with the shoes of a lady who crosses in front of her shop window. They will seek to find her throughout the town, whatever the cost.

A vision from Limbo, where the canoeist of the eternal lake floats in his boat, between sleep and wakefulness. When he sleeps, he dreams of the everyday of a parallel time. when he wakes up, the same song haunts him again and again. his boat, “ara” (time, in guarani) travels through time like a shooting star.

Documentary about the tango singer and composer Carlos Gardel. It includes fragments of his films and testimonials from friends and biographers.

A young woman who works as a music store saleswoman falls in love with a popular singer.

The axis of the film is the construction of memory: where, finally, are the memories lodged? From that interrogation, the director and protagonist assembles and disassembles a story where his children and his father appear to confirm that his memory is also the memory of a descendant that does not forget the past. (Marcela Gamberini)

A woman’s daily life is suddenly disturbed when a vampire hacks into her computer. After a few nights, he finally visits her and takes her for a stroll through the dark night of Buenos Aires.

Six teenage friends ramble through a cemetery, filming each other among horseplay and crossed relationships. Talking about death and dreams, smoking marihuana, avoiding all kinds of issues.

Documentary about a family that makes wine on the Argentine coast of the Río de la Plata.

Mapuche, Sprouts of the Earth is composed of six short films. Short stories, independent, but interconnected by the ancestral worldview of a living people. Each one allows us to deeply delve into the Mapuche relationship with their community, nature, art, spirituality, life, and death as part of a whole.

A group of young people is torn between the established order of the professional world and their rebellion.

Educational short about contraception and sexual education for the youth.

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Guillermina experiences an aggressive confrontation with the police during a feminist march. On her way home, she confronts her brother Dante.

In 1923, a group of rebellious workers from Rjukan, Norway, led their families deep into the Brazilian jungle to build a utopia. Instead, they found ruin, suffering, and catastrophe. One survivor warned those back home, calling it “a hell beyond compare.” A century later, a filmmaker sets out to reconstruct the forgotten story. After many false starts and setbacks, the project becomes a utopia of its own, not an ideal society, but a fragile dream that seems almost impossible to bring to life.

Dante, a nine-year-old boy, lives isolated in his room, cut off from the outside world. His only company are the brief moments he shares with his grandmother and his neighbor, while his days pass between the dimness of his bed and the contemplation of the garden through the window. But in the refuge of his dreams, he meets an enigmatic character who learned to navigate the consciousness of sad children and who tries to guide him to confront his pain.

An intimate journey through childhood memories, Patagonian landscapes, and the creator of the show"Los Peques." The film traces a dialogue between two generations of filmmakers who, from different perspectives, question what it means to see, and to see oneself represented, in one's own territory.

In a desolate city, a man in search of pleasure comes close to death.

In 1951, a child prodigy was born in Buenos Aires who changed the history of Argentine popular music.

"Dense Flow, Red River,” an immersive uterine exploration in a sonic key.