Discoveries from Argentina World Cinema

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The story and diary of a young adult that, in order to learn and understand her own identity, had to learn to march the streets and the value of what it means to legislate over our own bodies.

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The cold and humid night gives rise to the story of the fileteras of the port of Mar del Plata. Filming the productive heart of the city, the prejudices and emotions experienced by its workers are unraveled: maternity wards, conventions and family legacy.

Short film by Iván Fund

A nanny from the Belgrano neighborhood maintains her job as an actress in the intimacy of her work.

A teenager is faced with the question "Who am I?" And apparently the answer depends on each perspective from which she is seen.

The journey of Fernando Birri, the great father of New Latin American Cinema, has left a mark that begins at the legendary Santa Fe Documentary School and continues to this day. His methods, influences, his founding role, his poetic-political commitment, and his artistic output are some of the milestones that make up his journey.

Documentary filmed in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. A Latinx look at one of the most important cities in the world, which was the epicenter of the pandemic. Thirteen testimonies that tell in the flesh what they lived through and how they survived. The coronavirus pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on Latinx communities. Latinos died from COVID-19 at twice the rate of white New Yorkers.

A group of friends decide to spend the night in a field where a supernatural being resides, who asks for offerings in exchange for help.

The documentary tells, through the life of Friar Antonio Puigjané, a Franciscan priest, a historical period in the social and political life of Argentina in which the paths of Christianity and the Revolution are inseparable and indispensable.

A boy is holding a little light bug captive that he captured in a jar, but his friend recommends that letting it go is best for both of them.

A man remembers his childhood by finding a little bottle cap.

Montage film with fragments of 30 Argentine and foreign films related to tango.

A story with autobiographical overtones that follows Miguel, a film director obsessed with making his next film. The plot begins in his childhood and, through him, we see the political ups and downs of Argentina, the suffering of the poor working class in Tucumán, his exile, and his love affair with a rural schoolteacher.

The life of María, abused by her father and sold to a human trafficking network that exploits her and forces her into prostitution.

Join Kenneth Tencio and his bike on an epic trip across Costa Rica, from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific ocean.

Honik's first film in nearly forty years explores the myriad possibilities of digital video by creating an analogy with the four natural elements. The fifth element projects human essence as waste, with a dumping ground serving as metaphor for a medium capable of endless production of images.

Carlos flees to the mountains to find safety from the Argentinian dictatorship forces in 1976.

In a quiet small town, a group of friends decide to get together at the gas station but, for some strange reason, they are unable to find each other.

A medic falls in love with a young blind woman, whose father is a writer who doesn't want to cure her so that she doesn't see the perversities of the world. In the end, the medic is the son of the writer.

A grandmother and her granddaughter watch the debate of the abortion and reproductive rights law on television, in Argentina, 2018. As they listen to the speeches, they take a position about it.

“Veranada” (summer pasture) opens a small window into the fascinating way of life of the Malargüe herders. The film moves through the eyes of Don Arturo, a gaucho who travels on his horse around the Argentina Andes Mountains in search of greener grasslands to feed his goats and sheep. In this remote community, herders depend on the one necessary resource to survive: water nourishes the plants in the meadows which feed the herds. This story is about Don Arturo’s tenacious yet hopeful will to survive amidst a world affected by climate change, severe drought.

A delirious woman transmutes and gets carried away by the current of the Paraná River.

A 1917 Argentinian film.

As if possessed by the music, two young loners dance separately at a club. Unaware of those around them, they meet and connect soon after. However, the same party that brought them together quickly moves them apart. Will they meet again?

Stop motion animation short film made with hundreds of styrofoam cubes lined with coloured cardboard.

Tracing the last 18 years of conflict between Israel and Palestine, this film-essay reflects on the shared history of national liberation movements in Latin America and the Middle East. Directed by Argentinian documentarian Rodrigo Vazquez, the film combines exclusive interviews with historical figures, direct-cinema from the battle-field and never-before-seen archival footage found in 2011, gathering dust on a shelf, in the Cuban Film Institute.

This documentary explores the theatrical work of Eduardo Pavlovsky, while also examining its connection to his era and his social and political commitment. It also includes footage of rehearsals for a stage production featuring excerpts from his plays, with Tato himself performing on stage.

From a painting, a shrine and some old writings, Mariel and Andrew begin an investigation that will unearth a story of love, hatred and passions that occurred in the pampa, 1821. This last question will make their own lives and face their own passions.

Written and directed by Julian Reboratti, this fictional feature film describes the lives of several dissimilar inhabitants of a neighborhood on the outskirts of the city during two hot and hellish Christmas days and the spiral of violence that, irrepressibly and irrepressibly, will be generated between all of them.

A mixture of abstract images and, as if out of a Man Ray painting, a large mouth in the foreground with red lipstick slowly devours a raw liver and then goes on to eat a postcard. Meanwhile, romantic Neapolitan songs play in the background. As Andrea Giunta says: At the same time they function as a hyperbole of the feminine in a register impregnated with pop aesthetics (they are perfect lips and make-up), but in which the flesh introduces an element of deep transgression, with scatological tensions.

Power in the Desert traces the ripple effects of the lithium boom across three distinct regions- Argentina’s Andean highlands, Chile’s Atacama Desert, and California’s Imperial Valley- where local communities find themselves on the frontlines of the clean energy future.

Antu is a 10-year-old girl who was born blind. Thanks to her unusual sensitivity and curiosity, she discovers the world around her in detail. Aboard an old truck, she travels across Argentina with her parents, showing films in small, forgotten towns and imagining the stories she will never be able to see.

Nahuel, a young marijuana addict, must solve the mistery of why he sees his uncle's dog as a stuffed animal and what the poop circles he makes in the yard mean

Tomy is a gamer who uses his computer to play his favorite soccer video game, Playchamp. As he turns it on and prepares for a long night of gaming, Tomy notices something missing from his backpack: his lucky jersey. As he leaves the house to look for it, a surprising message appears on the screen: Ana, the game's virtual assistant, informs him that he has been selected as a featured player to travel to the FIFA World Cup final in Qatar.

A documentary that portrays the territorial and environmental conflict in the San Matías Gulf, Patagonia, Argentina. Through an audiovisual approach that combines documentary and dance video, the film invites reflection on the effects of extractivism on the territories and the resistance that is being woven together by coastal communities.

Pedro, a gastronomy student, must face a challenging test in which he will be evaluated. In an attempt to overcome this situation, his imagina- tion will help him escape the reality he is immersed in.

Meri unearths memories about Osvaldo, her father, a militant and leader of the Workers’ Party in Argentina. Much like piecing together a shattered vase, she delves into the chronicle of the first accusation of gender violence within that organization. The story winds through both party and family archives, intertwining with the portrait of her mother, Flavia. The director reconstructs her family history, which is, in turn, the history of the party and the political history of the country. An unsettling journey of discovering and yet still loving a father who unveils his monstrous side, “Internal Newsletter” stands as a testament, reflecting on the personal and political upheavals that bind three generations of revolutionary activists.

Mía, a recently heartbroken film student, falls in love with her new classmate, Mateo. As the bond becomes obsessive, her stability crumbles and the boundaries between reality and fiction begin to blur.

A strange creature, which can only live inside a human body, escapes from a group of military men who want to hunt it in a decaying futuristic world. On the verge of being caught, his last escape is to possess the body of a man.

A trip to a football match is the perfect excuse for Lionel, Andrés and Alan to continue learning aspects of their strange friendship.

After a long track record in dramatic theater, Melisa Granados seeks to change the course of her career and venture into comedy. The actress, who is 37 years old and has Down syndrome, creates a character for her new facet: a clown called Mejunje, who combines acidity with a diva-like attitude in equal parts. Throughout the 82 minutes of the documentary, we see her in her intimacy, accompanied by her mother and her theater colleagues, while she prepares her first one-woman show. The stage, according to Melisa, is the only place where she is seen with different eyes and is no longer invisible.

A film about the Argentine opera

A marginal writer falls in love with a millionairess. A story with sex, poetry, transvestites, kidnappings, children, love, heartbreak and lots of cocaine.

A day in the life of Tito, a 10-year-old boy who juggles in the street.

In the future, the planet is devastated by pollution. Five-year-old Anahí accompanies her mother to exchange scrap metal for some drinking water. On the way home, an evil figure takes possession of the precious liquid, triggering a tragic end for this mother and daughter.

A man tries to break away from the routine of the isolated town where he lives by using new social networks that, some say, would make it possible for him to meet potential lovers.

Three friends, a hidden mystery, and a path to the unknown.

Documentary about the social and economic policy of the country in the first years of the Justicialista government. Considered a lost film.

Complete concert of the rock opera "INDIO", written by Horacio Bidarra and Miguel Bertolino. 04/25/2014 - Municipal Theater May 1, Santa Fe, Argentina

This special explores moments from the life of artist Agustín “Rada” Aristarán, spanning from his childhood in Bahía Blanca to his early beginnings as a magician and his family memories. Aristarán blends magic—both in collective and intimate routines—with stand-up comedy and music, creating a dynamic experience.