Discoveries from Argentina World Cinema

A woman is falsely accused of killing her husband, after finding out that he and her sister were lovers.

A dive bar, a tango environment, a card game of truco, a pregnant waitress mistreated by a boss, who later ends up leaving her in the street with her newborn son. The son, named Faxman after an old illusionist, grows up and becomes an illusionist himself, traveling through different Argentine cities with his show. During one of his performances, Faxman meets Candelaria, who becomes his assistant as well as the love of his life.

Miranda is a 48-year-old teacher who changes her perspective on life when she hears reports of harassment and abuse from the students at the school where she teaches. Over the weekend she will decide that it's time to hear her voice and make it heard along with many others.

A rigorous mother, two brothers bonded by their passion for music and the intrusion of a girl violinist who interferes in their relationship.

The police use Mr. Buendía to obtain information about a gangster to whom he is identical.

How far would you fake it before you make it? In the bustling streets of Barcelona, a down-and-out gay actor grasping for one last shot and a financially reckless fashion influencer both suffer in silence the bittersweet truth of life as Latino migrants in Europe. They've mastered the illusion of success, posting carefully curated versions of their lives that keep their fans-and families-guessing. But an unexpected collision of their worlds will make them face the less "Insta-Worthy" side of their own stories.

A funeral home is hired to transport a body to a neighboring country, but an irresponsible employee loses the coffin in the middle of the street in a town in Entre Ríos. From there begins a power struggle to manage the situation among the inhabitants of the town. But that coffin hides something that unleashes a silent race of greed and betrayal to see who gets it.

The fourth, final part of the Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen in the shortened version, prepared by Cord Garben. Staged at the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, 2012.

After receiving a mysterious book and two ancient rings, the realities of Julián and Victoria become inexplicably intertwined. Forced to coexist as their homes connect through a supernatural nexus, they discover an ancient legend of star-crossed gods and a curse that demands a heavy price. With a threatening portal opening in the middle of their daily lives, they must face the mystery and decide if they are willing to close the connection that binds them before it's too late.

Celeste (27) waits to be seen by the doctor, while she makes a paper boat and talks to her friend on the phone. The lady next to her wants to buy it, and a lawyer tries to convince her to patent it. Irritated by the meddling, Celeste refuses and turns her back on them — but her rejection forces her into a fight against those trying to profit from a mere piece of paper.

Cato, a hip-hop artist whose career is about to take off, runs into trouble with the law and a violently organized network of Argentine soccer hooligans.

In a small town, a police officer goes to the house of a teacher friend to question him about the sudden disappearance of one of his students, who had been responsible for a car accident that claimed the lives of a family of four.

Matías is a Russian-language translator. Rody, an Interpol agent who requires his services to clarify a case. A series of unforeseen events envelop them in a desperate run to protect their lives.

Aging-roue comedy: foxy grandpa's doctor tells him he needs to cut out the high-living and make a stable, tranquil home for himself, as befits his age and station... but he decides he'd rather do that by marrying his nephew off and piggybacking on the domestic tranquility created in that household.

Santa Fe - notes, 2017 - 2019 is a story made up of fragments of landscapes, buildings, voices and objects. It is a film built on the relationship between art and the colony, memory and threat, native peoples and silence.

Argentine history during the 20th century discovered by two teenagers, who investigate the lives of members of four different generations of the Lugones family.

Anita is the story of a young woman with Down syndrome who lives a happy, routine life in Buenos Aires, being meticulously cared for by her mother Dora. One tragic morning in 1994, everything changes when Anita is left alone, confused and helpless after the nearby Argentine Israelite Mutual Association is bombed (the deadliest bombing in Argentina's history). As Anita wanders through the city, she learns not only to care for herself, but touches the lives of those around her, from an alcoholic to a family of Asian immigrants.

A sailor takes a short leave to visit his hometown and see if his mother is still alive.

A country man spends his days in the lonely, cold darkness of winter, going over his entire days with a marked routine, until the day begins again.

A marriage enters into crisis due to a “health” issue. They have decided to quit smoking and their lives, more or less ordered, slide towards disaster. Or is quitting smoking not a vice like any other?

A rural police officer investigates the bizarre case of a headless woman's body. The prime suspect blames the crime on the appearance of a legendary monster.

During the military dictatorship of Argentina in 1977, office clerk Francisco Sanctis, his wife and children lead a quiet life in Bueno Aires. But one day an old friend calls him after 20 years, asking him to sign something. When they meet, she explains that she actually wants him to warn two of her friends that are about to be kidnapped by the army, and Francisco must decide if he wants to risk everything for two strangers.

Nothing went as planned: what seemed to be an original idea (taking an international fashion event to a small town in the Argentine Pampas) ended up as a mysterious affair, with a mannequin who seems to have vanished, and who insists on leaving small clues scattered across the immense plains. But nothing seems to be too strange for Commissioner Sirota and her particular method which, this time, includes a clairvoyant, a legendary detective arriving from Santa Rosa and some picturesque “peritas” who choose to work at night, swinging to the rhythm of Ska. In the middle, a disturbing question: Is it a police case they are dealing with, or is someone taking them (the police, the whole town, the Italians – all of us, perhaps) for a fool?

To save a television show, an administrator proposes a show involving three young singers.

Pablo and Lucia live together. Pablo buys an All-Inclusive in Brazil online as a surprise for Lucia but his boss firing him, so Pablo tries to cancel the trip but he can't. They travel anyway, but Brazil waits with nothing but trouble..

A depressed former boxing champion gets involved in a big problem with his cousin the same day that he was about to make up with his ex-girlfriend.

Believing that he is about to die, a man sells his skeleton for science.

Three stories of ordinary people intersect on Christmas Eve: a dentist desperate to find his son's toy; a writer who is not happy and decides to look for the woman of his dreams; and a doctor who intends to flirt with a Spanish woman.

During the first half of the 19th century, in a vast and desolated land fallen into anarchy, several armed groups drift along the infinite Pampas demanding support and food from the peasants. Even if they are bitter rivals, they all claim to pledge allegiance to the “movimiento”. Among these gangs is one led by Señor, an educated man who, with two of his followers, intends to found a peaceful new order. But while his enchanting words and manners seem appealing, his methods reveal an unstoppable thirst for power.

A mechanical failure leaves four teenagers stranded in the darkness of a deserted road. Still disturbed by a recent incident involving the alleged town witch, the teenagers will face the real and imaginary threats that begin to emerge. The sudden disposición of one of the girls and the unexpected appearances of a series of strange local characters increase the tension of a crucial night in the lives of the travelers.

Telma (Norma Pons) is concerned when her father Salerno dies of a heart attack in a movie theater while watching a film of two thugs beating another man. She believes that there is something more to it, and seeks the help of Deganis (Patricio Contreras), a forensic psychiatrist. Deganis, having found out the names of the two actors doing the beating onscreen, looks one of them up. His name is Walensky (Lito Cruz), and he is looking for Smith (Martin Adjemian), the other actor.

During the second half of the 19th century, a young survivor is saved in the Argentine pampas by a man she ends up marrying.

Argentina, 2001. The country is in the middle of a state of siege. Bruno leads a rural military patrol of five soldiers into the countryside. They come upon an old farmhouse and inside they find several corpses and two survivors. Unwittingly, they awaken a diabolical entity living in the forest that revives the dead in the house and will torment them all night long. They will have to resist until dawn, or become part of a bloody sacrifice made centuries ago.

Pedro, a Falklands veteran, cannot forget the days when he was in the trenches, nor can he forget Raúl, his best friend, who stayed forever in that desolate place of nightmares.

A group of young aristocrats lock themselves up, for fun, on a terrace in a wealthy building in Buenos Aires. Their parents try to get them out, but they threaten to jump down if any adults enter the terrace.

On July 1, 1970, through Operation Pindapoy, the armed organization Montoneros carried out the assassination of Lieutenant General Aramburu, who in 1955 had led the coup against General Perón. Constructed as a police drama, the documentary recreates the scenes leading up to the execution and examines Argentine leftist guerrilla groups 40 years after their emergence.

Based on short stories and poems written by the actress, this documentary compiles fragments of the artist's life, configuring a story about the path traveled and an extensive career in film, theater and television.

An unforgettable tour of Argentina and Latin America. A trip where you will be excited and have fun following your favorite characters behind the scenes, from the Newells Old Boys Microstadium in Rosario to the National Auditorium of Mexico City. Get ready to be part of the cutest tour.

The mother superior of a convent raises an abandoned girl and after twenty years the repentant biological mother returns.

The difficult, dangerous, and selfless work of an expedition that set out for the harsh and deserted Plaza Wincul Valley in search of oil.

A couple of university students face the dilemma of abortion.

A young woman is kidnapped, tortured and murdered by two men who record her death with a video camera in La Plata.

A remake of Abbas Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry. Plot TBA.

Lacho Cuevas is the old thief of the town, exiled years ago because of his crimes. However, due to a series of robberies against the town's merchants, Cuevas is hired by the Sheriff to help catch the mysterious thief "Black Rider".

As a mother seeking justice for her disappeared son during the dark days of Argentina's dictatorship, Norita's unwavering determination and fearless activism led her to co-found the renowned Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a pivotal human rights organization.

Félix Monti is synonymous with cinematography in Argentina. From his early steps in the legendary San Miguel studios to his recent work in large-scale Argentine film productions, Chango has never stopped working. Directors Alejandra Martín and Paola Rizzi, also colleagues of his, chose not to shoot a motionless documentary and filled it with vitality –the same vitality the experienced cinematographer moves around with in every shoot or stage he sets foot in.

42-year-old photographer Jo has her first baby and celebrates the joy of motherhood with her husband and friends. But one drink awakens an old addiction and she struggles to stay in control, protect her role as a mother, and keep her life from falling apart.

Trelles and Amílcar share a room in a boarding house, the rent of which has not been paid for a long time. Trelles is a waiter in a typical Buenos Aires bar while Amilcar is an amateur bolero singer, who divides his time between sleeping and singing for free in a cabaret.

A group of friends in a desperate situation is rescued by members of a strange cult that worships "The Eternal". They live locked up and isolated from the outside world. It's all very strange in there, but the truth is darker and more diabolical than it seems.

Tango musician moves to France to put an unhappy love affair behind him. Inspired by the life of tango composer Eduardo Arolas.

Eva, a film editor, and her assistant Rami are working on a film about blind people. A melancholy reflection on cinema and images.

Argentine helmer Rafael Filipelli's understated and deliberate, slice-of-life drama Night Music (AKA Musica Nocturna, 2007) unfurls over the course of four evenings, with its depiction of an emotionally-strained marriage between husband and wife Federico (Enrique Pineyro) and Cecilia (Silvia Arazi), which Filipelli sets against the backdrop of semi-vacant, nocturnal Buenos Aires. He is a music critic pushing 50 and grappling with the completion of his first book; she is a playwright, in rehearsals for a major new production. Both have hit an emotional lull in their marriage that inspires each to coolly flirt with infidelity. As Federico flirts dangerously with the theatrical director's assistant, Cecilia reconnects at length with a past acquaintance, belletrist Sergio (Horacio Acosta), who may or may not have been amorously involved with Cecilia at one time.

A rat goes out to look for something in a tower.

Máximo Ferradas, businessman and youngest son of a powerful family of lifelong fishermen, asks Francisco, his father, for his share of the inheritance. Thus, he begins a long journey that will take him to distant lands, trying to build his own empire. He settles in Perla del Mar, a fishing town in Argentine Patagonia, where he meets Caviedes, a pleasant and enigmatic businessman who offers him the top of business; Coletto, an artisanal fisherman, with whom he faces death due to the fishing law; and Maite, a beautiful and lonely woman, with whom he falls in love for the first time. Maximo plunges into this world. There, so vertiginously he will enjoy his rise, and then suffer his fall ... and then find his redemption.