Discoveries from Argentina World Cinema

A story of absence and emptiness.

Sara hires a detective to watch her partner, Lucía, convinced that she will try to commit suicide when she discovers her infidelity. But Lucía is pregnant. Between jealousy and revelations, both try to accept the situation in order to stay together.

Julián films his relatives on his mother’s side, film and television actors in the 1990s, while trying to understand what happened to his mother, who’s been institutionalized in different psychiatric facilities for more than 25 years.

Lucy, a trans girl, sets out on a journey to undergo gender reassignment surgery. Both the bus driver and the passengers discriminate against her. But she bonds with Braian, who turns out to be part of a gang that robs all the passengers, putting her long-desired intervention in jeopardy.

Under the influence of a drug, Lara is forced to experience a party on a loop.

Yasuo Inomata, the most important landscape gardener in Argentina, was born in a village in northern Japan and settled in Escobar in the 1960s. He created the Japanese gardens of Escobar and Palermo, but some internal disputes altered his work.

Decades after the murder of a woman at the hands of the "violinist decapitator", a young couple arrives at a house where they soon become aware of strange events.

On October 5, 2010, Alejandro Bordón was arrested by a police officer on his way to work. After a brutal beating, he was taken to Police Station No. 6 in Lanús, where he was informed that he was accused of the murder of bus driver Juan Alberto Núñez.

The relationship between two sisters is tested after a man gets in their ways.

Catita patterns are separated and, momentarily, decide to leave the house in charge of it, dismissing the rest of the household staff. Furthermore, Catita accidentally causes a fire, leaving many people homeless and living temporarily offered together in the mansion, she pretended to be the owner to the outsiders.

A group of actors and the director of the play set out through the streets of Buenos Aires in search of people who have never been to the theater. This is an open-ended work in terms of time, blending formats that range from stage performance to audiovisual media, with new episodes added each year. The characters, situations, and settings will be created based on the stories collected from the audience. At the same time, the relationships between the characters and the storyline will evolve over time, intertwining aspects of the real lives of the actors with the impact generated by their efforts to connect with the audience.

Who said that being an actor is easy? Not being able to cry, accepting any role, not being valued, being poor, being famous, acting badly, acting too well, not sleeping, not eating... but, above all, not being able to stop doing it!

Juan has a normal life: a good job, he is married, he is expecting his first child and he wants to move to a bigger house. One day he discovers, by chance, that his identity is not what he thought.

An orphan, adopted by an authoritarian landowner, falls in love with his daughter on a farm in the mountains.

The story of a man who is mistaken for the winner of the Christmas lottery prize and starts handing out borrowed money.

The movie follows a group of children living in the streets in the city of Buenos Aires. The only day center working is the CAINA (Centro de Atención Integral a la Niñez y Adolescencia) an institution that assists and shelters street children.

Through their stories, five women construct a collective portrait of desire, giving body and voice to that which we tend to keep silent.

A sensorial journey that reveals the hidden beauty of Buenos Aires' natural landscapes: inverted black and white images and extradiegetic sounds intertwine in an experience where image and sound interact beyond time and space, inviting the viewer to rediscover the invisible in everyday life.

One night, Ana gets excited watching a movie, but Benjamín, her partner, thinks it is absurd: a movie is a fake, armed product. Ana will show him, through a somewhat twisted lesson, that his approach is completely irrelevant.

Abel Pintos invites us to a night filled with his biggest hits, as well as many other songs he'll perform for the first time live, in a one-of-a-kind show at the Velez Sarsfield stadium.

An unscripted compilation of events on 3 different days of a group of friends.

A poetic representation based on the personal interpretation of mental imbalance.

The "Cinco Grandes del Buen Humor" look for a hidden treasure in the basement of a hotel.

Mingo and Aníbal are two friends who work at a car dealership and are accused of a murder they did not commit. The incident occurred in a remote house, where both friends go to try to hide and solve the crime. There they will try to elude a ghost that wanders in the place while trying to regain their innocence.

The film recreates the arrival of a group of Jewish immigrants fleeing persecution in Czarist Russia, establishing the first Hebrew colonies in the province of Entre Rios, Argentina.

A shared glance between two lonely men at a shadowy party sparks a connection between their vital spirits.

After an argument with her partner, Clara makes a tragic decision.

Favio Navoni was a disruptive photographer who could capture his art anywhere. But at the peak of his youth, he broke, and was never able to be the same again. His family tells us who he was and what it is like to live today with the absence of someone who was once so full of life.

Navigating the triple border that separates fiction, documentary and essay, in Dueto, writer and filmmaker Edgardo Cozarinsky and actor Rafael Ferro expose, in a confessional manner, the bond they have shared for many years, not only recalling but also retelling a handful of common stories. Some of them have to do with the origin of their relationship, others with its extremes, from the most tense to the most playful. However, all of them converge in a common denominator that keeps them together despite everything. Dueto is the story of two men who, without any shame, allow their friendship to affirm, with conviction, its real name—love. One that is sometimes tender and light, other times possessive and rough, but always ready for a generous indulgence that doesn’t need that of the flesh. The two of them turn Dueto into an oath made of film, in order to honor the pact of that powerful shared feeling.

It's 1961 in the remote Argentinean Patagonia. A family of Nazi fugitives arrives at teen Frida's house looking for refuge, wanting to live a normal life with total impunity. How will this affect the youngest members of these two families?

An old man seems to direct the lives of the people who pass by on the street, under his balcony.

An experimental short film about the strangeness of life

It is the story of a man who lives a solitary and routine life despite being married, and when he casually meets a younger girl, he begins a clandestine relationship that will unleash jealousy, revenge, and death.

Marta must deal with her bosses when she finds a rat inside her home. Amid a rodent infestation, fear and panic take hold of a family in decline.

One day before getting married, Ulysses meets Penelope again, the great love of his adolescence, discovering that she is now a nun in the monastery where the wedding will be made official. Seeing each other again confuses both of them, discovering that they had not overcome their relationship, to the point of rethinking their most important decisions.

A serious radio commentator becomes a vedette in the magazine theater.

On the streets of Buenos Aires, everyone was talking about Claikah, a doll famous for her nasty charm, but always with a touch of sweetness. She had spent her life trapped inside a glass case, until one day, she finally managed to escape. Just as she was ready to start her new life, a diamond fell from the sky and struck her on the head. But this wasn’t just any diamond: it had 12 faces, each one unique and mysterious. Claikah began to feel changes in her body, her mind, and essence. And that’s how she became "The Diamond Girl."

Marlene lives in the house of the old woman she takes care of. When her friend disappears, she escapes every night to investigate. The clues lead her to night jobs in which she meets other women who, like her, have developed their gifts into superpowers.

Bloody short film made in 1995 by FARSA Producciones, includes original music by Pablo Vostrouski. Inspired by "EVIL DEAD 2".

Julieta is a violinist, a student of a teacher who teaches her in an old theater in Santa Fe, where she found an old violin enchanted.

In an Argentina divided between a deep conservatism and an unprecedented momentum in feminism, the film delves into the political journey and intimate lives of Claudia and Violeta. Trans women who identify as transvestites, the fight they lead with their comrades against the patriarchal violence is visceral and embodied. Convinced of their roles at the center of an ongoing revolution that intersects with so many struggles, in defiance of the old world they redouble their energy to invent a new present, to love and stay alive.

After his wife's death, widower begins to learn details about a double life she led.

It tells of the band's record return with "La luz del ritmo", reflecting in a very intimate way the process of creation and recording. Linking the documentary images, it includes interviews conducted by Marcelo Fernández Bitar, where the protagonists present the album song by song.

After returning from the United States, Johnny Tolengo is extorted by the mob into signing with a shady record company, thus setting off a series of unexpected adventures.

Nina, Ailén and Fernando are an actress, a producer and a director who want to shoot and independent feature film in Argentina.

A man in debt obtains a miraculous skin that makes all his wishes come true but at the cost of shortening his life.

Lola tries not to drop her talent, threatened by the passage of time and the irreversible events that devastated her happiness. Ana, will try to survive a violent relationship with Victor that will bring her closer to the world of prostitution. Lucio hand in hand with cocaine addiction, will destroy its precarious humanity.

Two siblings from a humble neighbourhood, a taxi driver and a lingerie store employee, dream of becoming a tango singer and a famous model respectively.

Argentinian television horror movie from 1968.

Young newlywed girl about to embark on her honeymoon persuades older family friend to assist her in an extensive search for her missing husband. A road-trip full of comical misadventures ensues.