Discoveries from Argentina World Cinema

A woman whose life is shattered by the death of her son.

Deborah returns to Pehuajó, the city where she spent her entire childhood, to discover the true story of Manuelita, María Elena Walsh's iconic character. She reflects on her city's identity, feminism, the history of Argentine cinema, and her own past.

"A Black Swan Stomps on an Oversized Human Heart" follows Heinrich, a lonely young man in an empty castle, through his strained, detached conversations with Hannah, an analogy on the isolation and miscommunication that define modern love in a fast-paced world.

"Luca Vive" is a documentary about the house in San Telmo where Luca Prodan lived his last months until his passing to eternity. Luca's house currently functions as a bar, a living museum where we can feel the essence of Luca.

An exercise of memory about the work of Enrique Carreras, the Argentine director of ninety-five films, which explores the relationship he had with his collaborators, producers and critics, in search of an answer to the question that continues to be asked throughout time—how was he able to shoot almost a hundred films that were box-office successes and a great source of employment? Beyond the sentimental and emotional value of Carreras’ films in the collective imagination, said productions are documents that explain certain processes of social transformation and behavioral patterns, a reflection of different decades, with their own social and political circumstances.

Three friends invite three girls to a Mexican-themed party hoping to spend an unforgettable night. It ends up being just that: not only for the right reasons, but also for some bad news over the phone and finally, a betrayal.

Javier, a psychologist, meets Ana, a notary, alien to the psychoanalysis' world. Both have a desire to find a partner. After they meet and a first date, they take a trip to Quequén's beach in Buenos Aires where things may not go as planned.

Juana Rouco Buela had a dream at the beginning of the 20th century: to liberate women from an economic system and a patriarchal authority to which they were subjected. She found in anarchism the space for her struggle. Thus, she laid the foundation for women's rights today.

The belief that he has discovered a crime, makes a worker endanger his own life and the happiness of his marriage.

A short film describing the bleak reality of life in the rural regions in Brazil through the story of thirty-five-year-old farmer Juan Amaro.

A hacker wishes to reunite with his daughter, but finds out she lives in Spain. In order to do so, he agrees to steal the multimillionaire La Esperanza necklace, in exhibition at a museum. The plan is going well, until he finds out that his daughter is in charge of the exhibit.

Pablo Alborán visits Málaga, the city where he was born. Málaga is present both in his spirit and in his songs. There he listened to the records that made him who he is. He remembers the smell of summer and the famous \"La Vie en Rose\" that his grandfather sang as he crushed the ice in the refrigerator. We will discover an intimate side of Pablo as he tells us about his first bonds with music.

Noemí lives in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. She wanders the streets and draws in her notebook as he waits for a message from his boyfriend that doesn’t arrive. Noemí gets more and more desperate each day until her rage pushes her to the limit and she ends up acknowledging her strength.

A commissioner from Corrientes solves cases according to his own system. Based on the novel "Los casos de don Frutos Gómez", by Velmiro Ayala Gauna.

A samurai travels through to the future to kill a New York cop.

Blanca and Patzi migrated from Bolivia to Argentina. They carry the lore of ancient history, the memory of a dream in Aymara, a mud brick house, the moon and the harvests. When they migrate, things change their name, their time, their place. The roots unfold in the dark tracing paths through the Earth. The community emerges in the city as a way to construct a possible present. Within the collective they weave their stories together with those of other women where they see themselves reflected and empowered. Two women, a shared journey that crosses more borders than the territorial.

Observational documentary that accompanies the life of three Bolivian immigrants who live in a rural area of ​​the province of Buenos Aires.

Three brothers, hunters, and heavy metal fans struggle with their issues in the dense Argentinian Patagonia. Meanwhile, the neighboring river threatens their farm with a flooding that can ruin their harvest.

Patricia's life falls apart when she loses her job and faces a family demand. After suffering an accident that leaves her in a wheelchair, her physical therapist suggests she publish her story in a video, a move that will unleash serious consequences.

Parchis are kidnapped by a native tribe while on their trip to Iguazú Falls.

The preparations of a sound installation by artist Ernesto Romeo is suspended when his mother falls ill. This interruption motivates the director to embark on a series of projects that share a mysterious connection to each other.

Susana is a woman who has lived alone and penniless since her husband left, at least that's what she tells her neighbors. Susana clings to the memories of the trips she used to take with her husband to Europe and refuses to face the harsh reality that surrounds her, such as her lack of money to pay the rent.

Fantastic comedy located in an alternative Buenos Aires, where time travel is common, there is a queen who controls the Woods of Palermo, there are detective muppets and local superheroes who are in charge of keeping the dangerous neighborhoods clean. The film consists of eight stories that link at the end.

After making a deal that could clear his debts and free him from the criminal underworld, Fabián sets off for home. But a shadow lingers at his side, and the night that began as a path to freedom is about to become endless.

Perhaps what has already been lived is more important than what’s yet to be lived, Antonio thinks as he burns his father's belongings. Ships and Cathedrals tells of his encounter with Emilia and how he manages to break out of the inertia of his life.

Buenos Aires, 1979. Tired housewife Zully and her husband settle into a brand new city apartment. Bewitched by the media frenzy surrounding the arrest of a local lady-poisoner, Zully becomes wary of new neighbor Orquídea’s excessive hospitality.

A couple meets in a restaurant to sort out the future of their relationship, marked by mistrust. In this meeting, where both are trapped in a one-sided story, the inside will burst into the outside, breaking the fourth wall.

Miguel is a small soybean producer dedicated to the production and rent of the farm. He lives with Juan, his neighbor and childhood friend, who survives with his small fraction of grass, a cow and a canoe to fish in the river. Both understand life as cycles of nature.

Football animation short film in black and white. Found in 2023 by the Cineteca Vida.

Arnaldo, a gaucho living in abject poverty, discovers that his neighbor, José, has become a zombie, invaded his farm, and is using his land as a resting place. After informing María, José's wife, she confesses that she murdered him and decides to propose a gruesome deal to Arnaldo that could benefit both of them. However, the consequences could be horribly damaging.

Mikei begins working for Oscar, a self-proclaimed inventor of “Happy Trains” once on the train, he will meet a princess and find love.

Alma wanders through the streets of Buenos Aires with tranny rage and wit while the city walls tell of the struggle against the patriarchy and the IMF.

The life of Ernesto Guevara retold in testimonies from those who knew him personally.

Documentary on Argentine actress and sex symbol Isabel Sarli, including clips from her films and interviews with her and other actors.

Carlos Gardel performing "Tengo miedo", tango composed by José María Aguilar and written by Celedonio Flores.

In this lively Spanish-Argentine comic fantasy, two luckless actors get angry and with the help of a high school drama class jolt a sleepy, rural Argentina town into taking much-needed political action.

Lila, Ámbar, Marcela and Lisete, sex workers, have formed a family in a shared apartment. But Lisete's tragic death and Marcela's departure leave Lila and Ámbar facing an uncertain future. In their search for a new direction, Miriam appears, and she will change their lives in an unexpected way.

In a medical consultation, a man discovers that he is the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler

Puerto Madryn, famous for the whales that come to its shores, making it a focus of international ecotourism, is also home to one of the largest aluminum factories in Latin America—and the only one in Argentina. What is the daily life of a town grateful for the "progress" that came with aluminum, yet at the same time, it knows it is inexorably poisoned by the air it breathes?

A photographer has drawn his world by populating it with clandestine images. Photography allowed him years ago the excuse to try to escape from the family nucleus. And so, lightly packed, he boarded the first and only train.

The 80s. Victor Baker opens a new season of his youth summer camp. There are a lot of children, a record is set, and two new counselors, Ali and Tommy, join the classics, Ricky and Gina. But an ideal summer turns into a nightmare when a mysterious masked man begins murdering teachers and children ... and revealing Baker's side activities and the dark secrets that the Rising Sun Camp has trailed in 30 years of existence.

1939. Juan, a city-bred librarian, decides to help his uncle with the family ranch in the countryside, heading south to honor his creole lineage.

Four stories about one subject matter—international (and local) social issues.

A group of people enjoy the day in Supaj Ñuñu.

SOLDADO is the product of the collective work of more than a dozen filmmakers and activists who came together out of affection and intrigue for the figure of Guillermo Moreno. Many of us even met each other during the course of this project, but we all agree that we will be comrades forever. It was the year 2014 when we first outlined some of the ideas for the peronist documentary we wanted to make, which changed its shape with each new day of filming and every hour spent in the editing room, but from the very beginning we knew it would be called SOLDADO.

A boy is stood up by his girlfriend in a cafe, not knowing that he will find his half a lemon.