Discoveries from Argentina World Cinema

In the 19th century, the son of a frivolous countess faces the rigors of a tragic life.

Through scattered files and personal writings, a preteen recalls growing up in Sarandí in the 1990s: television, family, neighborhood, and bus rides. A trip to Cuba with her father gives new meaning to that period and marks the end of childhood.

The impressive success of the series Club 57 disembarks for the first time in Buenos Aires at the emblematic Teatro Gran Rex. With an ambitious staging, Club 57 presents a musical show based on the hit TV series, which tells the story of Eva and her brother Rubén, who discover a time machine created by their grandfather that accidentally takes them back to 1957. In this unexpected time travel, Eva falls in love with JJ and decides to stay, but her decision triggers a butterfly effect that could change their lives forever. Eva knows she must find a way to return to the present, without giving up her great love. Get ready to travel back in time, sing and dance with your favorite characters!

A special secret group tries to prevent an alien invasion.

The movie of the yutuner Matias Ponce

A school teacher tries to support his school against unjust measures by the government and a rich woman helps him.

An open book is the window to enter this protest short film about the wait for a permit to plant a laurel tree in the River Plate. The Viceroy, king and queen must all sign the authorization. Too much time for such a vital wish. Stop-motion animated cutouts take us on the complex path of bureaucracy to accomplish a simple action. The landscapes change to the beat of the music for the story to move forward and grow just like that tree they wish to plant.

A gothic Cthulhu girl walks bored through a winter landscape.

In the middle of the night, a psychiatrist and his former patient meet to execute a sinister, carefully calculated plan. Without any forethought, the night turns into one last session where everything goes awry.

An inside look at Cristiani Studios during the making of Peludópolis. This making-of documentary contains the only known surviving footage of the now lost film

Florencia lies to her daughter, mother, and sister to have a sexual encounter with Agustín, her ex-husband. Her mother’s emergency surgery will expose her lies and Agustín’s disaffection. However, this will allow her to put an end to their marriage for good.

Malena, a young girl with a rare condition lives isolated in the countryside with her pregnant mother. After her mother feels bad, Malena goes out to town for the first time to make sure her little brother don´t be born like her.

Don Videla is a cinema operator, 80 years old and 65 years old, he crosses the streets of San Juan on his bicycle to get to the Municipal Cinema and show films. A film crew accompanies him to trace the traces of the cinemas he passed through.

In 1977, the famous Argentine cartoonist Héctor Germán Oesterheld, author of El Eternauta, was kidnapped by the military dictatorship. While being transported through a dusty road somewhere in the province of Buenos Aires, one of his captors and companion reads one of his own adventures.

A strange and suspicious room, where something happened, but we don´t know what.

"Stolen House" is a documentary short film that follows the migration story of Mark, a Russian photographer, and Katya, a Ukrainian artist, to Argentina. Through narrations, staged scenes, and archival material, fragments of their lives, feelings, and motivations are explored.

Nine-year-old Blas is an only son living in a large and desolated house. One day he finds a can of spray paint and becomes determined to show his name in the streets of his neighborhood.

Ana find care in her drawings who become imaginary friends.

Maia is a young musician, who suffers a creative crisis. She seeks to overcome it through forced practice until she receives unexpected help.

Danila, a real estate agent, meets Luis, a possible buyer for an old apartment downtown. The eerie atmosphere makes her edgy, and her job turns into a possible trap.

Driven by the passion of his girlfriend, a humble young man gets a place as a singer achieving resounding success. When he gets it, he marries a famous diva leaving behind his youthful love.

During the War of the Falklands, an officer, a corporal and two sailors have the mission to control the strategic entrance of the Beagle Channel, dealing with a constant threat of English invasion.

An independent movie maker, with the only one dream; to make a movie about flying saucers attacking the city of Buenos Aires. But due to a strange disease, that dream becomes a horrible nightmare.

A 3D dragon has become a 2D character. In his quest to recover, he discovers fragments of Argentine animation, new friends and teachings.

Anyone involved in the world of basketball can be unaware of this. León Najnudel revolutionized the sport, both from a purely sporting perspective and at a contemporary level, as he was the one who understood that it should be a federal sport and created the National League. Everything that came from there in Argentine basketball was thanks to this man, who is portrayed here through testimonies from friends and acquaintances, with archival footage that explores the path taken by a passionate, courageous, and dreamy athlete who left us too soon.

A man wants to continue his session with the psychologist, without realizing that his psychologist is dead and is in a cemetery.

A fictionalized drama film based on one of the most shocking crimes in Argentina's history. In 1992, Ricardo Barreda was an unassuming dentist, brutally murdered his wife, mother-in-law, and two adult daughters in their family home. Branding himself as a victim, Ricardo Barreda ignited a media storm and fueled a national scandal.

Amalia arrives at Olga’s house to celebrate her birthday. At the party, they discuss taboo subjects: one’s daughter is dating a bisexual boy, while the other’s granddaughter sells erotic content online. Uncomfortable, Amalia seizes an opportunity to leave. Back home, she reveals her best kept secret.

EL QUE NO SE MOVILIZA NO SIENTE SUS CADENAS / HE WHO DOES NOT MOVE DOES NOT FEEL HIS CHAINS

A woman, locked in her home, must deal with a breakdown and hides a dark past.

In Argentina, the role of the security forces is under discussion and scrutiny. However, a group of people has been fighting to initiate a debate that democracy has never allowed regarding unionization and workers' rights.

Rodrigo and Valentina, in marital and financial crisis, discover that their maid owns a valuable painting by Sorolla. In their desperation, they plunge into a web of deception as they fight to recover the painting and restore their life together.

"A person who worked at a service station, obsessed with how his sister writes, with the central provincial areas and with the song Puerto Montt, brings together some people to study together his sister's writings." (Lucía Seles)

It could be "one day more or one day less" in this particular organization of the audiovisual field, the conflicts within it today overwhelm them. Family and union discussions will confront the proud owner of a Cine Snuff production company.

Short-film inspired in a poem called "One More War" about a brief moment in the midst of a battle where a dying enemy soldier is granted the wish to write his last letter.

The four children of a married couple hatch a plan to prevent their father from leaving with another woman

A documentary that deals with the urgency and destiny of the country in electoral times.

In the Argentinian prison where he's serving a sentence, Marcos cherishes his smartphone, which he uses to keep in touch with family and loved ones. It's also the device with which, at the request of filmmaker Toia Bonino, he documents his daily life. His video recordings and back-and-forth voice messages with Bonino form a precious link to the outside world.

Responsible and composed doctor goes on a spree with a friend with two beautiful women, and his wife finds out.

A shy man marries the daughter of a local warlord, works as a municipal chief of staff, witnesses numerous injustices and rebels himself.

The owner of an artists agency meets a soccer player who sings, and sets out to make him a star.

Lost in a world of grown-ups, young Memi is torn between the glamour of the carnival pageant and the social pressure to become a winner.

The story of Hernán Darwin Reyna, leader along with Javier Calamaro of El Corte, a group that burst onto the bass circuit in the 1980s with a handful of shows and two nightclubs. His life is an enigma full of curious circumstances and poetic and tragic nuances.

The first sequence of About Swimming is significant. Immersed in a pool, Dominique, an open water swimmer, performs an automatic routine that is nevertheless executed with care, elegance, and discipline. Her career is on the rise: she just qualified for the Olympic Games. As she prepares to fulfill one of her lifelong and every professional athlete’s dreams, she receives the news that she is pregnant. The present, which was supposed to be prosperous, has become an uncertainty for the swimmer. Only water - whether in the intensity of the sea, a swimming pool or in her bathtub at home - seems to guarantee Dominique a moment of serenity. The strength of the film directed by Manuela Aguilar and Berenice Vigna lies in the affectionate and calm view on the protagonist, who is seen in a limit situation where her family and sense of duty seem to prevail over her own desires.

Ana, Manuel and Leo, three young people in modern-day Buenos Aires, get caught in a spiral of coincidence and suspicion, misconduct and persecution. None of them is innocent.

After filming the hippie professor Luis Sandrini filmed this sequel to the above, following the sanctions imposed on it by Professor Horacio Montesano, sending him to Patagonia to a secondary school. Among the supporting cast is the famous singer Piero (he even play many of their good songs).

High-altitude anthropologist and Head of the Qhapaq Ñan Program, Christian Vitry was part of the expedition which pulled out the Children of the Llullaillaco from within the volcano in 1999. This documentary closely frames Vitry's preparation process, among informative and human talks with the Koya community -who must give him permission to start climbing in the area-, and peronal stories that turn this story into a real travelogue.

This is a short documentary about the old City of Buenos Aires and the new one. It’s an observational piece where the old photos of the same places invite us to live in the old Buenos Aires for a few minutes.

An Italian descendent inherited 5000 hectares of virgin forest in Chaco Paraguaio. He tries to stop deforestation to intensive farming and livestock, while advocating for native Guaraní Nandevas.

Scroll is a dramatic short film about a young woman trapped in the endless scrolling of her cell phone, mindlessly consuming content as time and real life slip away.

Franco, a young writer, embarks on a train journey to Casa Bamba, the town of his childhood. During his journey he will be reunited with memories of an old friendship and will seek to come to terms with the feelings he once had.

Short film made for the 2022 production chair.

A village police corporal will be involved in a scam and must solve it.

A man in a suit makes successive trips, bus, on a raft, on foot. Carry a bag with money for the rescue of his wife's kidnapping. Wait for the timely signal to act. The trips are made to corroborate that there is no police observing. He is a single man. These journeys are useless, erratic. The landscape of the suburbs of a border city is something new, unknown to him. As distant and different as the Arctic.