On the 15th of January, 1999, in front of the coast of Magdalena, at the Río de la Plata, a containership crashed onto a Shell ship. 5.400.000 liters of crude spilled over the estuary waters. Two days later, the southeast wind and the rising tide caused the hydrocarbon to pour into the streams and wetlands, which produced a severe damage to the ecosystem. This film explores the judicial and political plot through documents and testimonies, but it also boosts the collective memory with activities that involve younger generations through a sensitive approach to the land, art activism and environmental education.
La Laguna is a documentary created by young people from the Itatí neighborhood in the Quilmes district, one of the largest slums in the country. It invites reflection on the stories and living conditions of a community on the outskirts of La Laguna, formed by the drainage of the Las Piedras stream. Through interviews with neighbors, urban adaptations to their needs and reality are explored. Using sounds, images, and poetry, the documentary makes these stories visible, strengthening identity and promoting social inclusion through the democratization of words. Despite their reality, this community promotes solidarity, community values, and keeping memory alive.
Two filmmakers are secretly hired by a teacher and her students to document an investigation of a famous paranormal case that occurred in the town of Las Armas. After finding interviews and videos in the school library, strange things begin to happen associated with the old story of a crazy woman who is believed to be lurking on the town’s outskirts. With the camera in hand and the excuse of a school camp, they will embark on an adventure in search of signs of the presence of this mysterious lady
During a workday in the neighborhood, we immerse ourselves in the daily lives of a group of women as we delve into their emotions and reflections. As we follow their work routines, we discover how belonging to an organization has had a profound impact on their lives.
Pianeres de Rio is a group of pianists that lives in the Tigre Delta, where there are no cultural spaces that have pianos. Upon receiving the donation of two pianos, they move them on the deck of a ship and perform a floating concert for the island community. Upon disembarking, they intend to take one of the instruments through a walkway to the Itekoa cultural center, located in the middle of a huge grassland.
Five children roaming their community wearing bull masks for the carnival. Join them in their play and fun, and let your inner animal out at this vibrant celebration.
Children from Jalcomulco, Mexico, gather to play a game where they throw a little cow and put it in the corral. In this safe game, the animals are plush toys, allowing the children to have fun and learn without any risks. Join them and discover how, through play, they preserve and pass on their traditions in a playful and safe way
After releasing their first album “Subset” in late 2023, Kindred Music’s HI! WE’RE KINDRED! (ARE WE EVEN A BOYBAND?) pieces together archival footage and present-day retellings in a film that offers an intimate glimpse of their journey. From the first video call to several lock-in periods and endless nights at the studio, a story of connection and art-making unfolds. This documentary chronicles a team taking shape—one unafraid to test limits and have fun. Amidst an increasingly daunting musical landscape, Kindred pays homage to the process of creating with others. They collaborate with artists such as Annika Sy, Cola Salva Cruz, Timothy Axibal, Cenon at Mav, Koji Arboleda, and Paul Jatayna to craft an ever-evolving image. And as their relationships grow, so too does their sound. In the end, one thing is certain: this is only the beginning.
ROLE MODELS is a feature documentary about everyday photo habitués who traverse the streets of New York and Paris in pursuit of models to snap pictures of outside fashion shows. They are frequenters of an outside, birdwatchers of female beauty, gleaners - picking up images at the margins, at the gates of patronized culture.
After twenty years, the director returns to archives that she filmed on analogue tapes and proposes a game of glances where she constructs a reflection on various times: the life of her grandfather, who emigrated to Europe in the 1920s; the present day of the people who send messages to their loved ones with their desire to return to their land in Morocco, Palestine, Colombia, India; and the ghostly text of a young Ghanaian who is shipwrecked in the Mediterranean before reaching his destination.
Documentary film about three lives of Salvadoras Medina Onrubia. The Savior of her youth, the Savior of her later years and the Savior who returns from the past to conclude her final work Mil claveles colorados. At the same time, Salvadora as a fighter, anarchist and feminist activist, as a playwright, writer and journalist, as supportive and committed to the workers and as a companion of her companions, in all her complexity and nuances.
Collective portrait of Argentina during 2023 through interviews that ask the same questions to people from different social classes, and between 1 and 100 years old. The piece is a remake of the film Talking Heads by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski, and is presented as an invitation to think collectively in relation to the artpolitics-society triad.
In this film, some of our neighbors remain silent, they refuse to speak or they simply ignore us. But in their absent attitude, in the visages of these males from the Pampas whose masculinity seems to be seized by a haunted trance, an intangible presence, perhaps, surfaces. “—Do shadows speak? — Shadows go silent, but we hear them hushing.”
Film documentary that reveals the story of six murders of popular militants by the CNU: Pampa de Laturi, Carlos Scafide, Mario Gershanik, Néstor Hugo Dinotto, Graciela Martini and Luisa Corica. At the same time, we see the first trial of Indio Castillo and Pipi Pomares, ideological leaders of the CNU.
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.