The city and the captive (2024)

The Red Star

The investigation about an alleged international spy after the Nazi refugees in Argentina gives way to a plot that expands, becomes delirious and branches off. A mockumentary that has, at its center, an elusive woman whose trail can be traced in the most emphatic convulsions of the 20th century.

The Widows of Thursdays

The closed community of a private neighborhood of high-priced houses, is moved by the discovery of three corpses that appear floating in a pool and rushes to frame it as an accident.

Bar de Mala Muerte

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And Soon the Darkness

When two American girls on a bike trip in a remote part of Argentina split up and one of them goes missing, the other must find her before her worst fears are realized.

Indelebile

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Atmosfera

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The Secret in Their Eyes

Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.

The Appeared

One night Malena and Pablo, a sister and brother traveling together in Argentina, discover a diary that details crimes committed twenty years ago.

Carrossel

A dedicated detective must find out who comitted murder on a weird circus. There are three suspects: a cynical clown, a scary magician's assistant and a living carrousel.

Across The Railway

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Tlön

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Roma

Joaquín Góñez, a novelist in his sixties recalls his emotions, his wild years in Buenos Aires, the memories of old friends, the meaning of loyalty and the intimate relationship with his mother, Roma.

Até que ponto?

"Until When?" originally "Até que ponto?", is a short thriller film. While guiding the students about abusive relationships, Marta comes across André, an enigmatic young man who will bring her challenges that will change her life completely.

Mata

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Rojo

A small town in an Argentinian province, 1975. The life of Claudio, a successful lawyer, gets complicated when he has a stupid quarrel with a stranger in a crowded restaurant.

GROC

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Dam$els of Luxury

Amanda's stoner slumber party is put to a halt when one of her guests is nowhere to be found.

A Mala

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No Signal

In 2013, a filming unit arrived at Isla del Faro Rojo to make a documentary about the Ticolense culture that lived there, and about how they turned it into a place of mass extermination. Once installed on the island, away from all civilization and technology, the camera was rendered unusable due to a technical problem. But that was not an isolated event, and Leon, the person in charge of the making of, recorded everything that happened afterwards with his small camera. This is his bloody legacy.

Don't Believe

The story takes place in the southern part of Serbia, the city of Nis. Italian tourist Riccardo, visits the city and the nearby cafeteria "Gvozdjara", where he meets the girl Nina. Nina points out to him through a coffee cup the problems that await him on the road ahead. After the cafeteria, Riccardo went to explore the city and sightseeing. He called the number of the "City Trans", where the driver Marko will take him to the wrong location, which will later be fatal for Riccardo...

Falso finale

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The Great Vairitosky

Vairitosky is an immortal artist. His act consists of dying in different ways, and then magically resurrected. The public is impatient, wants to see Vairitosky, who does not come into play. What will happen?

Felicitas

Buenos Aires at the outskirts of XIX century. A society rigid in patriarchal rules. A war between brothers of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. Two young and very much in love youngsters, fight for their right to be together. Obeyance and fear sets them apart along more than ten years. When they are finally reunited, will they be able to overcome the pain and tragedy that haunts them?

Last Days of the Victim

Mendizábal, a hit man, its ordered by his anonymous clients to murder a man. But in the precise and obsessive persecution, he will discover that he is only part of a game that doesn't belong to him, a web at the service of greater interests.

La León

Deep in the lush river jungles of Argentina, Alvaro lives a solitary existence fishing and harvesting reeds. What sets him apart from the rest of his village is that he is gay. There are no other gay men in his world, his only means of expression is with the occasional outsider who passes through. Most of these men come via the river taxi El León, whose captain El Turu is a mean man with a homophobic streak and a secret. When illegal loggers appear in the jungle El Turu accuses Alvaro of aiding them, a dispute which leads both men towards confrontation.

Northeast

An accidental meeting between a French woman who goes to South America to adopt a baby and an Argentinian woman who with her small son leaves their hopeless village in search for a better life changes both of their lives forever.

El mono relojero

El Mono relojero is a 1938 Argentine animated short film directed by Quirino Cristiani. It is the only film from this director that exists up to this day, since all his other productions (including the first two animated feature films, El Apóstol (1917) and Sin dejar rastros (1918), as well as the first animated film with sound, Peludópolis (1931)) were lost in a series of fires at the facilities where the negatives and copies were stored.

Dolores

DOLORES tells the story of a young woman of Scottish descent who returns to the Argentine pampas after her sister dies, to take care of her eight-year-old nephew- but drawn also by the juvenile love she still feels for her English brother-in-law, Jack. Her love story develops in the context of the onset of World War II: while the echoes of war get ever closer, the dispute between Germans and Anglos turns personal when Dolores is seduced by a neighbouring landowner of German descent, Octavio Brandt- he becomes an unexpected love, and from now on Dolores is torn between Octavio and Jack, as Argentina changes for ever. In a society dominated by men, Dolores must now also forge her unique destiny.

The Motorcycle Diaries

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.

Inseparables

Felipe a wealthy businessman who has been quadriplegic, due to an accident, is looking for a therapeutic assistant. There are several highly qualified, but he decides to take the assistant of his gardener, Tito who has decided to resign.

Leonor

In her new comedy special, Malena Pichot stars as Eleonore von Schwarzenberg, an European vampire princess sent to live in a seedy Buenos Aires apartment.

Antarctic Dream

In this spectacular real-life adventure, a small team of Argentinean mariners sets sail for Antarctica in a custom-built sailboat. But to get there they and their vessel will have to brave the treacherous Drake Passage, one of the most dangerous bodies of water on Earth.

Gilda

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

Fuckland

Fabián, a magician from Buenos Aires, saves his money from weddings, birthdays, and bar mitzvahs, and uses a hidden camera to document a week-long trip to the Falkland Islands where he has a patriotic plan: to impregnate a British woman. If 500 Argies do this annually, the islands will soon be overrun with children belonging to both cultures.

The Glass Woman

Laura lives in fear in a small town. Her ex partner, Hernán, was violent with her and now he's about to return to town. Laura must find a solution to never cross paths with him again.

TINI: Un mechón de pelo

“TINI: un mechón de pelo” invites you to enjoy an intimate and moving concert offered by multi-platinum singer and songwriter Tini Stoessel at the Hurlingham Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the occasion of the launch of un mechón de pelo, her new album study that marks a before and after in his career. Like a time capsule, it tells the turn that the artist's life took in 2022 due to her father's health. The concert is a memorable musical journey and an extraordinary testimony to TINI's personal, spiritual and emotional healing process.

The Aura

A quiet, epileptic taxidermist plans the perfect crime. All he needs is the right opportunity. An accident, perhaps…

Terror 5

During a terrifying night in Buenos Aires, five urban legends unfold in the most surprising way possible. While a politician is accused of being responsible for an urban tragedy in which fifteen people died, in Buenos Aires various stories based on urban legends intersect.

The Mission

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.

Garage Olimpo

Maria is a militant activist in an organisation opposed to the military dictatorship in Argentina. She teaches reading and writing in the shanty towns and lives with her mother in an old and run-down residence. One morning, Maria is carried off, in front of her mother, by a military squad dressed in civilian clothes. The young woman is taken to the Olimpo garage, one of the numerous torture chambers which haunt Buenos Aires to the general indifference of the population. In order to make Maria talk, Tigre, the head of the centre, gives her to one of his best men, Felix.

1986. The story behind the Cup

Anecdotes and testimonials about the performance of Argentina in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The whole story behind the Cup.

Hunting Season

La Patagonia, southern Argentina. After his mother's death, Nahuel, a violent teenager, meets his biological father, Ernesto, a skillful hunting guide; but their reunion is harsh, since their souls are only ruled by pride and resentment.

Falklands' Most Daring Raid

Documentary film about the then longest range bombing mission in history, which changed the outcome of the Falklands War.

The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka

The late Fujio Akatsuka is revered by many Japanese artists and scholars for his developments to early comedy manga, but his contributions aren't just limited to the world of print media. Featuring commentary from family, friends, colleagues, and celebrity fans, Fujio Akatsuka's story is told with archival footage and animation, showcasing the life of the man who went beyond manga.

Wild Horses

A man tries to rob a bank and the bank's clerk, a yuppie, pretends the thief has kidnapped him to help him run away. While they're running away, they meet a girl who becomes part of the team.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being half of French heritage, the other being half German. Following the death of the family patriarch, the man's two daughters and their families resettle to France and Germany, respectively. In time the Great War breaks out, putting members of the family on opposing sides.

10 years after 125: The night when no one slept

An overview of the night in which the Argentine Congress voted on the "Draft Law on Withholdings and Creation of the Social Redistribution Fund", also known as "Resolution 125/08". Released on the 10th year anniversary of the rejection of the resolution.

Una Vida es el Tango

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Social Genocide

After the fall of the military dictatorship in 1983, successive democratic governments launched a series of reforms purporting to turn Argentina into the world's most liberal and prosperous economy. Less than twenty years later, the Argentinians have lost literally everything: major national companies have been sold well below value to foreign corporations; the proceeds of privatizations have been diverted into the pockets of corrupt officials; revised labour laws have taken away all rights from employees; in a country that is traditionally an important exporter of foodstuffs, malnutrition is widespread; millions of people are unemployed and sinking into poverty; and their savings have disappeared in a final banking collapse. The film highlights numerous political, financial, social and judicial aspects that mark out Argentina's road to ruin.

Trabantem až na konec světa

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