Upcoming Movies
Post-performance
Post-performance is an audiovisual study on the excessive production and archiving of digital images produced by contemporary human beings.
Griefsong
An animation in collaboration with poet Sherre Vernon and her poem “Griefsong,” an echo of the memory of her late brother.
Hidden Life
This cinepoem explores code-switching, cultural humility, and hidden complexities that lay behind simple stories of joy, trauma, and wonder rooted in the perpetual summer of Houston, as seen by one born here and by one who fled to here from atrocities in her wintry native land.
POEM OF POEM TITLES FOR "DAYS OF THE WEEK"
A collaborative video poem by participants in the festival workshop, Risograph Animated Poetry Workshop with Zine Hug, set to Dao Strom’s poem “POEM OF POEM TITLES FOR ‘DAYS OF THE WEEK’”. This poem was originally published in Instrument with Traveler’s Ode as a collaborative print book publication + cassette album release of Fonograf Editions and Antiquated Future Records (2020).
Berta and Pablo
Carolina travels from Montevideo to Buenos Aires to take some time off from her relationship and, seizing her stay, she visits her deceased grandmother's house to see what she can recover among her belongings. In one of the books she finds, she discovers that she corresponded with a man named Pablo.
The Jinx: Part Two
Over the next eight years the investigation continues, revealing hidden material, Durst's jail calls and interviews with people who had never before come forward
El infierno de los vivos
Mariana, 15, escapes the violence of her home in Santa Fe. She embarks on a search for her biological father and takes refuge in an orphanage where she finds affection from a distant relative. On his journey through the interior of the province, he discovers its inner strength.
Super Grandpa Gang
Will you still remember me when I leave this world? A group of ordinary elderly people who have reached the end of their lives, in order to prove their old age and achievements, they come together to do something so that we can remember them for a longer time. They never met in the first half of their lives, with different professions and life trajectories, but for the same purpose, they formed the oldest men's relay team in China to participate in the world's top veteran athletics championship and ultimately broke the world record!
Dreams of the Moscow Hotel
Five dreams against the walls of a never-sleeping city. The film is a mosaic about the sleepers and the awakened. What kind of Muscovites are they? Thinking, contemplating, doubting, loving and dreaming? What they see when they close their eyes is more important than what they see when they open them.
Unveiling Voices: A Documentary
Unveiling Voices: A documentary confronting sexual assault on college campuses. Through survivor narratives and expert analysis, we illuminate the pervasive issue, fostering awareness and dialogue. This film transcends silence, encouraging viewers to confront uncomfortable truths and join the collective call to action. By weaving together personal stories, statistics, and expert perspectives, we aim to inspire a societal shift towards prevention, support, and justice. Together, let's break the silence surrounding campus sexual assault, fostering a safer and more empathetic environment for all students. Join us on this crucial journey of awareness, understanding, and change.
Malanova
Matteo and Riccardo are a couple and they are about to celebrate their sixth month of relationship. The romantic time is interrupted by a tragic news: Matteo discovers he has become HIV positive. After that news everything changes: Matteo, oppressed and disoriented, closes in on himself, meanwhile Riccardo, overwhelmed by fear and uncertainty, refuses to know his serological status. Matteo’s uncle, Enzo, will help the couple to face their fears and they will help in turn Enzo to accept the ghosts of his past.
Love Bound
LGBTQ+ activist Qiuyan Chen became an unexpected celebrity due to her courageous legal battle against homophobic university textbooks in the 2010s. However, this newfound fame came at a price: she was outed by her tutor, subjected to conversion therapy by her parents, and monitored by the Chinese government. To escape these pressures, Qiuyan left for the UK, where she met her partner Bling: but her struggles were far from over. Interweaving reflections on Qiuyan’s sexuality and relationships, Shanshan Chen’s documentary examines this inspiring activist’s commitmentto building a close-knit community designed to support queer East Asian people in the UK: a solo endeavour that evolves into a movement with a growing support base.
Black currants
A soft, split-screen montage of still photos jostles blossoms against a wintry poem from Echo Park Film Center’s Haiku You workshop.
Summit Song
Marco and Tomás, two little brothers, are struggling to survive in the hostile Andes mountains as life below a certain altitude has become perilous. With danger lurking from below, they have no option but to embark on a journey towards their ultimate hope: the summit.
PoppaTart
A father reads his child a bedtime story about a day of revenge he had. Created in under 48hrs for the Calgary Underground Film Festival 2024
Diamonds & Snails (The Experiment)
A childish and robotic voice lists different adventures together with its particular pets: snails. As if it were a scientific report, the real and the fantastic merge in this unique story.
The Ferris Wheel
When the lights dim and the visitors depart, the unseen struggle of the workers emerges. Amidst the threat of layoffs and the challenges brought by the pandemic, this documentary, through the eyes of the team, reveals their resilience in the face of uncertainty and the unseen hardships behind the colorful facade.
Claire Facing North
On a solo trip to Iceland, Claire meets the impulsive hitchhiker Iris.
Still Stares
Miguel is a renowned taxidermist and an expert hunter. He is always visited by clients seeking to naturalize pets and exotic animals. Through his work, Miguel will make us reflect on how we relate to other species.
Rhythm 2x3
Pablo makes a living writing the daily horoscope predictions. He does his job quietly and diligently, and seems like an ordinary guy. But what no one knows is that when he gets home, he has an exuberant and complicated polyamorous life.
Tigers on the Rise
Tiger populations have rebounded so successfully, many of the big cats are venturing from India’s forest reserves into farms and villages—a monumental challenge for both people and animals. The heroes in this story are the vets, scientists and community patrols dedicated to ensuring that tigers and people can coexist.
Boy Kills World
When his family is murdered, a deaf-mute named Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
The Pleasure Is Mine
Antonio wanders the streets of Buenos Aires in search of money and sex. The magnetism he exerts on the people who cross his path allows him to steal and cheat them. Only his mother, with whom he has a confictual relationship, will get over his feeling of impunity and will push him to leave for a trip to the south of Argentina.
Contemplation
The personal diary of a film director who suffers a cranial contusion that reveals the existence of a brain tumor. Faced with this reality, he decides to channel his despair by making a film about his experience. Ultimately, this is a film about deprivation.
The Alphabet of Nobodies
A series of portraits ordered alphabetically by the names of their protagonists, whose common denominator is their non-existence. A film made with mixed techniques: generation of images and texts with AI, and handcrafted intervention on paper.
Beibi siter
A nanny from the Belgrano neighborhood maintains her job as an actress in the intimacy of her work.
Territory
Román, who is dedicated to the protection of political leaders and tries to develop himself as a trainer and manager of boxers, is harassed by a duo of abusive representatives who in turn have been hired as a shock force by an opposing political party.
Do You Love Me, John?
From the bowels of the Teatro Colón, the rehearsals and staging of the opera Einstein on the Beach are shown. Shot in the week leading up to opening night, the film captures the work of the artists, technicians and musicians who make this opera possible.
Doll Woman
Toki is a homeless woman always looking for dolls. One day she meets a mute man who searches for the same thing as her.
Theoretical: Sully Unreleased Clips
The Hacker group known as Gr33n Scr33n have found some encrypted videos in Sullys file.
The Runner
After moving in to a new college, Melvin faces a lot of stress and discomfort trying to adapt and meet people. Despite encouragement from his mom, and a party on campus, he is struggling more than ever. However, the college student ends up finding something that will calm him down more than ever...
The Agronomist
Gastón, an agronomist from Buenos Aires, settles in a thriving rural area to dedicate himself to his activity as a crop advisor. The struggle for his 16-year-old daughter, Vera, and his wife to adapt to the new life puts him in front of a dilemma that shakes the foundations of his work. What seemed like a new beginning becomes a present full of contradictions.
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two
An endless army of shadow demons bent on the destruction of all reality swarms over our world and all parallel Earths! The only thing opposing them is the mightiest team of metahumans ever assembled. But not even the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and all their fellow superheroes can slow down the onslaught of this invincible horde. What mysterious force is driving them? And how do the long-buried secrets of the Monitor and Supergirl threaten to crush our last defense?
Mavita, Amazing Grace
A documentary about the tragedies that transform us, but also about love and humor as the engine of existence.
Smelling the Dirt and the Coming Rain
A new movie by Jonni Peppers starring longtime collaborators Harrison and Parker, and her first full length feature in the live-action medium.
Tiger
Ambar, a young tigress, raises her rambunctious cubs in the fabled forests of India.
When Everything Burns
Isabel is rejected by the forest brigade to which she belongs for attacking a real estate development responsible for forest fires. When she decides to continue on her own, she faces loneliness and frustration, in an encounter that will question the meaning of her struggle.
Crash / Dance
An experimental film director reconstructs —through film, spiritualism, dance and shamanism— the death of her mother in a train accident, using representation as a way of reaching the intangible.
Continuities
The world as we know it is coming to an end. A girl and a young woman arrive at an abandoned cabin in the woods. They are not alone. They dispute the space with another presence, while a mysterious vibration coming from the atmosphere alerts them.
The Generation of ‘60s. The Unknown Friendship
The differences of origin and poetics between José Martínez Suárez and Manuel Antin, representatives of the cinema of the ‘60s’ Generation, are proof of the heterogeneity of the period and, at the same time, share the creation of a renovating and personal aesthetic that observes reality with a critical eye.
Gigantographies
A strange afternoon of soccer, physical games, rituals, beer, choripán, fat and a smoke under which the virgin, Maradona, the flag and the National Anthem appear. An absurdist look at the rituals of male friendships around an Argentine national team match.