The seventh edition went online
4–6 December 2020
In its seventh edition the festival expanded across all of Germany in an online version. The programme included six films, one selected from each previous edition, introduced by their directors and free to watch all weekend.
Two recent productions screened on Friday and Saturday, each followed by a live conversation with the directors in which the audience could take part. All films screened in the original language with English subtitles.
The films
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Las Mil y UnaClarisa Navas, 2020, 120 Min.
Iris lives in a housing block in Corrientes, between rumours and boredom. Meeting the older Renata opens up another way of living and loving.
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Planta permanenteEzequiel Radusky, 2020, 78 Min.
Two women run the canteen of a government building — unofficially, but well. A change of administration brings new bosses and puts their friendship to the test.
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Las FacultadesEloísa Soláas, 2019, 82 Min.
Students at the University of Buenos Aires sit oral exams. The film observes what knowledge looks like under pressure — and what that does to people.
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El futuro que vieneConstanza Novick, 2017, 84 Min.
Romina and Flor have been friends since childhood. Across two decades, the film follows what becomes of closeness when two lives take different directions.
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El MovimientoBenjamín Naishtat, 2016, 70 Min.
Argentina, 1835: anarchy rules the pampas. A man travels the country with his entourage, collecting in the name of a “movement” and preaching order — by any means.
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Las LindasMelisa Liebenthal, 2016, 77 Min.
The director tracks down her school friends and asks about photographs, bodies and expectations. A self-portrait about the image others hold of you.
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El perro MolinaJosé Celestino Campusano, 2014, 88 Min.
Molina gets by on the outskirts of Buenos Aires doing the jobs nobody else will take. A rough portrait of loyalty and violence at the city's edge.
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Los posiblesSantiago Mitre & Juan Onofri Barbato, 2013, 55 Min.
Young men from the outskirts of Buenos Aires dance. Between document and choreography, a film emerges about bodies, origins and the possibility of showing yourself differently.