Javier Favot

Two dancers move through an empty apartment and stretch out in the available space. From the window, you can see they are in Vienna’s Alterlaa housing project, a satellite city. Life feels opaque next to the strange beauty of the concrete walls and the green terraces; it is sufocating to live in pre-designed happiness. An elderly woman drags herself through the complex, trying to leave her life behind. In a place that houses 9000 people, you can find absolutely everything. That’s the fun of it but also the misery.

Daniel works at an insurance company in the city center. He spends much of his time staring out a large window behind his desk. One more boring morning, he sees a beautiful woman pass by his window, the sweet Carola, and he falls madly in love with her. Love at first sight. From then on, Daniel will try to win her over again, but the inability to express what he feels will jeopardize his goal, although perhaps fate will give him the chance, once and for all, to take control of his future.

Twelve year old Juana goes to a British school in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, where she fails both socially and academically. A week away from the exams that will determine her future in the institution, she is surrounded by the same routine; going to class and trying to pull her social life back together, with useless attempts in between. Juana goes through these strange days apparently feeling indifferent towards the situation.

Familia para armar tells the story of the emotive encounter between a father and his teenage daughter after a long and traumatic separation. Ernesto is an obfuscated and distant father and Julia a hardheaded daughter wanting to be loved and to rebuild the relationship with her father.

Alma is deaf-mute from birth. Together with her sister and her friends, she runs her family business, a hostel in Argentine Patagonia where one of her main attractions is taking tourists diving in the submerged forest. Diving is her greatest passion and the depths of the lake her world. The possibility of having a cochlear implant puts her in the dilemma of choosing between listening for the first time in her life or diving again in the depth of the lake.

Teresa and Valeria, two lawyers who successfully solve a case, discover that they were actually used and in an unexpected action decide to take revenge.

Patricia's life falls apart when she loses her job and faces a family demand. After suffering an accident that leaves her in a wheelchair, her physical therapist suggests she publish her story in a video, a move that will unleash serious consequences.

A Jewish wedding cameraman falls in love with a klezmer clarinetist and pretends to be making a documentary in order to spend time with her. His fake project leads to a real journey through Eastern Europe in search of lost klezmer melodies and the remnants of Yiddish culture. A documentary-fiction hybrid. Winner of the Best First Feature Award at the Berlin Film Festival.