Historias breves 11

A recently arrived Paraguayan illegal immigrant in Buenos Aires turns to a cousin who supports her alcoholic and abusive boyfriend.

The Island is a real territory, as well as a metaphorical one, a synthesis of the country and of civilization, of progress and injustice. An intensive expression of the human effort to overcome adversity.

A family man is visited by an old friend who brings with him a strange amulet that has the power to grant three wishes to only three men. The mysterious friend leaves the family in charge of the amulet, warning them of the dangers of using it, but when the father decides to make his first wish, tragedy strikes.

Documentary about an Argentinian dentist who is also an enthusiastic Super-8 filmmaker and his magnum opus, 'Winchester Martin'.

The story of the rebirth of Federación, Argentina that in 1974 was flooded by the waters of the Uruguay River and subsequently destroyed by the government to be relocated and rebuild, told by its characters.

Two friends walk together through the city and through their moods, ignoring everything that happens around them; the universe closes for each one in her lament, in her monologue of love. In this recurrence the reason for the pain is emptied and only the trace, the desolation, remains.

Far from being a heroic story or a rational explanation, this film is a polyphonic composition where the proper noun -- Antonio Gil -- is the signifier around which multiple and heterogenous stories come together. A mosaic of campesino voices, like a choir with its own peculiar cadence, narrates the myth's construction over the course of the 20th century, and accompanies us on a visual journey through its celebration.

At nap time, Cami and Meco, who are still adapting to their new life in a settlement on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, venture to spy on a mysterious recently arrived girl. The little virgin, Cami calls her, but Meco, who still retains his language, calls her Tupasÿ.