Substitute Happiness

One of the oldest pilgrimages known to European Christianity is the pilgrimage to El Rocío, where prayers are said to the benevolent Blanca Paloma. Year after year, pilgrimage trains of more than a million believers set out to visit the small, remote andalusian village, which is normally inhabited by less than a thousand souls. In this film, the story of shy infatuation developing between two young people is little more than García Pelayo’s pretext to shooting this event in each and every detail. - Viennale

Santiago and Amelia Luisa share life in their marriage and also the responsibility of running a nail salon. The daily life of the salon (and of the couple) will be strangely shaken when a new client asks for manicure services.

A wandering man drifts through La Plata's train station, becoming a lens through which we experience various scenes and moments from the Argentine city's daily life.

Pablo and Florencia work on Florida Street, the economic and tourist epicentre of Buenos Aires. Economic difficulties affect their life together. Pablo, in order to survive, begins to clandestinely smuggle dollars in the street. Taking advantage of the imminence of a currency crisis they will try to strike the blow that will take them out from the street once and for all.

A woman who suffered a serious incident with a violent tennis player -in other video of herself- now dates a shy, insecure jazz musician from Ramos Mejía, but she feels stronger and more glad with everything.

A house, a family reunion that is celebrated on the occasion of an important event. Within this context, a group of girls play, dance, laugh, improvise, talk about the most varied topics, while freely enjoying the joy of living.

Winning Streak is the astonishing story of a group of young down-and-outs who are presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; to change their luck and set off on the adventure of their lives. Thanks to an infallible method based on the roulette wheel’s imperfection, their lifestyle is about to become better than their wildest dreams, as they set out to break the banks at casinos around the world.

"Nueve Sevillas" is a heterodox psycho-geographical profile of the new flamenco in Seville. Nine characters coexist with the great flamenco artists of today.

The daughter of the owner of La Plata’s traditional coffee shop “Confitería Ritz” -who worked at Ojeda, Sarti and Santa Lucía pharmacies and now works at Santa Rosa pharmacy- hates living with other people at her home.

An unconventional cinematic work in which, through many narrative layers that intertwine, the director offers us a very particular view on a subject that is still taboo in society and arts.

The actors, actresses, characters and horses that star in this film configure unexplored territory, perhaps that undetermined space in which the city of Jerez builds a new image for flamenco.

Synopsis, by Lucía Seles: ““This video is my tribute to the afternoons that I spent myself concentrated and safe without anyone on the hills of the viewpoint and other areas like this and my anguish because the shoe stores are less cold than one would like. and apart from that it's part 02 of early kirk -early church”.

Two friends at the Cadiz Carnival, flesh party: a poker player and a singer-songwriter, in love with the same woman, Pepa, who is named after the first Spanish Constitution (performed by four different actresses to give a complete idea of the Cadiz woman) merge into the street joy of chirigoteros, flamingos and peculiar people of the city with fidelity to the uncertain as a flag (and with their three “carnival brides” and a boxer as a festive complement).

Fede, a young bicycle delivery guy, leads a simple and carefree life, traveling around the city daily to deliver orders. One day, in the midst of his routine, he's assigned a delivery to a luxurious house where he meets Josefina, a girl from a wealthy family and surrounded by comforts. From their first encounter, a spark of attraction arises between them, despite belonging to completely different worlds.

A film director sets out on a road trip to scout locations for her next film. An admirer of Resnais and experimental cinema, she tries to create a story in which her own story is mixed with that of a singer with whom she had a relationship in the past.

Lola and Luis are married until Manuel shows up and grabs Lola (and Trini, a florist friend and also a singer). This story of torn love will seem like the lyrics of a copla, the Spanish music genre to which both are dedicated, songs that border on love until death and that classically represent the absolute surrender of women to love. This love for Manuel divides the marriage and the friends.