36 Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
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1. Petite Maman (2021)
PG | 73 min | Drama, Fantasy
Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age building a tree-house.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne
Votes: 17,732
2. The Tsugua Diaries (2021)
102 min | Drama
Follows Crista, Carloto and João who are building an airy greenhouse for butterflies in the garden and share household routines, but they are not the only ones.
Directors: Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes | Stars: Crista Alfaiate, Carloto Cotta, João Nunes Monteiro
Votes: 593
3. The Other Tom (2021)
111 min | Drama
A mother may lose custody of her son because she refuses to medicate his ADHD.
Directors: Rodrigo Plá, Laura Santullo | Stars: Jorge Castro, Leah Miller, Julia Chavez, Sofía Prieto
Votes: 190
4. The Sacred Spirit (2021)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
When the leader of a UFO association dies unexpectedly, José Manuel becomes the only person who knows a secret that could alter the fate of humanity. Meanwhile, a young girl goes missing in Spain.
Director: Chema García Ibarra | Stars: Nacho Fernández, Llum Arques, Joanna Valverde, Rocío Ibáñez
Votes: 1,079
5. Hellbender (2021)
86 min | Horror
A lonely teen discovers her family's ties to witchcraft.
Directors: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser | Stars: Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams, John Adams
Votes: 6,620
6. Hit the Road (2021)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Follows a chaotic, tender family that is on a road trip across a rugged landscape and fussing over the sick dog and getting on each others' nerves. Only the mysterious older brother is quiet.
Director: Panah Panahi | Stars: Pantea Panahiha, Mohammad Hassan Madjooni, Rayan Sarlak, Amin Simiar
Votes: 6,497
7. Kim Min-young of the Report Card (2021)
94 min | Drama
20-year-old Jeonghee doesn't go to college and works part-time. She goes to meet Minyoung, her old high school roommate, for the first time in a while and wants to play with her as before. ... See full summary »
Directors: Jae-eun Lee, Jisun Lim | Stars: Jua Kim, Seoyoung Yoon, Jongmin Lim, Dahyeon Son
Votes: 38
8. Quién lo impide (2021)
220 min | Documentary, Drama
Director Jonás Trueba captures the spirit of a group of teens in Spain in an empathic, compelling, and moving way. In 2016, Trueba asked the teens to participate in a five-year project, in ... See full summary »
Director: Jonás Trueba | Stars: Andrei Mazga, Pablo Gavira, Sancho Javiérez, Lucía Trueba
Votes: 400
9. The Tale of King Crab (2021)
105 min | Adventure, Drama
In the 19th century, a wandering drunkard in Italy is cast out of his village for a crime. He is exiled to Tierra del Fuego, where he searches for a mythical treasure, paving his way toward redemption.
Directors: Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis | Stars: Gabriele Silli, Maria Alexandra Lungu, Ercole Colnago, Bruno Di Giovanni
Votes: 1,072
10. The Girl and the Spider (2021)
Unrated | 98 min | Drama
Lisa is moving out. Mara is left behind. As boxes are shifted and cupboards built, abysses begin to open up and an emotional roller coaster is set in motion. A tragicomic catastrophe film. A poetic ballad about change and transience.
Directors: Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher | Stars: Henriette Confurius, Liliane Amuat, Ursina Lardi, Flurin Giger
Votes: 1,700
11. What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (2021)
150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A chance encounter on a street corner has Lisa and Giorgi fall in love at first sight, but an evil spell is cast on them. Will they ever meet again?
Director: Aleksandre Koberidze | Stars: Ani Karseladze, Giorgi Bochorishvili, Oliko Barbakadze, Giorgi Ambroladze
Votes: 2,032
12. Azor (2021)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight.
Director: Andreas Fontana | Stars: Fabrizio Rongione, Stéphanie Cléau, Carmen Iriondo, Juan Trench
Votes: 2,990
13. 9 (2021)
105 min | Drama
A successful football player suffering media harassment and the pressure of his surroundings seeks escape from the hell his life has turned into.
Directors: Martín Barrenechea, Nicolás Branca | Stars: Roxana Blanco, Horacio Camandule, Rogelio Gracia, Santiago Sanguinetti
Votes: 114
14. Aurora (II) (2021)
90 min | Drama
Alongside her work as an architect, 40-year old Luisa gives inspirational creative workshops to children. One day, she comes across 17-year-old Yuli by the school toilets; it turns out she ... See full summary »
Director: Paz Fábrega | Stars: Rebeca Woodbridge, Raquel Villalobos, Erika Rojas, Daniela Arroio
Votes: 105
15. Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People (2021)
90 min | Animation
Bob finds himself trapped in a post-apocalyptic desert inhabited by glamorous mutant '80s pop stars out for blood - Bob's blood.
Director: Cesar Cabral | Stars: Milhem Cortaz, André Abujamra, Grace Gianoukas, Paulo Miklos
Votes: 259
16. Camila Comes Out Tonight (2021)
103 min | Drama
Camila is forced to move to Buenos Aires when her grandmother falls ill. She leaves behind her friends and a liberal public school for a traditional private institution. There, her fiery but premature temper will be put to the test.
Director: Inés María Barrionuevo | Stars: Nina Dziembrowski, Maite Lucía Valero, Adriana Ferrer, Carolina Rojas
Votes: 252
17. Carajita (2021)
86 min | Drama
Sara and her nanny Yarisa have a relationship that seems to transcend their class conditions: they are the closest thing to a daughter-mother, but an accident will test their intimate ... See full summary »
Directors: Ulises Porra, Silvina Schnicer | Stars: Cecile van Welie, Magnolia Nunez, Richard Douglas, Génesis Buret
Votes: 201
18. El cielo está rojo (2020)
73 min | Documentary
The fire at the San Miguel prison in 2010 left 81 prisoners dead and a trial without culprits. With full access to the files of the judicial folder the documentary immerses us in the horror of that fateful morning.
Director: Francina Carbonell
Votes: 44
19. The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet (2021)
73 min | Drama
Sebastián, a man in his thirties, works a series of temporary jobs and he embraces love at every opportunity. He transforms, through a series of short encounters, as the world flirts with possible apocalypse.
Director: Ana Katz | Stars: Raquel Bank, Daniel Katz, Nicolás Levin, Valeria Lois
Votes: 967
20. Jesús López (2021)
86 min | Drama
Jesús López, a young racing driver, dies accidentally leaving his village in astonishment. His cousin Abel, a drifting teenager, gradually feels tempted to take his place. He moves in with ... See full summary »
Director: Maximiliano Schonfeld | Stars: Lucas Schell, Joaquin Spahn, Sofía Palomino, Romina Pinto
Votes: 84
21. La Encomienda (2021)
101 min | Drama
Three men try to survive the wreck of a human trafficking boat.
Director: Pablo Giorgelli | Stars: Marcelo Subiotto, Ettore D'Alessandro, Henry Shaq Montero
Votes: 37
22. Dusk Stone (2021)
87 min | Drama
Less than a year ago, Greta's son mysteriously disappeared by the sea. As she and her husband Bruno are struggling with grief, her friend Sina travels to the coast to help them sell their ... See full summary »
Director: Iván Fund | Stars: Mara Bestelli, Alfredo Castro, Jeremias Kuharo, Marcelo Subiotto
Votes: 67
23. Yo y Las Bestias (2021)
77 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An alternative rock band's singer-guitarist starts a solo career, seeking inspiration as Venezuela's crisis roils, accompanied by The Beasts, two masked and mysterious beings.
Director: Nico Manzano | Stars: Jesús Nunes, Gabriel Agüero, Eduardo Bol, Jesús Carreño
Votes: 116
24. The Employer and the Employee (2021)
106 min | Drama
The employer is a young man from a middle-class family; he leads a modern life and doesn't fit in with the traditional stereotype of rural producer. But he has one pressing concern: his ... See full summary »
Director: Manolo Nieto | Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Cristian Borges, Justina Bustos, Fatima Quintanilla
Votes: 204
25. A Love Song in Spanish (2021)
24 min | Short, Drama
She lives a lonely monotony, her days are a routine of repetitive actions. Then She stops and in the silence She remembers the body of a man stroked by war. She tries to free herself of the memory, but the memory goes through the skin.
Director: Ana Elena Tejera | Stars: Yolanda Mathieu, Candido Ríos
Votes: 12
26. Suncatcher (2021)
20 min | Short
When a mysterious light invades socially awkward Lila, she encounters its source: a cyborg who comes to remind her who she was in a past life.
Director: Kim Torres | Stars: Simon Dalzell, Nello Rivero
Votes: 20
27. Blood Is White (2020)
13 min | Short
The surgical precision of a thermal camera removes all the folklore that covers a bullfight. After turning what used to be 'the national fiesta' into a macabre dance, all that remains before your eyes is the ritual of death.
Director: Oscar Vincentelli
Votes: 9
28. Los Huesos (2021)
14 min | Animation, Short, Horror
Using human corpses and invoking the spirits of two damned Secretaries of State, a girl performs a ritual to free the kingdom of Chile from its feudal heritage.
Directors: Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León
Votes: 1,151
29. Síndrome de los quietos (2021)
30 min | Documentary, Short
In 2018, a group of filmmakers calling themselves THE MOTIONLESS embark on a film about a hypothetical stillness syndrome in Colombia. Both an homage to the cinematographical universe of ... See full summary »
Director: Elías León Siminiani | Stars: Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Luis Ospina, Gustavo Petro, Juan Gabriel Vázquez
Votes: 20
30. Fireflies (2021)
19 min | Short, Drama
The night side of a modernist icon. The fauna and flora of Roberto Burle Marx's gardens inhabited by visitors to Parque do Flamengo while the city of Rio de Janeiro falls asleep.
Director: Leo Bittencourt | Stars: Daniel Dos Santos de Andrade, Elisa Lucinda, Gabriel Fernando de Castro, Gleiton Matheus Bonfante
Votes: 35
31. Husek (2021)
89 min | Drama
The way in which the territory is inhabited by the indigenous cultures of the Gran Chaco generates community movements close to the forest and the river, sources of life. The government is ... See full summary »
Director: Daniela Seggiaro | Stars: Carla Crespo, Verónica Gerez, Leonel Gutierrez, Justina Ovejero
Votes: 22
32. La luna representa mi corazón (2021)
100 min | Documentary
Haunted by the violent death of his father, Martin Hsu, a young Argentinian filmmaker of Taiwanese origin, returns to Taipei with his brother Marcelo to join their mother. The reunion ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Martín Hsu
Votes: 21
33. Álbum para la juventud (2021)
80 min | Drama
Pedro and Sol are two best friends that coming to age. Their personal paths drive them thru different directions. He's interested in writing theatre, she's training as piano player.
Director: Malena Solarz | Stars: Santiago Canepari, Agustín Gagliardi, Walter Jakob, Laura Paredes
Votes: 26
34. To Kill the Beast (2021)
79 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Emilia arrives at her Aunt Inés' hostel located on the Argentina-Brazil border, looking for her missing brother. In this lush jungle a dangerous beast which takes the form of different animals seems to be roaming around.
Director: Agustina San Martín | Stars: Tamara Rocca, Ana Brun, João Miguel, Julieth Micolta
Votes: 303
35. They Carry Death (2021)
75 min | Drama
1492. Among the crew captained by Christopher Columbus, travel three men who should have been dead by now. They have managed to avoid their sad fate by participating in this uncertain ... See full summary »
Directors: Samuel M. Delgado, Helena Girón | Stars: Xoán Reices, David Pantaleón, Valentín Estévez, Nuria Lestegás
Votes: 155
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