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La Paz tells the story of Liso, a young Argentinean man who emerges from a psychiatric institution and tries to re-adapt to daily life in the universe of his middle class family and neighborhood. Note: Grayed out screenings are currently standby only. A standby line will form at the box office one hour prior to showtime. Available tickets will be released on a first come, first served basis.

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Piñeiro’s sparkling debut film breathlessly follows a clever, capricious young woman as she carefully interweaves friends and lovers into an intricate web of secretive yet often unexpectedly compassionate games.

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Piñeiro’s second feature unleashes eight strong-willed characters into a clandestine plot involving art forgery, an unfinished novel, and Sarmiento’s U.S. journals, resulting in a giddy kaleidoscope of differing meaning.

A web of romantic intrigue and revelation is delicately unraveled in this dazzling riff on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Screening with Rosalinda (Matías Piñeiro, 2010, 43m).

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Featuring beautiful animation that pays homage to its children’s book source material, AninA perfectly evokes childhood joys and fears through the story of a girl with a palindromic name: Aninas Yatay Salas.

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The lives of a married couple living on a tobacco plantation in Northwestern Argentina are thrown into turmoil with the arrival of a mysterious cousin, who puts them in touch with their most suppressed emotions and desires.

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This exuberant tribute to Peckinpah’s similarly titled 1974 film combines the plot of a Western with a video game aesthetic and structure in the story of a nerdy DJ who must undertake an action-packed mission to save his own life.

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Priscilla Padilla’s intelligent directing and inspired photography elevates this ethnographic documentary about a Wayuu rite of passage into a story of tradition, liberation, and the ever-arduous task of being a woman.

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A tough bodybuilder with a gentle heart dreams of one day opening his own gym, but his plans are derailed when he witnesses a crime in this drama-turned-thriller by first-time director Trivino.

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The first film adaptation of Roberto Bolaño’s literary works, Scherson’s third feature centers on two suddenly orphaned Chilean teenagers who slowly descend into an underworld of B-movies, cheap novels and derelict characters in the margins of Rome.

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Incalcaterra and Quattrini take us deep into the Paraguayan Chaco with this narratively rigorous, fascinating adventure that is at once travel diary, Western, road trip, scientific exploration, and a portrayal of the savagery of capitalist exploitation.

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Moncada crafts a poignant and engaging personal perspective on her native Nicaragua from the 1979 Sandinista revolution through to modern times, weaving herself into the story at every historic step.

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This fascinating documentary follows the wealthy and controversial mayor of the richest and safest municipality in all of Mexico as he implements unorthodox and hotly questioned security strategies to restrain drug violence.

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Amidst majestic natural surroundings, a woman delicately prepares for the imminent loss of her mother, which leads to a profound and meditative reflection on the constantly renewing cycle of life and our changing place in the world.

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In Rodriguez’s rigorous minimalist indie, the camera follows Alejandra, a young middle class woman from Bogotá, in her daily routines, capturing both her moments alone and her interactions with the world.

New York Premiere! Filmmakers in person for Q&A!

A divorced father’s vacation with his two children is marred by a storm that keep the three cooped up together as he desperately tries to remain enthusiastic and not let anything ruin their plans.

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A camping trip in the woods becomes a painful but ultimately healing rite of passage for two brothers who are struggling to cope with their disturbing family environment in Sanchez’s taut, suspenseful debut feature.