Mercedes Arias

Movies

El fulgor
Associate Producer
The carnival is coming soon. We witness the ritual of “cleaning the meat” performed by the “gauchos” who unfold their knives. The bucolic landscape mixes with the city streets. Slowly, everything fills with colour, feathers and semi-naked men. Face masks begin to cover the faces and alcohol disinhibit the bodies.
The Children of God
Executive Producer
Francisco and Sol were raised outside the system, in a religious community called La Familia Internacional. In an attempt to free their voice and reconfigure the puzzle of subjectivity, the recovery of the past through memories allows to bring up events that had been previously denied.
The Children of God
Producer
Francisco and Sol were raised outside the system, in a religious community called La Familia Internacional. In an attempt to free their voice and reconfigure the puzzle of subjectivity, the recovery of the past through memories allows to bring up events that had been previously denied.
The Carnival
Producer
Since they were children, every summer they used to participate together in the traditional carnivals of their hometown. This magical celebration, transform men of the community into dionysiac figures with makeup, coloured costumes, glitter and feathers. Alcohol, friendship and parties out of control become the limelight. Boundaries get blurred with the heat of the sun at the edge of the imposing Paraná River.
The Carnival
Executive Producer
Since they were children, every summer they used to participate together in the traditional carnivals of their hometown. This magical celebration, transform men of the community into dionysiac figures with makeup, coloured costumes, glitter and feathers. Alcohol, friendship and parties out of control become the limelight. Boundaries get blurred with the heat of the sun at the edge of the imposing Paraná River.
When the Olympus Collides With the Pampas
Producer
A septuagenarian artist must face the passing of time in his works, his body and to confront his own fears. Naked Colossi, strong arms and big muscles struggle against oblivion. They fade into the blue and vanish like birds in the sky. A portrait of Ricardo Cinalli, shot between London and the Argentinian Pampas. An artist of the Renaissance amidst the 21st century.
The Whatsapp Troupe
Producer
Tonight is the monthly meeting of the 75s graduates class. The conversation flows until it suddenly acquires an aggressive tone when they discuss the continuity of some members of the Whatsapp group who don't participate much.
Luisita Photo Studio
Executive Producer
The celebrities who visited Luisita Escarria's photo studio in Buenos Aires for decades are countless. Sol, a young photographer, discovers there more than 25,000 unpublished negatives, an archive of incalculable value that opens a window through which to look at the true artistic epicenter of Argentinean popular culture…
Luisita Photo Studio
Producer
The celebrities who visited Luisita Escarria's photo studio in Buenos Aires for decades are countless. Sol, a young photographer, discovers there more than 25,000 unpublished negatives, an archive of incalculable value that opens a window through which to look at the true artistic epicenter of Argentinean popular culture…
Box 25
Director
Documentary about the relation between Panama and the United States, during the building of the Panama Canal.
Historias breves 17
Director