José María 'Pigu' Gómez

Following a bust-up with her girlfriend, Emilia returns from the city to her mother's village, somewhere in Patagonia. Her mother isn't overjoyed about Emilia's return, as this disrupts her peaceful existence. Emilia tries to decide how she wants to carry on with her life, but is confronted with people and feelings from her past. Bored and frustrated, or just looking for intimacy, she seduces a number of men, including her childhood sweetheart, but also falls in love with a girl at the school where she teaches gym – an obsession that distracts her from her broken heart and musings about the future. In his first feature, director César Sodero contrasts Emilia's inner restlessness with the immutability of Patagonia. He does this using images of impressive landscapes, natural dialogue and telling non-verbal communication. Surrounded by the peace and beauty of nature, inner chaos gradually gives way to acceptance and self-awareness.

Twisting the Aces is a romantic comedy set in the magic community where things are not what they seem. Martin, an amateur magician, dwells in a world filled with pickpockets, illusions and sleight of hand.

In Buenos Aires a group of acclaimed dancers create the first Contemporary National Company of Dance under their collective leadership. This is the story of four talented dancers, Ernesto, Bettina, Victoria and Pablo, along six years of their journey. We follow their lives, we attend their rehearsals and performances in the emblematic building of the National Library, along with their premiere and backstage in the historical National Theatre of Cervantes. They expose their dreams as dancers, individuals and members of our society, as we observe the fulfilment of their biggest dream: the demand of a National Dance Law. Amazing choreographies, beautiful folklore songs and original Latin-American contemporary music reveal the beauty of dance becoming life.

In a dark and decadent city, Sean Fallon - a corrupt cop - will have to face his own demons to put an end to a series of brutal rapes and murders of the most weirdest kind. With the help of the local pimps, headed by Chance, Fallon will go the hunt for the serial killer, that may in the end not be human!

DEBT is the story of a frantic pursuit: the search for the responsible for the televised cry of hunger of Barbara Flores, an eight-year-old Argentinean girl. Buenos Aires, Washington, the IMF, the World Bank and Davos; corruption and the international bureaucratic lack of interest.

Zapa (Jorge Román) é um trabalhador de 35 anos que vive em uma remota vila na Argentina rural. Quando seu chefe pede um trabalho especial para alguns clientes, ele concorda - na verdade, não tem outra escolha. Eles arrombam uma farmácia, os "clientes" estufam suas bolsas e Zapa escolta a fuga. Para evitar a prisão, Zapa é forçado a deixar sua família e sua cidade natal, fugindo para Buenos Aires, onde consegue uma vaga como cadete da polícia. Depois de meses de treinamento intenso, ele se forma. Agora é um bonaerense: membro da mais brutal e corrupta força policial da Argentina.

Reflections and film fragments refer to the origins and validity of the Historias Breves Short Film Contest. The last twenty years of argentinean cinema in the eyes of filmmakers, producers, film critics, and other film industry players.