Chini Bolsón, an enigmatic street photographer from Buenos Aires, from the mystery of his anonymity, Chini captures the essence of Buenos Aires life, without focusing solely on beauty but exploring the eccentric, the raw and the authentic. Accompanying him through the streets of the city, we witness how he intertwines with the people and how his lens captures fleeting moments that reveal the soul of Buenos Aires.
Filmed during a 12-day workshop in the Amazon rainforest of Peru under the mentorship of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, La presencia de lo ausente is intended to be a farewell letter, but on its journey it becomes an exercise in memory, time, trauma and the lack. The encounter with humidity, mosquitoes, the sound of a walkie-talkie and two surveyors triggers the memory and begins the contemplation.
Sonia, an 18-year-old girl, receives a message that promises to change her life: she has been selected for a job and must go to an interview. She tells her mother the great news and receives her blessing to embark on the trip, but things do not go as she expects.
Bianca attends the school choir with Marcos, her friend's older brother. Bianca likes Marcos and decides to send him a message. That day, her mothers arrange for her to sleep at her friend's. Marcos kisses Bianca without registering that the experience is overwhelming for her.
After finding some unrevealed negatives that belonged to his grandfather, the director begins an investigation to unearth the stories of his ancestors, motivated by the question about the influence of the past on the present and the fragility of memory that disintegrates over time.
On a remote rural estate with a large cornfield, two filmmakers debate how to put together a film about a real case of child disappearance. Everything seems to happen as agreed, until they encounter a terrible entity that stalks them.
Leo is a boy who spends almost all day alone, reading comics, drawing and missing his mother, who died while giving birth. Rubén, Leo's father, is an alcoholic and violent being, who takes out his rage on the boy every time he has the opportunity. The way Leo finds to escape this nightmare is by imagining other worlds, where his father is a hero and protects him. Leo must decide which of the worlds he wants to stay in.
Pablo is a young man who makes a living cleaning windshields. With a conflictive family environment and the challenge of spending all day on the street, he faces indifference and rejection while fighting not to lose hope.
Members of the university community with musical concerns and developments come together in a collective activity that expands the work objective. The Orchestra, while continuing to be a space for meeting and recreation, is transformed into art, cultural dissemination and a life destination. The Orchestra portrays one more facet of what makes National Public Education possible.
An elderly man walks through a city, trying to get home.
After learning from his best friend Elena that Karla has a certain interest in him, Juan decides to approach Karla by writing a letter on Valentine's Day, unsure if Karla sees him as just a friend or something more.
Sara is a judge very committed to the cases she hears in her office. After meeting David, a young artist, on the beach, she must make decisions about her work and her relationship with Lucas, her husband. Sara, through the force of the sea, wants to achieve spaces of freedom. The encounters with a Caribbean woman, Rosa, and an enigmatic man from the city, Virgilio, will be decisive in resolving her personal dilemmas and better understanding the meaning of justice in a society indifferent to the most marginalized people and with enormous inequality.
A broken-hearted young man attends a depressing birthday party in an attempt to feel better.
A child's nightmare takes over his reality.
When his wife leaves him, Domingo is determined to prove that he is not only a looser that gets fired every other week. Domingo sets out to make his lifelong dream come true. Every Sunday, he goes and spends his time on the sidelines of an improvised soccer field, near his poor outskirt neighbourhood in Guadalajara, to commentate on the neighbourhood matches. While he constantly improves his style and technique, he keeps trying to get a job with the local TV station as his ultimate goal, but he doesn't realize how much his impassioned commentaries are changing the life of his entire community.
Portrays the misunderstandings, losses and shipwrecks of the past of an unusual character who walks the streets of San Telmo forced to build a new identity.
