Manuel Salomón

We are in the mid-nineties. Much of the western football world has to learn a new word: Qatar. There, in the middle of a mythological desert, a handful of boys from different countries and origins are going to play a Youth World Cup.

In Patagonia, Leandro — the protagonist of Felt like real.— asks himself: is it possible to imagine a virtuous future in a world that seems destined for ruin? Filmed over the course of a decade (2014–2024), the film is built arround a deadly conflict between two brothers. Inspired by the life of Rafael Pinedo, it weaves echoes of “various pasts” in Super 8mm, filmed in the 1960s and 70s, with the present.

The disordered adventures of a alluring young man in New York. Dreams, fantasies, old-school street seduction, and a dead body. A homage to the 1980s No Wave Cinema by Argentinian director Mauro Andrizzi, set in pre-pandemic New York.

"It felt like a spy movie." Mauro Andrizzi travelled to Tehran to present Iraqi Short Stories, his film that dealt with the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. After the screening, he was approached by an Iraqi lady, who pointed out some inaccuracies and wanted to have lunch with him to express her ideas about the war. This however was not the end of her interest in the Argentine filmmaker. A later trip took him to Egypt, where the air was full of conspiracy theories. Shark attacks in the Red Sea threatened to damage the tourism industry, and the government ordered hundreds of sharks to be hunted. Two weeks later, crocodiles started to attack people on the shores of the Nile. The last of Andrizzi's intriguing spy triptych takes us to Sana'a in Yemen and deals with the story of local Al Qaeda founder Anwar al Awlaki and a Croatian actress.

What entertains children and allows them to dream in a small Cuban town? A roller skating coach from San Pablo de Yao, a small town in the Sierra Maestra, Cuba, leaves his house in his daily routine, crosses the river, and teaches skating classes. He returns home, carrying all the love of the city of San Pablo de Yao. However, his work is fraught with conflicts that mark his work and the children's education. The streets of San Pablo de Yao allow this sport to exist in the city, but the river poses a threat during periods of constant rain, causing training to be suspended for several days, either because it prevents Chepe from crossing the river and reaching the town, or because the streets are wet.

Looking for a project that will bring them closer together, father and son incubate eggs as if trying to incubate a bond. Enzo oscillates between childhood and early adolescence, while Sebastián struggles with his own life and his difficulty in being a father.