Natalia Garayalde
Directing
Biography
Natalia Garayalde was born in 1982 in Río Tercero, Argentina. She has a degree in Social Communication from the National University of Córdoba. She is coordinator of the Communication and Press area of the Cortópolis Latin American Short Film Festival.
Known For
On 3 November 1995, the Rio Tercero Military Factory exploded in Cordoba, prompting thousands of projectiles to fire and spread in the surrounding villages, in a tragedy that would leave seven dead and hundreds injured and affected. At the time, Natalia Garayalde was a twelve-year-old girl who lived with her family near the place, and he was still playing filming with the video camera her father had bought, when she recorded the immediate moments of the burst, while her family escaped the explosions, as well as the daily activities of the village in the days and weeks that follow. Twenty-five years later, that material captured from a girl's candid and surprised gaze it becomes a thoughtful and painful testimony about the family, the destruction of a city, the traces of horror, the sinister truth about the case.
Splinters
Edible and medicinal properties of wild flora of Cordoba
YuYos
A young man roams the city of Córdoba in his motorbike. A female friend remembers him.
Adiós a la noche
Miren Felder died on top of a snowy mountain after a plane crash in 1977. The director discovers secret messages from her grandmother in photographs taken by her military grandfather and offers herself as a medium in a ritual to communicate with her.
MIREN FELDER
Leoncio Ríos travelled to Croatia in 1995 as a member of the United Nations on a Peace Mission. He was part of BEA VII (Argentine Army VII Battalion) during the Balkan Wars and recorded the daily life of soldiers in the devastated territory.