1. Argentina 1978: il Mondiale desaparecido (Argentina 1978: il Mondiale desaparecido)
(Argentina 1978: il Mondiale desaparecido)
2. Inside Pinochet's Prisons
The horrifying story of what went on inside General Pinochet's secret prisons.
3. Montenegro: A Land Divided (Црна Гора: Подељена земља)
Montenegro is the newest European country with a proud history, one that is being falsified for current political purposes, thus creating an alternative identity. In a nation where it possible for two brothers to claim different ethnic backgrounds despite having the same parents, everything is on the table: language, church, democracy. Can the truth set Montenegro free?
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. Liniers, el trazo simple de las cosas (Liniers, el trazo simple de las cosas)
Winter 2007. Two artists from Argentina receive a grant to develop their work in Montreal . The only catch? They have to share an apartment. In this way filmmaker Franca González and cartoonist Ricardo Siri Liniers come to know each other. From the moment González becomes the roommate of Liniers, a friendship emerges between them and she makes him the proposal of doing a documentary about him. The film starts with an argument to get Liniers permission to chase him with videocameras and ends up becoming one of the most tender portraits ever done of the artist, reflecting the transcendence that ensues from the simple line of his drawings.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
5. The Disappeared
"The Disappeared" relives the horrors of Argentina's Dirty War through the experience of Horacio Pietragalla, a young man raised by the maid of the officer who kidnapped him after the military brutally murdered his parents. The film follows Horacio as he reconstructs the cause for which his real parents gave their lives, and, through this search, reclaims his true identity. This personal journey internalizes the tragedy that ravaged the country for seven years and exposes polarized views on state-driven terrorism in groundbreaking interviews with top military officials, concentration camp victims, human rights activists, journalists who covered the events, and members of Horacio's surrogate and biological families.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
6. The Lost World Cup (Il mundial dimenticato)
The film reconstructs the mysterious story of the 1942 Patagonia World Soccer championship, never acknowledged by the official sports organizations, and which for decades have remained shrouded in legend without the winner ever being known.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
7. The Machine Gun and the Bass (A Metralhadora e o Contrabaixo)
Documentary short film covering two survivors of the argentinian military dictatorship.
8. Susana
This short film is an autobiographical portrait of a young Argentine lesbian growing up in a homophobic environment.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
9. La Arquitectura Del Crimen (La Arquitectura Del Crimen)
(La Arquitectura Del Crimen)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
10. The Right to Live in Peace (El derecho de vivir en paz)
A moving portrait of Chilean singer-songwriter and political activist Victor Jara that chronicles the life of the talented artist who was imprisoned, tortured and machine-gunned by the country's dictatorship.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
11. Nas Entranhas de Nicolópolis (Nas Entranhas de Nicolópolis)
(Nas Entranhas de Nicolópolis)
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
12. Juan Carlos, King of Spain (Moi, Juan Carlos, roi d'Espagne)
This documentary follows Juan Carlos's life through archive footage and exclusive interviews with the king himself giving his opinion and thoughts to the way history played out.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
13. Cartoneras (Cartoneras)
Cartoneras is a documentary that grapples with Latin America’s urban realities, and the cardboard publishing movement that has emerged from these in the 21st century. Reflecting on the different contexts that propelled this form of community publishing, like Argentina’s 2001 economic crisis, the independent art scene, and the movements which formed around waste-pickers, the film’s narrative is developed through conversations with important actors from the cartonera world.
14. Ein Traum von Revolution (Ein Traum von Revolution)
When the revolution in Nicaragua won its victory nearly 40 years ago, the world began to dream. A young generation was taking the reins in a country of grand utopias. From West Germany alone, 15,000 “brigadists” travelled to help rebuild the war-torn country: liberals, greens, unionists, social democrats, leftists and church representatives harvested coffee and cotton, built schools, kindergartens and hospital wards. No movement has mobilised so many people. What became of the hopes and dreams of the revolutionaries and their supporters?
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
15. Social Genocide (Memoria del saqueo)
After the fall of the military dictatorship in 1983, successive democratic governments launched a series of reforms purporting to turn Argentina into the world's most liberal and prosperous economy. Less than twenty years later, the Argentinians have lost literally everything: major national companies have been sold well below value to foreign corporations; the proceeds of privatizations have been diverted into the pockets of corrupt officials; revised labour laws have taken away all rights from employees; in a country that is traditionally an important exporter of foodstuffs, malnutrition is widespread; millions of people are unemployed and sinking into poverty; and their savings have disappeared in a final banking collapse. The film highlights numerous political, financial, social and judicial aspects that mark out Argentina's road to ruin.
It has an average vote of 7.529 on TMDB.
16. Good Light, Good Air (좋은 빛, 좋은 공기)
The title Good Light, Good Air is oddly paradoxical. Keenly working at the point where his artistic identity and persistent attention on modern Korean history meet, director Im in this film focused on where the history of oppression and struggle intersect between Gwangju and Buenos Aires. In both cities, a great number of people who fought against the dictatorship were slaughtered and disappeared. The people of both societies still live with that trauma. When the testimonies of the victims of the two cities cross over, the film gives us chills as the eerie history of the two is very similar. Through Good Light, Good Air, director Im asks us how we will remember the past from where we stand right now.
17. Marcos: A Malignant Spirit (Marcos: A Malignant Spirit)
Containing rare footage and recorded conversations, this documentary about "the plunder of a nation" hosted by ABS-CBN's Angelo Castro, Jr. looks into "the inhuman manner in which Marcos and his henchmen systematically drained the economy in their greedy and unrelenting quest for fortune.
18. This is How the Obelisk Was Born (Así Nació el Obelisco)
The construction of the Obelisco in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
19. Fascism in Colour
After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist reformer, now obsessed with the idea of power, he founds the National Fascist Party in 1921 and assumes political power in 1922, becoming the Duce, dictator of Italy. His success encourages Hitler to take power in Germany in 1933, opening the dark road to World War II.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
20. Without A Trace
Without a trace portrays the life and work of filmmaker Quirino Cristiani, 1896 to 1984. An animator, cartoonist and italoargentino cartoonist, creator of the first feature animation world; The Apostle 1917.
