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Browse 8 movies from Ministerio de Innovación y Cultura de Santa Fe
Jan 2023
Patricio Coll explores Santa Fe's oldest buildings following a chronology, a geographical logic, and a series of documents that facilitate an appreciation of what is seen.
Sep 2023
Three stories inspired by stories by Juan José Saer. A police officer returns to his hometown to investigate a murder; a teacher complains about a horse that has been abandoned. One day, a man is found dead, and there is no trace of the horse, which is the only witness to the murder.
Apr 2017
Marcelo decides to abandon his life as a city publicist, sells his properties, and builds a ranch on the island. He sails to Don Armando's store for supplies. Victoria works there, with whom he has a romantic relationship and ends up living with him. One night, two men try to rob them; Victoria is shot and killed, and he kills her attackers. The ranch burns down. Marcelo abandons his lost paradise by rowing downriver.
Dec 2008
In a neighborhood in Santa Fe, during a day of incessant rain during the 2003 flood, a man falls into a well that suddenly forms in the courtyard of his house and, after this, his family wanders between struggle and resignation to rescue him.
Apr 2024
Forensic anthropologists use laser technology to search for clandestine graves of the dictatorship in the scrubland. Valeria, the daughter of disappeared people, coordinates the search. Otilia, Mother of Plaza de Mayo, awaits news of the past.
Apr 2025
The Transfiguration of Light is a documentary that intertwines memory, poetry, and visual experimentation to reconstruct the legacy of the Santa Fe Film Institute, founded by Fernando Birri. Through interviews, archival footage, animations, and his poetry, the short film seeks to reflect on resistance, Santa Fe's film culture, and the collective act.
Mar 2026
Agustín is all alone in his house during a storm. When he goes out to the backyard, something attacks him.
Dec 2019