Centro de Producción e Investigación Audiovisual (CePIA)

A conscript spends his final Sunday with a host family in Comodoro Rivadavia before he leaves for war.

On March 24, 2004, Patricia, a teacher from Monte Grande, saw on television President Néstor Kirchner take down the portrait of Videla and other de facto presidents of the military dictatorship from the Military College. This image repeated itself in her mind, leading her to retrieve from her box of memories the letters addressed to the soldiers of the Malvinas War, which she had saved from destruction when she worked as an administrator at the Municipality of Monte Grande. She then decided to give meaning to that event by starting to deliver the letters that had never arrived.

A former soldier reunites with his comrades, who are unaware that they are dead.

Alex and Dani, two Kelper children living in Stanley, Falkland Islands, skip school to play in the fields, as they usually do every day. One afternoon, when they discover a black, viscous liquid they believe to be oil, their historical differences come to light.

On the verge of dying, wounded in the Malvinas, Martín hears his own voice coming from the future to rescue him. Thirty years later, Martín reunites with his girlfriend when he had to leave to fight in the Malvinas Islands. He wants to forget; and she needs to remember. Time is not linear, decisions from the past inevitably impact the future.

In 1830, Captain Robert FitzRoy kidnapped a young Aboriginal man from the Yamán ethnic group. The young man was taken to England aboard the HMS Beagle and christened Jemmy Button, because a mother-of-pearl button was all he paid for him. In England, he learned English and had tea with King William IV. A year later, he returned to his native Tierra del Fuego. Some thirty years later, a reverend set out for the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego. His immediate objective was to find Jemmy Button. The reverend confidently goes to this meeting with someone he assumes is now a "civilized" Aboriginal man. But what he finds comes as a surprise.

Pampa in Patagonia. June 1982. A chance encounter between a mute Argentine man who isn't mute, a lying Chilean woman who tells the truth, and some terrifying but actually scared shitless English soldiers gives rise to a dramatic comedy that summarizes three opportunities—the same opportunities that Argentina, Chile, and England failed to take in June 1982.

A group of children, still in their early years, gather together to share a moment of play. They all agree that they are going to play war, more precisely, the Falklands War. They divide into two sides: Argentine and English, paint their flags, choose their weapons, and take up positions. It is only a game, but as time goes by, something of the tragic dimension of the events that marked Argentine history will take root in their consciousness.

Javier, a 19-year-old young man drafted into the war, goes to his ex-girlfriend's house seeking forgiveness before he leaves. At the same time, Javier's mother, Alicia, visits an old friend who is now a colonel to ask her to spare him.

It's 1986. A Colombian woman arrives at Ezeiza Airport and gets into a taxi. The World Cup is underway, and Argentina is facing England. The Falklands War is fresh in the collective memory. The taxi driver is listening to the match on the radio: Maradona scores the legendary "Hand of God" goal, and four minutes later, the "Goal of the Century."

April 1982. A young man tries to avoid an army medical checkup to avoid traveling to fight in the Falkland Islands.

Pedro is 15 years old and lives in the Piñalito Norte neighborhood, deep in the Misiones jungle. While his rural school teacher assigns him a practical project related to the Malvinas conflict, his father and brothers involve him in a nighttime outing in the woods. They are armed with rifles and shotguns. They are searching for intruders who threaten to occupy their land and exploit it illegally.

A journalist interviews a general from the Process a few days after the defeat in the Falklands War. The general's speech is brutally sincere. These are the words that no Argentine military officer would say, has said, or will say. The idea is to exploit one of the feelings many people experience during the trials of repressors: it's strange that no one explicitly admits a single truth. The irony of this story is built on this sense of need to listen, with a certain moral and political awareness.

Ángela Ferrer lost her grandson during the Falklands War. A year has passed since the end of the war, and Ángela has not resigned herself to accepting her grandson's death, much less to not being able to visit his grave and pay him the tribute she considers more than deserved. Today, Ángela searches the cemetery for an abandoned grave that could serve as a space to visit her grandson. Finally, she decides on one that shows signs of neglect. She refurbishes it and leaves behind a small painting she made, in which we see a sailboat sailing across the sea. These visits take place weekly, while Ángela continues her daily routine, until one day they are suddenly interrupted.

Soledad is pregnant with her fourth child. She and her partner, Alberto, are awaiting the arrival of this child at home. They hope for a birth in harmony with nature. We will witness the moments leading up to the baby's arrival and the mother's labor.

Two Argentine soldiers, complete strangers, find themselves face-to-face in a foxhole during the Falklands War, forced into a tense and unexpected encounter at the edge of survival.

On a hilltop in the Falkland Islands, two children, about 10 years old, are finishing their vigil and will soon be replaced by their own mothers, both members of the Falkland Islands Celebration Committee. The purpose of the vigil is to catch a glimpse of the plane that will bring Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth to Falkland Islands for the first time to visit her subjects on the islands.

During the Falklands War, a young second lieutenant is forced to confront the dilemmas of obedience, honor, and endurance. Amid violence, fear, and uncertainty, the inner surge for dignity and survival prevails.

Using a technique that blends real-life footage with reconstructed environments, the epic finds its place in this short film, which echoes statements by English pilots praising the skill and bravery of their Argentine counterparts, given the problems they caused them despite being at a marked technological disadvantage.