Francisco Novick

Animal Transport

A man returns to his job in a company that transports animals. On his first trip, one of the cages doesn't seem to be carrying what it should. The mystery lurking in his truck pushes him to the limit of his own sanity.

Los pájaros

After a bad breakup, Rodrigo locked himself at home to listen to prog rock. Desperate to reach out to someone, he put his favorite vinyl on sale and waited for a woman to buy it. If someone out there likes that same music, they should be made for each other. Rodrigo receives a woman’s phone call, but things are not going to resolve as he expects them to.

Gardeliana

A group of Carlos Gardel fans gathers every year at the Chacarita Cemetery to commemorate the anniversary of his death. Gardeliana portrays the ritual of a national hero, a day of saddened faces that coexist between the marvelous and the ghostly.

Lost Time

An Argentine scholar living abroad returns home to meet an old school professor, his role model in life. But the meeting will take an unexpected turn.

Theatre of War

Theatre of War is an essay on how to represent war, performed by former enemies. British and Argentinian veterans of the Falklands war come together to discuss, rehearse and re-enact their memories 35 years after the conflict.

Soldier

A young man decides to join the army. He becomes the drummer in the military band, and his everyday life is now a combination of military training and music. What does the Argentine Army do these days, more than thirty years after the dictatorship? What does it mean to be a soldier in a country without wars?

Una noche en Paladium

Paladium. One of the busiest and most fashionable nightclubs in Buenos Aires, where artists, LGBT activists, traditional tangueros, and the newest generation of Argentine rock musicians would all cohabit with freedom and morality. And now?