LA CHICA NUEVA (THE NEW GIRL)

Argentina 2021 - DCP - 79 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles

Director, Screenplay: Micaela Gonzalo

Producer: Eva Lauria

Cast: Jimena Anganuzzi, Mora Arenillas, Luciano Cazaux

Print Courtesy: Meikincine Entertainment

In this truly honest and low-key yet acutely telling and loving first film from young Argentine director Micaela Gonzalo, Jimena travels to Río Grande, on one of the islands of Tierra del Fuego, in the extreme south of Argentina, on a quest to join her older half-brother Mariano. She has almost no money for her ticket, but manages to finally arrive, with the hope she can find a job. And so she does, but in a factory, separated most of the time from the exquisite, unique beauty of the literal end of the earth she now inhabits. The wind, the cold and the complex economic crisis of the country and region form the background in which Jimena will develop her empathy and sense of belonging with the people around her. LA CHICA NUEVA is a voyage of discovery in a far distant land for Jimena, and for the audience. —Ken Eisen

Shown With

North American Premiere BOBBIN

Argentina 2021 - DCP - 26 minutes, in English and in Spanish with English subtitles

Director, Screenplay: Virginia Scaro

Producers: Ben Becher, Roman Kasseroller, Josefina Scaro, Virginia Scaro

Cast: Clark Middleton, Josefina Scaro, Joe Corrao

Print Courtesy: Virginia Scaro

After her delightful first film, EVERYTHING CALMS DOWN, shown at MIFF in 2019, Argentine director Virginia Scaro returns with the equally playful, original and singular BOBBIN, in which an ensemble of nervous actors worships a mysterious, magical object, “The Bobbin,” to ensure their success of opening night. Sometimes the magic works. —Ken Eisen