Everyday the children of the neighborhood known as "Tire Dié", in the city of Santa Fe, wait for the train to ask for money, shouting "Tire dié!" (toss me a dime!) to the passengers. Considered the first survey-on-film in Latin America.
A man, tired of technological advances and consumerism, decides to destroy his electrical appliances.
Short film by Osvaldo David and Darío Diaz
After the sudden death of El Gato, his body must be carried in the rain to the cemetery.
Short film inspired by "El potro salvaje" (1924), a short story by Horacio Quiroga.
Carlos is a commissioner who is separating from his young wife Carolina, who is having an affair with Gómez, a police officer who is under Carlos' orders. He finds out, and plans to murder his wife and her lover.
With a very personal style, Marilyn Contardi, which will materialize in the films that will be made at the Film Workshop, tells the story of Santa Fe, and its laborious transfer to its current location.
A version of El Estatola del Campo's poetic Faust of the Poet (1886) integrates the major trilogy of Argentine gaucho poetry, is proposed here in a faithful version and integral.
Documentary about pre-Columbian art whose aesthetic and utilitarian values are intimately related to its myths and history.
Tells the story of a poor family, inhabitants of the southern province of Santa Fe, who is forced to move into an abandoned railroad until waters recede Salado river wagon.
Produced by the National Institute of Cinematography in the National Short Film Competition, 1985.
Documentary short film that portrays the taming of horses.
Short film about a picturesque itinerant operator who took the cinema around the towns. Produced by students of the Santa Fe School.
The living and working conditions and the exploitation to which the "axemen" workers are subjected in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, in what was one of the most powerful companies of imperialism.
Documentary about the work of the painter César López Claro produced by the UNL film institute.
Documentary on livestock production made for INTA (National Institute of Agricultural Technology), on the use and prevention of the silo at times of the year when livestock feed is scarce.
Adaptation of "Idyll" (1884), a short story by Guy de Maupassant
“My life was the same as that of thousands of gringos: I plowed and sowed the land, and went to the bar on Sunday.” Such is the refrain throughout LA PAMPA GRINGA, which endeavors to relate the sense of community built by the European settlers who in 1865 first colonized the town of Esperanza, located in Birri’s native province of Santa Fe. Largely consisting of juxtaposed daguerreotypes from the period and newspaper printings, LA PAMPA GRINGA exhibits Birri’s ability to weave narratives out of historical documentation in deft, admirable form.
A documentary short on the treatment of tuberculosis patients in Santa Fe, Argentina.
