A history of Argentine horror cinema, from its beginnings in 1934 to present day. It is a path of defeat, dead-end streets and triumphs, where the protagonists will lead us through the lesser known hallways of local horror.
2020 has its place in history as the year a virus stopped the entire planet. In its first months, amid quarantine and growing uncertainty about the future, Fantaspoa Film Festival launched a contest for filmmakers from around the world to create their pandemic-related stories—in their homes, with the resources they had at hand. This anthology brings together the 15 most representative and creative short films produced, capturing this moment in time that, if humanity is lucky, will never be repeated.
Alejo Rébora was born in June 1985, in Buenos Aires. He founded SARNA in 2003 to distribute his initial, cheap, and small short films as a filmmaker. Later, he studied film direction; the shorts began to be less modest, and SARNA's technical team expanded to become a natural force advocating CINEPUNK with much more imagination than budget. From 2007 to 2018, he managed, conceptualized, did graphic design, and authored DVDs for Distribución SRN, a label that champions "underground cinema in deluxe editions" title by title. Currently, he has five feature films in his filmography —the TRASH trilogy (2010-2019), the documentary El Camino de Tico Tico (2020), and the suspense comedy 7 VIDAS (2024). SARNA continues to produce and create short films, music videos, and independent and somewhat experimental films.