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CARLA’S BODY IS LYING NEXT TO YOURS (EL CUERPO DE CARLA YACE JUNTO AL TUYO) - Argentina - Genre: Horror, Thriller, Suspense, Dark

A writer who is suffering the consequences of a break- up that has left him scarred arrives at a town in the countryside in Buenos Aires. He is trying to overcome a creative blockage and willing to rebuild his life. A car accident, along with a few fantastic elements, offer him a second chance to either reconfigure his present or relive his past mistakes.

Director: Bernardo Bronstein

DOGMAN (HOMBRE PERRO) - Argentina, Peru - Genre: Fiction, Action, Adventure

Túpac, son of a Colla mother and a Japanese father, lived with his family in northern Argentina until one night someone broke into his house and violently took his family away. Tupac is 5 years old and is saved by hiding under his bed. He always believed that a legendary demon dog that devours people was responsible for the tragedy but, over the years, he discovers with the help of his friend Ñusta that it was not a fantastic beast who took his family, but men who continue to kill and kidnap other people. Therefore, Túpac becomes DOGMAN, to get revenge.

Director: Tamae Garateguy

DON’T COME BACK ALIVE (METE MIEDO) - Argentina - Genre: Horror, Paranormal horror

Camila is a young member of an elite police unit. During an operation in a dangerous area, she turns up in the middle of a ritual, in which members burn themselves to death. She suffers severe burns all over her body and goes into a coma. In her long recovery, her friend Fatima, a criminal prosecutor and partner, and her ex-boyfriend Ángel will help her. But Camila acts strange... She is distant, emotionless. The albino, a female figure who is attached to her soul since the unfortunate ritual, is here to play a game with the three of them.

Director: Néstor Sánchez Sotelo

EXISTENCE (EXISTIR) - Argentina - Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure

Lautaro has always had an interest for topics related to life on other planets and he has done everything to satisfy his curiosity. He disappears, and their friends Lola and Renzo go looking for him. Years pass by and Lola receives an anonymous message that guides them to a place where they might find Lautaro. Following the indications and the clues left by Lautaro, they start off on a journey that will get them into dangerous situations. They risk their lives and at the same time, they will find incredible revelations that will test their beliefs.

Director: Gabriel Grieco

FIFTEEN (QUINCE) - Mexico - Genre: Horror

Ligia and Mayte are best friends and are planning together the best Quincianera party in order to gain the respect and popularity they so much desire.

Meanwhile, a supernatural beast attacks Joel, Ligia’s boyfriend. He manages to escape but is gradually transforming into a creature himself. When Ligia decides to lose her virginity she gets pregnant by Joel, or rather the beast he has become. She will soon discover a mother’s call that will risk her life and those who surround her.

Directors: Yossy and Jack Zagha

PRECIOUS BLOOD (PRECIOSÍSIMA SANGRE) - Mexico, Argentina - Genre: Horror, Thriller

Mexico, 1767. A priest is commissioned to investigate a series of murders that have taken place inside a convent. The sole witness, a nun apprehended by the Inquisition, declares she has hellish visions and contact with the devil. After several interviews, where step by step the massacre is pieced back together, the clergyman is able to glimpse the truth of the facts, which plunges him into a dangerous spiritual dilemma.

Director: Andrés Kaiser

SEARCHING FOR THE BLACK RAINBOW (EL ARCOÍRIS NEGRO) - Colombia, Argentina - Genre: Horror, Fantasy

After the death of Argentinian explorer Emilio Lanzetti in 1920, presumably at the hands of a primitive indigenous community during his quest searching for a mythical place called the Black Rainbow, Fernando, his son and pupil, decides to undertake an expedition in order to continue with the last work of his father, but his thirst for revenge, his ambition and his blind faith, will make his trip a true descent to hell as those lands keep a dark secret under their grounds and white man should have never defied nature. A dark spaghetti western and Lovecraftian horror tale in which the conqueror is conquered.

Director: Juan Diego Escobar Alzate

THE BRAID (LA TRENZA) - Argentina, Spain - Genre: Horror

Anselmo is a 13-year-old boy suffering from hemophilia, a disease that leads him to live at home under the obsessive care of his mother. His life is lonely and his restless spirit finds refuge in books, especially mystery stories. The hormonal changes he goes through sharpen his senses and in that confinement, he begins to be tormented by ghosts that come to his room during the night to look for him to untie them from a braid that holds them captive.

Director: Gonzalo Calzada

TIGER’S SON (HIJO DE TIGRE) - Colombia - Genre: Western

Bronson is a triggerman that sees himself as a being predestined for death and violence. Inside his unique imagination he thinks he’s the direct descendant of a bloody bandit and that’s what gives him his reason to live. He’ll face the brutal vengeance of a corrupt ex-police officer, while at the same time running away with his boss’ mistress, for whom he holds a secret and deep attraction. ‘Hijo de Tigre’ is an urban western, in which the protagonist lives in a constant duality between his deepest longings and the natural fatality of his lineage.

Director: Edwin Cortes