Benjamín Ávila (Directing)

Argentina 2001

This Spanish-language series chronicles the politics and events leading up to the most severe economic and social crisis in Argentina’s history since its return to democracy. At the center of a government in crisis, a political appointee works as a liaison between the current administration and opposition party figures who seek to rise to power.

Release Date:2023-06-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:14

Encerrados

When people are unexpectedly locked in, their 'monsters' emerge from the depths of themselves, without control or logic.

Release Date:2018-12-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:1

Clandestine Childhood

Juan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets María, who only has one name. Based on true events, set in the Argentina of 1979, this film is one about love.

Release Date:2012-09-16

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Interrogador

Vote Count:58

Nietos (Identidad y memoria)

Documentary about children stolen during Argentina's dictatorship that collects testimonies from kidnapped between 1976 and 1983. During these years, thousands of people were kidnapped and murdered with impunity. In many cases, the state appropriated the newborns of pregnant women at the time of his abduction. The disappearance of 500 children is one of the darkest legacies of this period. However, the tireless work of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo became possible that a hundred of these children were returned to their families.

Release Date:2004-03-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

La mujer de la fila

Department:Directing

Job:Director

I'm Gilda

The life and death of the tropical singer Gilda.

Release Date:2016-09-15

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:63

Muertas

A young American journalist attempts to piece together the fractured memories of a love lost amidst the ongoing Juarez, Mexico murders.

Release Date:2007-03-08

Character:Factory Boss

Vote Count:1

Veo veo

A class project leads 8-year-old Juancho to discover the shocking truth behind his father's disappearance.

Release Date:2006-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Historias Breves II: Vete de mí

Short tribute to Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernández, better known by his stage name "Bola de Nieve", a successful Cuban singer, composer and pianist.

Release Date:1996-01-01

Vote Count:1