Santiago Giralt

Directing

Santiago Giralt

Acting credits

The Blonds poster
6.0

In 1977, when she was four years old, Albertina Carri's parents vanished without a trace, victims of Argentina's brutal military junta. In this fresh and politically daring film, the young Argentinian filmmaker attempts to unravel the mystery, piecing together her memories and fantasies in a quest to understand her parents' untimely fate.

The Blonds

2003

My Pana poster
2.0

Pana is a popular world from Venezuelan slang that means many things: as a noun it refers to a friend, a good person; as an adjective, it’s a positive quality, someone nice, someone friendly and enjoyable. A coming-of-age story, the short My Pana is also a tale of immigration and exile, a portrait of a teenager adapting to a new society with the few tools he knows to survive: his youth, his body and, ultimately, his own resilience. Through the point of view of a teenager we’ll understand the hardships of million of Venezuelans abroad and the consequences of corruption, exile and the fractured soul of a person who was pushed to leave his true life to adapt to a hostile new place.

My Pana

2023

Male Shorts: International V6 poster
NR

A collection of sensual and provocative male-centric LGBTQ+ short films. The 4 short films are: My Pana (2023); Two Amongst Many [Dos entre muchos] (2022); The Anniversary [L'anniversario] (2022); If We Keep Talking in Summer Days (2023).

Male Shorts: International V6

2023

Upa! Una primavera en Atenas poster
10.0

Following cuts to arts funding in Argentina, a cash-strapped producer, a canceled actress, and a depressed filmmaker come together to explore a musical about Medea. Joined by a Norwegian actress turned director, they travel to the Peloponnese, where old grudges resurface.

Upa! Una primavera en Atenas

2025

Queer Diaries poster
1.0

A mixture of documentary, diary and personal fiction, Queer Diaries is a sensitive and philosophical journey. For the starting point of an unfinished film, a filmmaker lives, travels and records his memories in the shape of audiovisual poems and short stories. The result is a political manifesto in favor of queerness. What are the models of family and happiness that we follow? What movies shall we make for the new world?

Queer Diaries

2020

(upa) una pandemia argentina poster
5.0

The universe of Argentine independent cinema. The imposture. The unfulfilled dreams. Confinement—the capability for irony, the skill for comedy and the sagacity of UPA! Una película argentina (2007) are back, renovated, to explore the whims of a microworld still in turmoil.

(upa) una pandemia argentina

2021

The L Sisters poster
3.5

Two estranged sisters have to live together after many years of a bar relationship. All their past comes back to haunt them with some funny and strange circumstances.

The L Sisters

2010

Lovely Loneliness poster
4.9

A romantic comedy about a neurotic girl who makes a vow of solitude after getting dumped.

Lovely Loneliness

2008

Upa! 2: El regreso poster
5.6

Eight years after the first installment, Ailén, Fernando, and Nina, meet again in the BAFICI competition. From that reunion, they decide to resume their unfinished project: Tandil/Tromso. They bring along two new collaborators: Martín and Nancy.

Upa! 2: El regreso

2015

Upa! An Argentinian Movie poster
5.8

Nina, Ailén and Fernando are an actress, a producer and a director who want to shoot and independent feature film in Argentina.

Upa! An Argentinian Movie

2007

Behind the camera

Jardín secreto poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jardín secreto

2018

Gemini poster
5.5

An incestuous love affair. Meme and Jeremias are the younger children in a typical bourgeois family. Their mother Lucia is the dominant force in the household, but her fixation on upholding the niceties of upper middle class life has prevented her from seeing what is going on under her roof. When the siblings’ older brother and his fiancee arrive home for their wedding, it seems inevitable that the concealment will be impossible to sustain. But equally it becomes apparent that if Lucia were to find out about the affair, there would be catastrophic consequences.

Gemini

2005

Double Pair poster
NR

Two twin sisters are making a birthday cake. Like a two headed creature, they appear to be a projection of one another. In the brief afternoon they spend together, they relive past conflicts and some shared fears that come back to haunt them.

Double Pair

2017

Double Pair poster
NR

Two twin sisters are making a birthday cake. Like a two headed creature, they appear to be a projection of one another. In the brief afternoon they spend together, they relive past conflicts and some shared fears that come back to haunt them.

Double Pair

2017

Double Pair poster
NR

Two twin sisters are making a birthday cake. Like a two headed creature, they appear to be a projection of one another. In the brief afternoon they spend together, they relive past conflicts and some shared fears that come back to haunt them.

Double Pair

2017

My Pana poster
2.0

Pana is a popular world from Venezuelan slang that means many things: as a noun it refers to a friend, a good person; as an adjective, it’s a positive quality, someone nice, someone friendly and enjoyable. A coming-of-age story, the short My Pana is also a tale of immigration and exile, a portrait of a teenager adapting to a new society with the few tools he knows to survive: his youth, his body and, ultimately, his own resilience. Through the point of view of a teenager we’ll understand the hardships of million of Venezuelans abroad and the consequences of corruption, exile and the fractured soul of a person who was pushed to leave his true life to adapt to a hostile new place.

My Pana

2023

My Pana poster
2.0

Pana is a popular world from Venezuelan slang that means many things: as a noun it refers to a friend, a good person; as an adjective, it’s a positive quality, someone nice, someone friendly and enjoyable. A coming-of-age story, the short My Pana is also a tale of immigration and exile, a portrait of a teenager adapting to a new society with the few tools he knows to survive: his youth, his body and, ultimately, his own resilience. Through the point of view of a teenager we’ll understand the hardships of million of Venezuelans abroad and the consequences of corruption, exile and the fractured soul of a person who was pushed to leave his true life to adapt to a hostile new place.

My Pana

2023

My Pana poster
2.0

Pana is a popular world from Venezuelan slang that means many things: as a noun it refers to a friend, a good person; as an adjective, it’s a positive quality, someone nice, someone friendly and enjoyable. A coming-of-age story, the short My Pana is also a tale of immigration and exile, a portrait of a teenager adapting to a new society with the few tools he knows to survive: his youth, his body and, ultimately, his own resilience. Through the point of view of a teenager we’ll understand the hardships of million of Venezuelans abroad and the consequences of corruption, exile and the fractured soul of a person who was pushed to leave his true life to adapt to a hostile new place.

My Pana

2023

Jess & James poster
6.0

Jess is a bohemian youth with secrets to hide from his shrewd parents. James feels trapped living with his irritable mother. After meeting for a sexual encounter, the two young men set off on a spontaneous road trip across rural Argentina to reunite with Jess' estranged brother. On their journey, they confront strange occurrences and engage in a ménage à trois affair that brings them closer. Their newly found affection grows, all while discovering a fresh vision of freedom and happiness. JESS & JAMES is a sexually charged road-trip movie, a love story, and a coming-of-age tale, set against the mythical landscape of the Argentinian Pampas.

Jess & James

2015

Jess & James poster
6.0

Jess is a bohemian youth with secrets to hide from his shrewd parents. James feels trapped living with his irritable mother. After meeting for a sexual encounter, the two young men set off on a spontaneous road trip across rural Argentina to reunite with Jess' estranged brother. On their journey, they confront strange occurrences and engage in a ménage à trois affair that brings them closer. Their newly found affection grows, all while discovering a fresh vision of freedom and happiness. JESS & JAMES is a sexually charged road-trip movie, a love story, and a coming-of-age tale, set against the mythical landscape of the Argentinian Pampas.

Jess & James

2015

Miss poster
6.1

Robert Law is 30 years old and lives with the obsession of giving his first kiss and breaking a world record. While taking care of a house in the suburbs of Buenos Aires temporarily, he runs into Laura who accidentally steps on Robert's hand, and unbeknownst to her he decides to follow her through the streets and they strike up a strange friendship, deciding to beat the world record with her.

Miss

2016

Anagramas poster
1.0

A couple without children, a couple with three children and a gay couple with a son from a previous marriage, four stories intertwine.

Anagramas

2014

Anagramas poster
1.0

A couple without children, a couple with three children and a gay couple with a son from a previous marriage, four stories intertwine.

Anagramas

2014

Before Opening Night poster
5.6

This Argentinian dramedy gives us elements of Woody Allen’s nervous comedy and Cassavetes’ melodramatic roller coaster in a storm of egos that takes place on one decisive weekend in the lives of Juana, a popular actress about to star in an important theater production, and her husband Roman, a director suffering from writer’s block. The couple’s daughter, Lila, serves as a mirror reflecting her parents’ frustrations and joys. The long takes, atmospheric music, and stellar performances, give a poignant, sometimes hilarious portrayal of a family as they attempt to negotiate their egos with their marriage and artistic lives.

Before Opening Night

2011

Before Opening Night poster
5.6

This Argentinian dramedy gives us elements of Woody Allen’s nervous comedy and Cassavetes’ melodramatic roller coaster in a storm of egos that takes place on one decisive weekend in the lives of Juana, a popular actress about to star in an important theater production, and her husband Roman, a director suffering from writer’s block. The couple’s daughter, Lila, serves as a mirror reflecting her parents’ frustrations and joys. The long takes, atmospheric music, and stellar performances, give a poignant, sometimes hilarious portrayal of a family as they attempt to negotiate their egos with their marriage and artistic lives.

Before Opening Night

2011

Before Opening Night poster
5.6

This Argentinian dramedy gives us elements of Woody Allen’s nervous comedy and Cassavetes’ melodramatic roller coaster in a storm of egos that takes place on one decisive weekend in the lives of Juana, a popular actress about to star in an important theater production, and her husband Roman, a director suffering from writer’s block. The couple’s daughter, Lila, serves as a mirror reflecting her parents’ frustrations and joys. The long takes, atmospheric music, and stellar performances, give a poignant, sometimes hilarious portrayal of a family as they attempt to negotiate their egos with their marriage and artistic lives.

Before Opening Night

2011

Male Shorts: International V6 poster
NR

A collection of sensual and provocative male-centric LGBTQ+ short films. The 4 short films are: My Pana (2023); Two Amongst Many [Dos entre muchos] (2022); The Anniversary [L'anniversario] (2022); If We Keep Talking in Summer Days (2023).

Male Shorts: International V6

2023

Upa! Una primavera en Atenas poster
10.0

Following cuts to arts funding in Argentina, a cash-strapped producer, a canceled actress, and a depressed filmmaker come together to explore a musical about Medea. Joined by a Norwegian actress turned director, they travel to the Peloponnese, where old grudges resurface.

Upa! Una primavera en Atenas

2025

Upa! Una primavera en Atenas poster
10.0

Following cuts to arts funding in Argentina, a cash-strapped producer, a canceled actress, and a depressed filmmaker come together to explore a musical about Medea. Joined by a Norwegian actress turned director, they travel to the Peloponnese, where old grudges resurface.

Upa! Una primavera en Atenas

2025

Upa! Una primavera en Atenas poster
10.0

Following cuts to arts funding in Argentina, a cash-strapped producer, a canceled actress, and a depressed filmmaker come together to explore a musical about Medea. Joined by a Norwegian actress turned director, they travel to the Peloponnese, where old grudges resurface.

Upa! Una primavera en Atenas

2025

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Perla

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Perla

Queer Diaries poster
1.0

A mixture of documentary, diary and personal fiction, Queer Diaries is a sensitive and philosophical journey. For the starting point of an unfinished film, a filmmaker lives, travels and records his memories in the shape of audiovisual poems and short stories. The result is a political manifesto in favor of queerness. What are the models of family and happiness that we follow? What movies shall we make for the new world?

Queer Diaries

2020

Queer Diaries poster
1.0

A mixture of documentary, diary and personal fiction, Queer Diaries is a sensitive and philosophical journey. For the starting point of an unfinished film, a filmmaker lives, travels and records his memories in the shape of audiovisual poems and short stories. The result is a political manifesto in favor of queerness. What are the models of family and happiness that we follow? What movies shall we make for the new world?

Queer Diaries

2020