50 Years of Argentina on Film - May-June 2026 in London

The Garden Cinema presents a selection of films from the last five decades that explore how Argentine society has grappled with the aftermath of the military coup of 1976.

That year, the country’s armed forces overthrew the democratically elected government and installed a dictatorship as part of the United States’ war on communism in Latin America. The military regime unleashed a ‘Dirty War’ during which 30,000 people were disappeared, thousands executed, and many more imprisoned or exiled. The dictatorship fractured civil society, and its downfall in 1983 ushered in neoliberal economic policies which exacerbated inequalities. In addition, the omertà (code of silence) that surrounded that period had long-lasting legal and psychological consequences. Yet, in the decades that followed, Argentine cinema re-emerged with extraordinary force, confronting the trauma of those years while opening new paths for the country’s cultural and democratic life.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the coup, The Garden Cinema will be screening a selection of classic award-winning titles and innovative documentaries which reflect how cinema has engaged with the shifting social landscape through the years.

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