The Concept of the End of the World

Joaquín Góñez, a novelist in his sixties recalls his emotions, his wild years in Buenos Aires, the memories of old friends, the meaning of loyalty and the intimate relationship with his mother, Roma.

The film recounts the transformation of Scampia from a drug dealing hub to a hub for books and culture, focusing on the activities of La Scugnizzeria bookshop and the Marotta&Cafiero publishing house.

Promotional short for the short story collection "Ferals" by Jon Nix

When a fire destroys a beloved Chinatown bookstore, its hyper-independent owner learns that community is necessary for survival.

For decades, Gabriel García Márquez envisioned a novel titled La Casa (The House), inspired by the home in Aracataca where he lived with his grandparents. Fragments emerged, but it was only after living in another house —in Mexico City— that he was able to develop the work that became Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude), his magnum opus. In this documentary directed by Eva Villaseñor, the writer’s sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo García Barcha, return to their childhood home—a place where memory transforms time.

Harvard professor Shoshana Zuboff wrote a monumental book about the new economic order that is alarming. "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism," reveals how the biggest tech companies deal with our data. How do we regain control of our data? What is surveillance capitalism? In this documentary, Zuboff takes the lid off Google and Facebook and reveals a merciless form of capitalism in which no natural resources, but the citizen itself, serves as a raw material. How can citizens regain control of their data?

In 2006, Roberto Saviano shook up all of Italy with his book about the Neapolitan Mafia. "Gomorrah. Journey into the Realm of the Camorra" hit like a bomb. It served as the basis for a feature film that won an award at Cannes. Saviano’s novel broke the Mafia’s vow of silence, but he paid a high price for it: The author has been living under police protection for 20 years.

Following the success of her debut novel, All This Could Be Different, author Sarah Thankam Mathews embarks on her second novel, drawing from her adolescence between India and Oman. As Sarah excavates lost place and time, she must contend with the weight of truthful representation and the contradictions within her childhood memories.

Jorge, an Argentinian writer in the 40ʼs, and Luis, a Mexican game developer in the 2020ʼs, investigate a mysterious question: What is Tlön? What is Uqbar? As each of them finds new answers, Tlön’s mystery will unveil bit by bit, exposing them to a revelation that will change their lives...