It’s still summer, and the nights in Buenos Aires are cooling down a bit. Why stay cooped up at home when you can be outdoors watching movies? There are many fantastic terraces where you can have a drink, but nothing compares to watching movies under the stars in January and February in CABA.
1. Outdoor cinema in Buenos Aires: Casa del Bicentenario
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On Saturdays and Sundays in February at 8 p.m., La Casa del Bicentenario in Buenos Aires offers an outdoor film series featuring the most renowned Argentine films of recent years. Argentine documentaries and fiction films under the stars.
Don’t miss thrillers, dramas, suspense stories, political satires, and many other genres.
To close the series, this outdoor film series in Buenos Aires will pay special tribute to the 15th anniversary of the premiere of Diablo, the film by Nicanor Loreti, a cult classic that paved the way for Argentine action cinema.
The screenings take place in the large courtyard of the Casa and are attended by the directors and stars. And best of all:they are notcanceled due to bad weather or rain.
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👉Sunday, February 1 – El Jockey (2024)
A brilliant and self-destructive jockey suffers an accident on the most important day of his career and disappears in Buenos Aires, embarking on a journey without identity while his past—and a mafia boss—haunt him.
👉Saturday, February 7 – Gatillero (2025)
A raw and fast-paced thriller, filmed in a single sequence shot, that follows a story of violence, guilt, and redemption in real time on Maciel Island.
👉Sunday, February 8 – El prófugo (2020)
After a traumatic event, a woman begins to confuse dreams and reality in a disturbing psychological descent where the imagined threatens to become permanent.
👉Saturday, February 14 – The Arrival of the Son (2024)
A mother faces her silent grief when her son returns home after years in prison, in an intimate reunion weighed down by the past and guilt.
👉Sunday, February 15 – For Your Own Good (2024)
In a closed and religious rural community, a teenager begins to challenge the rules that govern her life and makes extreme decisions to survive and protect her loved ones.
👉Saturday, February 21 – The Saint (2023)
A healer with disturbing methods gains fame and devotees until he becomes the object of a cult, but his rise pushes him into a personal hell from which he cannot escape.
👉Sunday, February 22 – The Message (2025)
In the midst of an economic crisis, a girl who communicates with animals is exploited by her guardians as the family travels down the road, unable to say what really matters.
👉Saturday, February 28 – Diablo (2011)
A former boxer scarred by tragedy is trapped in chaotic Buenos Aires, amid stolen organs, mafias, corruption, and rumors of a devil handing out money.
Casa del Bicentenariođź“ŤRiobamba 985
2. Summer cinema in a historic building in Buenos Aires
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La Manzana de las Luces is organizing a film series this summer with two films that were very popular in Buenos Aires cinemas and among local programming. Admission is free, no reservation is required, and screenings will not be canceled due to rain. Screenings will take place from February 11 to February 25, on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
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👉February 11 – Germany
A 16-year-old teenager sees an exchange program to Germany as an opportunity to escape a family ravaged by mental illness and begin to see herself—and the world—from a different perspective.
👉02/25 – Arturo at 30
After emerging unscathed from an accident on his way to a wedding, a man is trapped in a chain of memories that forces him to face unresolved grief and the darkest parts of himself.
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3. La Usina del Arte and its outdoor film series this January and February
This summer, the Plaza de la Usina in La Boca becomes an open-air cinema with two unmissable film screenings under the stars, as part of the BAFICI Selection. Admission to both screenings is free.
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👉 Fri, Jan. 23 – Fuck you! The Last Show
A documentary that portrays Sumo in the days leading up to a historic concert at the Estadio Obras, during the presentation of their latest album and shortly before the death of Luca Prodan.
👉Fri 2/6 – Mini concert + screening
A special night combining music and cinema: mini concert by El conjuro de las cumbias tristes, soundtrack of Gatillero, followed by the screening of the film, an intense thriller set on Isla Maciel. (+16)
4. Open-air cinema in Vicente Lopez
The Casa Abierta cycle revives a summer classic with screenings under the stars at Quinta Trabucco in Florida and a special screening in front of the York Cinema. The event invites you to enjoy a program dedicated to Studio Ghibli animations with your family, ideal for bringing a deck chair, blanket, or chair and letting yourself be carried away by great stories.
During the series , Princess Mononoke, From Up on Poppy Hill, and Kiki’s Delivery Service will be screened at Quinta Trabucco, and Spirited Away will be screened in front of the York Cinema.
The screenings will take place from January 22 to February 12, every Thursday at 8:30 p.m., with free admission and access on a first-come, first-served basis. The films will be shown dubbed in Spanish.
đź“Ť Quinta Trabucco (Carlos Francisco Melo 3050, Florida)