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El Aumento

ARGENTINA, USA / 19 MIN. / 2026 / FICTION / 4K / 1.85:1 / 5.1 / COLOR

The night before gas prices go up in Cordoba, Argentina due to inflation, everyone is waiting in line at the pump. A teenager stuck in her family’s car, and in her own head, looks out the window to find her place in a country in crisis.
La noche antes del aumento de la nafta en Córdoba, una adolescente atrapada en el auto de su madre busca su lugar en un país en crisis.

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Festivals & Awards

Toronto International Film Festival (Canada, 2026)

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El Aumento, the rise, maria belen poncio, cortometraje, short film, cine argentino, humor, humour, shortsfit, shortfits, shortsfitdistribution, shortsfit distribucion, distribucion de cortometrajes, short films distribution

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starring

Malena Gemolotto, Jazmin Sequeira, Magdalena Combes Tillard

written & directed by

María Belén Poncio

produced by

Ana Lucia Frau, Eva Caceres, Vindhya Gupta, Maria Belen Poncio

1st AD

Leandro Naranjo

cinematography by

Marcos Rostagno

art director

Julia Pesce

costume design

Sol Muñoz

make up

Eva Perea

editing by

Maria Belen Poncio, Laura Basombrio

sound design

Federico Dissandro, Atilio Sanchez, Meli Stassiak

original music by

Eva Gou, Ernesto Carcamo

VFX

Erik Culasso

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belen's bio

Writer, director from Córdoba, Argentina got her MFA in FIlm at NYU Tisch in 2025.. She co-wrote and directed the VR short 4 Feet: Blind Date (Venice 2018, Sundance 2019, SXSW 2019 - Best VR Narrative). She later directed and co-write series 4 Feet High (Venice 2020, Sundance 2021, SXSW Jury & Audience Awards). Her short When Everything Burns premiered at BAFICI 2024 (Best Short) and won an award at Tribeca. Her short film El Aumento is premiering at TIFF 2026. Her first feature script Chosen City was part of Torino Script Lab 2025 winning the CNC Award.