2001 has not been a great year for Argentina. The country is facing a grave economic crisis as a result of its inability to pay the interest on its foreign debt. The poverty and unemployment rates are extremely high, and no one can trust in the economy to recover in the short term. Due to the blind application of neo-liberal policies during recent years, the citizens are no longer a priority but, instead, are left sinking deeper and deeper into desperation. Paradoxically, however, 2001 is a good year for Argentinean cinema, the revival of which is making itself felt through its reappearance at international festivals, even though this prosperity occurred at the same time as the deterioration of the economy and its negative effects in the field of culture.

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1.MOEBIUS(),The Buenos Aires Cinema University

2.WINTERLAND(INVIERNO MALA VIDA),Gregorio Cramer

3.BAD TIMES(MALA EPOCA),Nicolas Saad, Mariano de Rosa, Salvador Roselli, Rodrigo Moreno

4.CRANE WORLD(MUNDO GRUA),Pablo Trapero

5.NINE QUEENS(NUEVE REINAS),Fabian Bielinsky

6.SILVIA PRIETO(),Martin Rejtman

7.ONLY FOR TODAY(SOLO POR HOY),Ariel Rotter

8.THE SOUTH OF A PASSION(EL SUR DE UNA PASION),Cristina Fasulino

9.SATURDAY(SABADO),Juan Villegas

10.THE FAITH OF THE VOLCANO(LA FE DEL VOLCAN),Ana Poliak

11.BOLIVIA(),Israel Adrian Caetano

12.FREEDOM(LA LIBERTAD),Lisandro Alonso

13.PIZZA, BEER, SMOKES(PIZZA, BIRRA Y FASO),Israel Adrian Caetano

14.REY MUERTO(),Lucrecia Martel

15.DESIRE(LA EXPRESION DEL DESEO),Israel Adrian Caetano

16.NEGOCIOS(),Pablo Trapero