Netflix reveals upcoming Argentine originals at new Buenos Aires HQ

Netflix unveiled footage and images of upcoming Argentine productions that will premiere in 2026 and 2027. The presentation, which included series, films and documentaries, took place at the platform’s new headquarters in Buenos Aires on Tuesday. “Argentina has become a key player in our regional strategy thanks to its audiovisual tradition, creative power, and ability to tell local stories whose impact and power make them universal,” said Francisco Ramos, Vice President of Content for Latin America. “Today’s announcement both renews and strengthens our commitment to the country and its audiovisual industry,” he added.  Ramos also noted this is Netflix’s 15th year in Latin America, and that the company will consolidate its local team by expanding the number of executives in the country. The presentation included images and footage from upcoming films by top-tier local stars, like actors Ricardo Darín and Diego Peretti, and directors like Pablo Trapero and Santiago Mitre.  Mitre’s yet untitled follow-up to Oscar-nom Argentina, 1985 reportedly centers on the infiltration of “a high-ranking officer into groups that were peacefully organizing to demand information about detained relatives during Argentina’s military dictatorship.” While details of the plot weren’t released, the short synopsis closely resembles the true story of the Church of the Holy Cross kidnappings, in which military personnel abducted a group of activists that included the head of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Azucena Villaflor, French nuns Alice Domon and Léonie Duquet, and other relatives of disappeared.  Attendees were only able to see still pictures of the film’s protagonists Peter Lanzani and Verónica Llinás.  True stories blending crime and Argentine pop culture Netflix’s presentation also included unseen footage of Gordon, a miniseries based on Marcelo Larraquy’s novel on Anibal Gordon, a real-life military spy and political militant who became infamous in the 1970s and 1980s as the leader of a professional criminal gang who carried out kidnappings and robberies. The series, featuring Rodrigo de la Serna as Gordon, was directed by showrunner Pablo Trapero and Pablo Fendrik. The platform confirmed August 14 as a release date for a biopic fiction series about showbiz icon Moria Casán. A revue theater actress who starred in popular raunchy comedies in the 1970s and hosted a talk show in the 1990s, Moria is played by three different actresses, including her real-life daughter Sofía Gala Castiglione, along with Griselda Siciliani and Cecilia Roth. On April 23, Netflix will premiere Yiya Murano: Muerte a la hora del té a documentary film by Alejandro Hartmann (who directed Netflix’s The Menendez Brothers), produced by Oscar winner Vanessa Ragone (The Secret in Their Eyes). Nicknamed The Poisoner of Monserrat, ‘Yiya’ Murano murdered three women in 1979, becoming Argentina’s first female serial killer and a figure of popular culture.  Next year, Netflix will release Perfecta: La voz de Silvina Luna, about the rise and fall of Silvina Luna, a model and actress who died in 2023 allegedly due to an aesthetic surgery malpractice. Fictions and animations In the second half of the year, Netflix will premiere a new miniseries based on the short stories of Mariana Enriquez, who won the prestigious Herralde Prize for her novel Our Share of Night.  Directed by Oscar-nominated Pablo Larraín (No, Jackie, Maria Callas) and shot on location in the Piedrabuena neighborhood in Lugano, My Sad Dead stars Mercedes Morán as Ema, a 60-year-old doctor who can see and hear the dead. After her mother’s death, Ema receives an unexpected visit from her niece Julie, with whom she shares the same unsettling gift. Also in the second semester, the platform will unveil Lo dejamos acá, featuring Argentina’s most popular actor, Ricardo Darin (The Eternaut), and box-office heavyweight Diego Peretti.  Directed by Hernán Goldfrid, the film centers on a pragmatic psychoanalyst (Darín) who loses faith in conventional psychological methods and begins to overstep boundaries with his patients. Everything seems to be working until a writer suffering from writer’s block (Peretti) arrives at his office. In the lead-up to the World Cup comes Dibu Martínez: The Kid Who Saves Time, written by Hernán Casciari and illustrated by Liniers (a frequent cover artist for The New Yorker). The film, directed by Gustavo Cova, blends previously unseen interviews with animation to tell the story of the boy who dreamed of being a goalkeeper and ended up becoming one of the greatest heroes of the Argentine National Team. In 2027, the platform is also expected to release an animated adaptation of Quino’s globally popular comic strip character Mafalda, directed by Oscar winner Juan José Campanella, as well as an adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s short story The World Jones Made, and a documentary on Argentine rockstar Fito Páez.