(Iair Said, 2024, Argentina/Italy/Spain, 78 minutes)

Gay, Jewish thirtysomething David (writer/director Said) lives in Europe but is pulled back to his native Buenos Aires to attend his uncle’s funeral. While there, he finds himself navigating not just the expected religious funeral of his uncle, but also his mother’s plan to pull the plug on his long-comatose father. Meanwhile, David needs to get a driver’s license and he has to traverse a hookup culture his personality is perhaps unsuited for. There’s a lot packed into these 78 minutes, as this is an effective and affecting film about death and dying, but more than anything it is a thoroughly successful comedy, often on the back of David’s romantic fumbling.

In Spanish with English subtitles.