A view of Netflix's new Buenos Aires, Argentina office. Netflix Netflix opened new offices in the Villa Crespo neighborhood of Buenos Aires on Tuesday and revealed a slate of productions made in Argentina that will premiere in 2026 and 2027. The slate includes series, films and documentary offerings and features, among others, a Mafalda animated series and a dystopian miniseries based on a Philip K. Dick novel.
Netflix launched in Latin America in 2011, started producing local content in Argentina in 2018, and created its first office in the country in 2021. The new, larger office “expands the local team and reinforces the continued investment in the country, its local stories and local talent,” the global streamer said.
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“Argentina has become a key player in our regional strategy thanks to its audiovisual heritage, creative prowess, and ability to tell local stories whose significance and impact make them universal,” said Francisco Ramos, vp of content for Latin America. “Our commitment to the country and the Argentinian audiovisual industry is not only renewed but also strengthened by today’s announcement. Additionally, we are celebrating 15 years of Netflix in Latin America by opening new offices and reinforcing our local team.”
On Tuesday, Netflix also highlighted: “The dedication to Argentinian cinema is strengthened through the launch of new stories led by prominent figures in the audiovisual industry, both in front of and behind the camera.”
The streamer said its local programming “explores national identity through stories that span genres and transcend generations,” among other themes. “These stories, rooted in popular culture, serve as a mirror of local culture and resonate with the Argentinian spirit.”
Among the slate touted by the streamer, Netflix highlighted that filming began in March on Argentina, 1985 director Santiago Mitre’s new film, set for release in 2027. Following his Oscar-nominated movie, he co-wrote his new project with Mariano Llinás. The untitled project is a political thriller starring Verónica Llinás and Peter Lanzani.
A view of Netflix’s new Buenos Aires, Argentina office. Netflix Meanwhile, during the second half of 2026, Argentina, 1985 star Ricardo Darín will feature as “a pragmatic psychoanalyst with a very unique approach in A Good Therapist,” starring Diego Peretti and directed by Hernán Goldfrid. At the end of the year, a film adaptation of the acclaimed play Felicidades will premiere on Netflix, starring Adrián Suar and Griselda Siciliani and directed by Álex de la Iglesia. Additionally, Juan Cabral’s Risa and the Wind Phone will be available on the streamer following its theatrical run.
Audience favorites set to return include Envious, which will experience the beginning of its end with the premiere of its fourth and final season on April 29. “The prison universe of In the Mud will continue to expand in a third season featuring the return of Juana Molina, María Becerra, and Valentina Zenere, alongside Ana Garibaldi and Lorena Vega,” Netflix added. Plus, the previously announced second season of The Eternaut is in a very advanced stage of development.
The streamer also highlighted the upcoming premiere of Moria, the fictional series inspired by the life of legendary Argentine actress and diva Moria Casán, on Aug. 14, in anticipation of her 80th birthday. The show stars Griselda Siciliani, Cecilia Roth and Sofía Gala Castiglione.
Among upcoming literary stories made in Argentina are the miniseries My Sad Dead, directed by Pablo Larraín, based on the short stories of Mariana Enriquez and starring Mercedes Morán, and Gordon, a thriller based on the novel of the same name by Marcelo Larraquy, with a cast led by Rodrigo de la Serna, and directed by Pablo Trapero and Pablo Fendrik.
Also in the works is Netflix’s first short-form series produced in Argentina. Carizzma is a 10-episode series created by Caro Pardíaco, with each episode running 10 minutes.
Looking to 2027, the streamer touted Tiempo al tiempo, the new series from Sebastián Ortega, starring Carla Peterson, Jerónimo Bosia, Valentina Zenere and Luciano Castro, Sebastián Borensztein’s miniseries based on his novel The Russian, starring Chino Darín, which just wrapped up filming in Europe, and Crimen desorganizado, “a gruesome and delirious series” starring Celeste Cid, Marco Antonio Caponi, Matías Mayer, Benjamín Amadeo, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Soledad Silveyra and Martín Bossi, directed by Nicanor Loreti, which promises dark humor and will start shooting this month.
Netflix also gave a shoutout to a famous Argentine comic strip and a big sci-fi name. “Production continues on the Mafalda animated series directed by Juan José Campanella, as well as filming for The Future Is Ours, the dystopian miniseries based on Philip K. Dick’s The World Jones Made,” it said. “Both releases are scheduled for next year.”
Netflix on Tuesday also mentioned three new documentary films about Argentinian personalities. Fito Páez: El mundo cabe en una canción, a documentary film directed by Matías Gueilburt, focuses on the Argentine musician and filmmaker, while doc Perfecta: La voz de Silvina Luna promises “an intimate portrait that traces the model and actress’ final years through previously unseen footage she recorded herself so the world could hear her truth.”
And leading up to the men’s soccer World Cup, it will premiere Emi Martínez: The Kid Who Stops Time, written by Hernán Casciari, illustrated by Liniers and irected by Gustavo Cova, which blends archived testimonial footage with animation to trace the story of goalkeeper Dibu Martínez, “the boy who dreamed of the goal and became one of the greatest heroes” of the 2022 World Cup-winning team and beyond.
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