Finding Sofia
Finding Sofía is a 2016 comedy film written and directed by Nico Casavecchia. The film is Casavecchia's first feature film and was produced by 1stAveMachine. It premiered in 2016 on the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema and was included in the festival's Argentine official competition. The picture features Sam Huntington, Andrea Carballo, Rafael Spregelburd and Sofía Brihet. Plot. Alex (Sam Huntington) is a conflicted animation filmmaker living in Brooklyn. His “Dancing Tomatoes” animation video went viral two years ago and since then Alex has been trying to prove to the world that he can  do more than “funny videos, and dancing things”. When he’s pressured by his friend Josh to sign a contract with a yogurt brand to develop the “dancing fruits show” and plunge deeper into artistic superficiality, Alex, instead, buys a ticket to Argentina. The plan is to meet with Sofia (Andrea Carballo), a girl that he started an online relationship with after she left a nasty comment about his work, whom he has never seen in person. Alex’s hope to find love and substance will be confronted after finding Sofía living on an island in the outskirts of Buenos  Aires with her intimidating artist boyfriend Víctor (Rafael Spregelburd) and his assistant Flor (Sofía Brihet). Alex will be forced to be a fish out of the water and try to capture Sofía’s interest or come back to his old life and sign the contract. Production. "Finding Sofia" is the first feature film produced and financed by 1stAveMachine, a company that so far focused on video, digital and experimental content. It's also Casavecchia's debut in the big screen, though he's an awarded animated shorts filmmaker. The film was written inspired by the dilemma of being a filmmaker  in a world already saturated with images. The movie portrays several pieces of Alex's animation (made by Casavecchia himself) and Victor's paintings (made for the film by Argentine painter, Juan José Cambre). It was filmed on an island in El Tigre, a region in the outskirts north of Buenos Aires crossed by rivers.