Video on Demand for 24 hours beginning at 12 Midnight Eastern USA. In-Person screening at 7PM in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.
The 44th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place on select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between January 23-February 22, 2026. The Festival will be a hybrid one as we will be presenting it online as well as doing in-person screenings at Rutgers University. Most of the films will be available virtually via Video on Demand for 24 hours on their show date. VOD start times are at 12 Midnight Eastern USA. Each General Admission Ticket or Festival Pass purchased is good for both the virtual and the in-person when both are offered!
THE LAST PUESTERO is a short documentary that tells the story of Adonai, a gaucho -or Argentine cowboy- who spends most of his days alone in a remote Patagonian outpost, protecting cattle from poachers and pumas. While deeply proud of his work and the skills it demands, he struggles with the loneliness of being away from his wife and children in town. As he hopes his son will carry on the puestero tradition, he faces the painful reality that changing times may bring an end to this way of life.
- Year2025
- Runtime28 minutes
- LanguageSpanish
- CountryUnited States
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorBelle Casares
- ProducerBelle Casares
- FilmmakerBelle Casares, Wenceslao Casares
- CastSegundo Adonai Jara, Emanuel Jara
- CinematographerEzequiel Casares
- MusicClaudio "Xunorus" Maldonado
Video on Demand for 24 hours beginning at 12 Midnight Eastern USA. In-Person screening at 7PM in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.
The 44th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place on select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between January 23-February 22, 2026. The Festival will be a hybrid one as we will be presenting it online as well as doing in-person screenings at Rutgers University. Most of the films will be available virtually via Video on Demand for 24 hours on their show date. VOD start times are at 12 Midnight Eastern USA. Each General Admission Ticket or Festival Pass purchased is good for both the virtual and the in-person when both are offered!
THE LAST PUESTERO is a short documentary that tells the story of Adonai, a gaucho -or Argentine cowboy- who spends most of his days alone in a remote Patagonian outpost, protecting cattle from poachers and pumas. While deeply proud of his work and the skills it demands, he struggles with the loneliness of being away from his wife and children in town. As he hopes his son will carry on the puestero tradition, he faces the painful reality that changing times may bring an end to this way of life.
- Year2025
- Runtime28 minutes
- LanguageSpanish
- CountryUnited States
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorBelle Casares
- ProducerBelle Casares
- FilmmakerBelle Casares, Wenceslao Casares
- CastSegundo Adonai Jara, Emanuel Jara
- CinematographerEzequiel Casares
- MusicClaudio "Xunorus" Maldonado