Argentinian filmmaker and scriptwriter based in Buenos Aires. 


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dior 

DIOR (2021)  animated short-film directed by Bárbara Cerro
Credits: Script
Maria Grazia Chiuri chose to call on five female illustrators from different countries to create five animated teasers to be posted on social media before the unveiling of the Dior fall-winter 2021-2022 women’s ready-to-wear collection. She asked this new generation of cartoonists to share their interpretation of femininity in the world of animation. Through their unique perspectives, this project reflects their own personal experiences while highlighting contemporary representations of women in society – visions that align with and underscore the commitment of the Creative Director.
DIOR
SCREENINGS
This short film has more than one million views on Dior´s Facebook fan page.

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el prófugo

EL PRÓFUGO/ THE INTRUDER (2020) feature film directed by Natalia Meta
Credits: Associate Producer
Inés works as a dubbing actress and sings in a choir in Buenos Aires. While on an idyllic trip she suffers a traumatic episode that she can't recover from. She has trouble sleeping and experiences very vivid nightmares as strange sounds begin to emerge from inside her. Awake, Inés feels suddenly surrounded by people that seem to come from her dreams. 
FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
Berlinale Film Festival (Germany, 2020)  Official International Competition
San Sebastian Film Festival (Spain, 2020) Official  Competition/ Horizontes Latinos, Opening Film.
AFI Festival (USA, 2020) New Authors, USA premiere
BFI London Film Festival (UK, 2020) Official Selection
Festival International du film de la Roche-Sur-Yon (France, 2020) Official Selection
Motel/x (Portugal, 2020) Official Selection
Kyviv International Film Festival (Ukraine, 2020) Official Selection
Viennale (Austria, 2020)  
Stockholm Film Festival (Sweden, 2020) 
BIFF Bergen Internasjonale Filmfestival (Norway, 2020)
Zurich Film Festival (Switzerland, 2020)  
Woman Make Waves Film Festival (Taiwan, 2020)
PIFF Pune International Film Festival (India, 2020)
 

la fiesta silenciosa

LA FIESTA SILENCIOSA/ THE SILENT PARTY (2019) feature film directed by Diego Fried
Credits: Script
The day before their wedding, Laura and Daniel go to her family country house. The couple is under a lot stress. She decides to take a walk, and ended in the young neighbour's house, where a silent party is taking place. What started like a fun night, quickly escalates in a violent and horrible experience.
AWARDS
Best Actress. Cinefantasy Festival (Brasil)
Honor Mention MINT Film Festival. (USA)
Soundtrack Special Mention Festival de Cine de Trieste (Italy)
FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
Festival de Cine de Mar del Plata (Argentina, 2019)  Official Selection
Festival de Cine de Huelva (Spain, 2019)  Official Selection
Festival de Cine Macabro (México, 2019)  Official Selection
Philadelphia Film Festival (USA, 2019) Official Selection
Woods Hole Film Festival (USA. 2019) Official Selection
Jaipur Film Festival (India. 2019) Official Selection
Cinefantasy Festival (Brasil, 2019) Official Selection
Festival de Cine de Trieste (Italy, 2019), Official Selection
MINT Film Festival (USA, 2019) Official Selection
La fiesta silenciosa is available in Home Choice (Korea) and HBO GO (Europe) and soon will be released in the United States and Italy.

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mancha blanco

MANCHA BLANCO/ WHITE STAIN (2020) documentary directed by Lucrecia Oviedo
Credits: Executive Producer
In 2013 Minella Borova dies in Buenos Aires. He attended a newsstand. What was particular about Borova was that he had been a famous actor back in the communist Albania of Enver Hoxha, where he had starred in more than fifty films. He had had a life of exposure and prestige, so much so that the Albanian TV broadcast different tributes at the moment of his death.
FESTIVALS
Tirana International Film Festival (Albania, 2020) Official Selection

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tóxico

TÓXICO/ TOXIC (2020)  feature film directed by Ariel Martínez Herrera
Credits: Script
In the middle of a mysterious insomnia epidemic that slowly takes on catastrophic dimensions, Laura (39) and Augusto (42) flee the city in their motorhome to get away from the chaos. As they move down the route, the world becomes an increasingly strange and dangerous place. Finally, Laura reveals a story that changes everything. The road is depopulating, the silence grows and it is increasingly difficult to differentiate the reality from the dream.
AWARDS
Best Editing/ Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival
Best Screenplay/ Begur Costa Brava Film Fest
FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
Fantaspoa, International Fantastic Film Festival (Brasil, 2020) Official Selection
Begur Costa Brava Film Fest (Spain, 2020) Official Competition
Boston Sci-fi Film Festival (USA, 2020) Official Competition
Macabro Film Festival (Mexico, 2020) Official Selection
Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre (Buenos Aires, 2020) Official Selection
Imagine Science Film Festival (USA, 2020) Official Selection
Bogota Horror Film Festival (Colombia, 2020)  Official Selection

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artemis

ARTEMIS (2019)  animated short film for Bit Bang directed by Bárbara Cerro.
Credits: Script
On the Moon, women have fun while they wait to be illuminated by the sun. They play volleyball with Neil Armstrong’s astronaut helmet, they masturbate in the darkness of the cosmos, and constellations are tattooed on their backs. Sunlight begins to seep and the white surface lights up increasingly. Women come together and enjoy this solar bath. A beam of light shines on the bed where a girl sleeps, on Earth. The light disturbs her dreams; the unveiled girl looks through the window and discovers the full moon shining on her head.
AWARDS
Reelout Queer Film Festival Pink Screens (Kingston, Canada, 2021). Best Short Film.
FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
Ottawa International Animation festival (Ottawa, Canadá, 2020). Official Selection
SUPERTOON International Animation Festival (Šibenik, Croatia, 2020). Official Selection.
International Animation Festival Fest Anča (Žilina, Slovakia, 2020). Official Selection.
Pink Screens, Brussels Queer Film Festivals (Brussels, Belgium, 2020). Official Selection.
1 Olho, Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação (Portugal, 2020). Official Selection.
AJAYU (Puno, Perú, 2020). Official Selection.
61 Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Salónica, Grecia, 2020). Official Selection.
Multiversos (Misiones, Argentina, 2020). Official Selection.
FESAALP (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2020). Official Selection.
Schnit (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2020). Official Selection.
MUTA (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2020).
GLAS (Berkeley, United States, 2020)
IDAC (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019)
Club Lucero (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019)
Bit Bang (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019)
Local (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019)

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no mirés a otro lado

NO MIRÉS A OTRO LADO/ DON´T LOOK AWAY (2017) music video directed by Luz Orlando Brennan.
Credits: Director, camara operator  and Executive producer 
Under the slogan #InfanciaenDeuda (#DebtWithChildhood) different NGOs gathered to carry out an awareness campaign to prioritize children's rights in the public policy agenda #InfanciaEnDeuda @InfanciaEnDeuda www.infanciaendeuda.org. Wos, Under MC, Sony, Orion XL, Malajunta composed "No mires a otro lado" to demand the designation of the #DefensorDelNiñoYA (#ChildAvocateNow)

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SCREENINGS
This short film has more than 1.7 million views on Infancia en Deuda ´s Youtube page.

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en crítica

EN CRITICA/ CRITICA (2014) short film directed by Luz Orlando Brennan
Credits: Director/ Script/ Executive Producer
Buenos Aires. 1928. It’s midnight. Roberto Arlt rests as today’s edition of the newspaper Crítica goes to press. An errand boy interrupts him bringing in a letter from Anna Ivanova: just another suicide note of the many that are posted to Crítica. Once again, Arlt must go on the hunt for a sensationalist story.
PREMIERE AND PRESS
The short-film CRITICA was premiered on September 2014 at the Gaumont Cinema in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Here some of the press reviews:
 .. the most exciting of the shorts is En Crítica.  With an outstanding period setting, ambitious photography and a good performance of Alberto Ajaka as the writer. 
Juan Pablo Cinelli "Pagina 12"
Another high point is the last short, En crítica, directed by Luz Orlando Brennan. More than a short, it looks like the beginning of a longer film ... 
By Gaspar Zimerman "Diario Clarín"
The magnificent and gloomy En Crítica, directed by Luz Orlando Brennan, completes the showing.  Outstanding both visually and as a story, and with a great performance by Alberto Ajaka, it is a piece that shows a remarkable reconstruction of an era.
Amadeo Lukas "Revista Veintitrés"
Another segment that stands out is En Crítica, directed by Luz Orlando Brennan.  Excellent technically and at the reconstruction of an era, it has nothing to envy to larger productions.
Fernando Sandro "The seasoned viewer" 
A reconstruction of a lost time, with precision, rarely achieved in feature films. The most ambitious productions short is En Crítica, directed by Luz Orlando Brennan.                            
Claudio D. Minghetti "Telam"

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AWARDS
Best director-Curta Neblina, Brasil.
FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS
Bangalore International Film Festival, India, June 2015. Official Competition
Sapporo International Short FiIm Festival, Japan, October 2015  Official Competition
Shnit International Short film festival, Argentina, October 2015  Official Competition
Barranquilla International Film Festival, March 2015 Official Competition
 UNCIPAR Short film festival, Argentina, March 2015  Official Competition
Mar del Plata Film Festival, Argentina October 2014 
Curta Neblina- Brasil, July 2020, Official Competition

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muerte en buenos aires

MUERTE EN BUENOS AIRES/ DEATH IN BUENOS AIRES (2014) feature film directed by Natalia Meta
Credits: Script
Natalia Meta makes an impressive debut with the high-voltage erotic thriller Death in Buenos Aires. Starring Demian Bichir, Oscar® nominated for A Better Life, and introducing Chino Darín, son of Argentine leading man Ricardo Darín, the film depicts the exciting gay underground scene of the 80s in Buenos Aires.
AWARDS
Best Actor (Chino Darín) Bucheon Choice Award, 
Best Actor (Chino Darín) Puchon International Film Festival, Korea.
Best New Actress (Mónica Antonópulus) Silver Condor, Argentina
FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS
Festival des Films du Monde de Montreal (Canada) Official Competition
36 Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana (Cuba) Official Selection
10º Festival de Cine Latino Americano De Sao Pablo (Brasil) Official Selection
FIGG Festival Internacional de Guadalajara (Mexico)
Argentine Film Festival (England)
Latin Beat Film Festival
Rome Film Festival (Italy)
Outshine Film Festival (USA)

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The film is available on Netflix USA and Latinoamerica and Amazon Prime Video.

 

刀と簪 

刀と簪 / THE SWORD AND THE HAIRPIN (2013) short film directed by Ray Figueroa
Credits:  DP, camara operator and focus.  
I was invited to Kyoto Filmmaker´s Lab 2013, where a selected young filmmakers created three-minute short samurai films using the open sets in Toei Studios Kyoto and Shochiku Kyoto Studios. An authentic traditional Jidaigeki-making experience. In this wonderful experience I worked as a DP in the short film “The sword and the hairpin” directed by Ray Figueroa.
 

reunión de té

REUNIÓN DE TE/ THE TEA PARTY (2012) short film directed by Luz Orlando Brennan
Credits: Director, Script, Executive Producer
Winner of “ Cinema, Health and Woman” contest produced by INCAA and the Ministry of Health and the Argentine ´s Cancer  Institute. 
FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS
Women International Film Festival (Argentina, 2013) Official Selection

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bio

Luz is an Argentinian filmmaker and theater director, raised and based in Buenos Aires. She graduated as a Screenwriter at ENERC. She also studied Sociology and Literature at UBA. Her works toured many festivals around the world, like Berlinale, San Sebastian Film Festival, Viennale, AFI Film Festival, BFI London, Guadalajara Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation. As a scriptwriter, she has collaborated with numerous directors such as Natalia Meta (Death in Buenos Aires, 2014), Bárbara Cerro (Artemis, 2019) Diego Fried (The Silent Party, 2019), Ariel Martínez Herrera (Toxico, 2020), as an assistant director for the director Edgardo Castro (La Noche, Familia, Las Ranas) and as an associate producer in El prófugo (The Intruder, 2020) by Natalia Meta, selected in the 70 Berlinale Competition. 
Her short film En Crítica (Critica, 2014) was screened in several festivals such as Shnit International Short Film Festival and the Sapporo International Short Film Festival (Japan), among others. Theatrically, Luz directed and adapted for stage Memento Mori based on the famous novel by Muriel Spark premiered at El Camarin de las Musas theater.
For over 10 years, she has taught screenwriting at the MFA studies in film directing at Universidad del Cine (FUC), highlighted by Variety as one of the 2019 best film schools. She is the director and founder of Club Lucero, a cultural center/ bar -currently one of the most important of Buenos Aires- and the official venue for the  Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI).Currently, she has two feature films in development, both backed by INCAA (Argentina National Film Institute), La Turista/The Tourist, and La Estrella que perdí/ Lost Star.