Out of Competition - Fiction
ZAMA
Lucrecia Martel

Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the town in which he is stagnating, to a better place. His situation is delicate. He must ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind. The years go by and the letter from the King never arrives. When Zama realizes everything is lost, he joins a party of soldiers that go after a dangerous bandit.


30 Ago        19:30 hs        Sala Perla
30 Ago        22:00 hs        Sala Darsena
31 Ago        14:30 hs        Sala Grande
01 Sep        17:30 hs        Sala Perla 2
 

Venezia Classici - Documentaries
AÑOS LUZ (LIGHT YEARS)
Manuel Abramovich

A documentary portrait of Lucrecia Martel during the shooting of Zama.


01 Sep       11:30 hs        Sala Volpi
02 Sep       15:00 hs        Sala Volpi
03 Sep       22:00 hs        Sala Pasinetti
 

Orizzonti - Competition
INVISIBLE
Pablo Giorgelli

Ely is 17 years old. After school, she works few hours at a pet shop. When Ely learns that she is pregnant, her inner world explodes even though she tries to go on with her daily routine as if nothing was different. She is afraid and upset, and she knows that, whatever she decides to do, there is no turning back.


31 Ago       20:00 hs        Sala Casino
31 Ago       22:30 hs        Sala Volpi
01 Sep       14:00 hs        Sala Darsena
02 Sep       13:30 hs        Pala Biennale
 

Settimana Della Critica
TEMPORADA DE CAZA (HUNTING SEASON)
Natalia Garagiola

Nahuel is a teenager that presents violent behavior. After his mother's death, he travels South to Patagonia Argentina, where he meets his biological father, whom he has not seen in over a decade. Ernesto is a respected hunting guide who lives in the mountains with his second wife and their daughters. The meeting is not easy, pride and resentment prevail for both the father and the son.


01 Sep      20:00 hs       Sala Perla 2
02 Sep      14:00 hs       Sala Perla
03 Sep      09:00 hs       Sala Perla


 

ANDRES DUPRAT / Jury of the Orizzonti Section
 

Duprat is an architect, art curator and screenwriter. Between 1991 and 2002, he was director of the Museo de Bellas Artes and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo since it was created, both in Bahía Blanca. Between 2002 and 2004, he directed the cultural area and the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo “Espacio Fundación Telefónica” in Buenos Aires. In 2005, he became Visual Arts Director at the Ministry of Culture of Argentina, position he held until 2015, when he won the contest for Executive Director of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.

As an art curator, he has realized more than a hundred exhibitions in museums and specialized centers in Argentina, France, Cuba, United States, Chile, Mexico and Russia, among other countries.

He wrote screenplays for the feature films "El ciudadano Ilustre", “El artista”, “El hombre de al lado”, “Querida, voy a comprar cigarrillos y vuelvo” and “Living Stars” –all directed by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat–, and for “Civilización”, a documentary about León Ferrari, works for which he has received international recognition.