There and back
Sixteen films in Berlin — and Argentina's first Schanelec retrospective
The third edition brought sixteen features and shorts to Berlin — from Ana Katz's “Mi amiga del parque” and Ariel Rotter's “La luz incidente” to Benjamín Naishtat's “El Movimiento” and Melisa Liebenthal's debut “Las Lindas”.
That same year the exchange ran the other way for the first time: INVASION organised Argentina's first Angela Schanelec retrospective at the Sala Lugones in Buenos Aires.
The films
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Mi amiga del parqueAna Katz, 2015, 86 Min.
Liz is a new mother, exhausted and alone with her baby in the park. There she meets Rosa — a woman whose stories add up less and less.
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La luz incidenteAriel Rotter, 2016, 95 Min.
Buenos Aires, early 1960s: a young widow with twin daughters is expected to put her life back in order after her husband's fatal accident. A film about grief that refuses to be managed.
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Una novia de ShanghaiMauro Andrizzi, 2016, 73 Min.
Two petty crooks scrape by in Shanghai until a ghost hires them to carry a coffin across the city — so that two people who could not be together in life may be united in the afterlife.
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El MovimientoBenjamín Naishtat, 2016, 70 Min.
Argentina, 1835: anarchy rules the pampas. A man travels the country with his entourage, collecting in the name of a “movement” and preaching order — by any means.
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La calle de los pianistasMariano Nante, 2015, 87 Min.
On one street in Brussels lives an Argentine family of musicians. The film follows Karin Lechner, Sergio Tiempo and young Natasha over years, between practice room and concert hall.
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Las LindasMelisa Liebenthal, 2016, 77 Min.
The director tracks down her school friends and asks about photographs, bodies and expectations. A self-portrait about the image others hold of you.
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El mes del amigoFlorencia Percia, 2016, 16 Min.
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Las imágenes de HelenaAndrea Santamaría, 2016, 14 Min.
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La novia de FrankensteinF. Lezama & A. Gálvez, 2015, 12 Min.
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Los exploradoresAcosta, Bolloqui & Salas, 2016, 9 Min.
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Diamante MandarínJuan Martín Hsu, 2015, 15 Min.
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La gaviotaEsteban Perroud, 2014, 15 Min.
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María MaríaJazmín López, 2013, 2 Min.
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ClaraLaura Huberman, 2015, 15 Min.