Paulo Pécora
He is a filmmaker and journalist. He shot the feature films "El sueño del perro", "Marea baja", "Amasekenalo" and "Lo que tenemos", and more than 40 short films and video clips. He first got involved with Super 8 mm in 1998, when he bought a home camera and a cartridge of Tri-X film with the idea of a horror short film that she would shoot months later under the title "Áspero" (1999, Best Actress Award Festival Sueños Cortos). Since then, he continued to use this format; he filmed "Les Lunettes" (Paris, 2003), "Aunque estés lejos" (2004), "Soy triste" (2005, video clip), "Formas de hablar" (2005, video clip), "Reposar" (2005, video clip), "Siemprenunca" (2006), "8cho" (2007, Best Short Film Award Mar del Plata Independent Film Festival, special mentions Rosario Latin American Film Festival and En-Transe Festival), "Retratoautorretrato de Lola Prun" (2009), 'Champaquí' (2011, Special mention of the jury Festival de Cine Inusual), 'La nube' (Havana, 2011, second prize International Film Festival Imágenes Sociales de La Rioja), 'Chanáminí' (2011), 'El joven maravilla' (2011, video clip), 'Las amigas' (2013, medium-length film in competition at Bafici, Sitges and Havana), "Vale Barcelona! " (Barcelona, 2012, Best Experimental Short Film Award Rosario Latin American Film Festival), "Somos del viento" (2014, video clip), "Mujer100cabezas" (2015, Best Experimental Short Film Award Rosario Latin American Film Festival), "Los espejos de Stern" (2016), "Making-of" (2016), "MLA" (2017, a portrait of Marie Louise Alemann, Special Jury Mention Festival Festifreak 2018) and "Bruma" (Berlin, Venice, 2019). Many of these films were exhibited in showings dedicated to his work, in local and international festivals, and in individual and group showings and exhibitions. Many of these exhibitions were together with the Club del Super 8; he has been a member since 2013. He was an editor at the Argentinian National News Agency (Télam) and wrote about cinema for several newspapers, magazines and news agencies, as well as writing articles and interviews for several books. He is also the author of the book Super 8 Argentino Contemporáneo.
Artistic Director / Programmer
Mónica Lairana
She is a filmmaker and actress. She wrote, directed and produced the feature film "La cama", premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and screened at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Best Direction and Best Acting Award), Cyprus Festival (Best Direction, Best Screenplay and Best Actress Award), Oruro Festival (Best International Film Award), among others. The film also won the Silver Condor Award for Best First Film 2019 awarded by the Argentine Film Critics Association. She directed three previous short films: Rosa (Official Competition Cannes Film Festival 2010), María (Silver Condor Award Best Short Film 2013) and Emilia (Bafici). In recent years, she wrote screenplays for several colleagues, and produced films by other directors. As an actress she acted in TV, theater and in more than 30 films, obtaining several awards. Among them, the Ace Award for Female Revelation in theater, the Sur Award from the Argentine Film Academy for Best Supporting Actress, and for the same category, on two occasions, the Silver Condor Award granted by the Argentinian Film Critics Association.
General Production / Coordination