With only four feature films completed since her acclaimed début film La ciénaga (The Swamp, 2001) and including La niña santa (The Holy Girl, 2004), La mujer sin cabeza (The Headless Woman, 2008), and the more recent Zama (2017), Lucrecia Martel is simultaneously the most representative and the most atypical figure of New Argentine Cinema. In her films, Martel offers an oblique critique of colonial and contemporary Argentina, marked by the long aftermath of the Dirty War, the economic crisis of the early 2000s, and neoliberal policies that have exacerbated structural social inequalities.

This retrospective, hosted by Cinéma Public at Casa d’Italia, is a great opportunity to discover Martel’s feature films, her latest short Terminal norte, presented at the Berlinale this last month, and Manuel Abramocivh’s documentary Años Luz, a testament to Martel’s creative filmmaking process on the set of Zama. 

This series of screenings concludes with a virtual masterclass with Martel herself and a roundtable with experts on Latin American cinema at Concordia University! 

Events

Lucrecia Martel Masterclass: “Tourism in Cinema. A Walk Through a Minefield.”

• When: February 24, 6:00 p.m. 
• Where: Online and at Casa d’Italia

Roundtable: “Lucrecia Martel: Cultural Politics, Gender, and National Memory in New Argentinian Cinema.”

• Participants: Rosanna Maule (Concordia University), Julie Ravary-Pilon (Université de Montréal), Bruno Dequen (24 iMages).
  
• When: March 11, 6:30 p.m.  
• Where: Concordia University - VA 114

Fiilm screenings

• La Ciénaga: Feb 17 & 25
• La Niña Santa (The Holy Girl): Feb 18 & 26
• La Mujer Sin Cabeza (The Headless Woman): Feb 19 & 27
• Zama: Feb 19 & 24
• Años Luz (Light years): Feb 20 & 23
• Teminal Norte: Feb 20 & 23