Laura Citarella

Laura Citarella (born 1981) is an Argentine film director and producer. She has been noted as an emerging voice of the "New Argentine Cinema movement" or el Nuevo Cine Argentino.[1] She is a core producer at the indie production company El Pampero Cine,[2] and produced La flor, which at 868 minutes, currently holds the record for the longest running Argentine film in history.[3]

Laura Citarella, 2020

Early Life & Education

Citarella was born in 1981 in La Plata, Argentina.[4] She completed high school at Carlos N. Vergara in La Plata, Argentina and went on to attend the Universidad del Cine, from which she graduated with a degree in film directing in 2004.[5][6]

Career

Teaching

Aside from making films, Citarella also teaches at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP),[7] where runs a thesis workshop focused on scriptwriting.[8]

La mujer de los perros (2015)

Citarella and Verónica Llinás co-directed La mujer de los perros (Dog Lady), which garnered attention from international film festivals. Notably, it was an official selection for the Rotterdam Film Festival for 2015 and won Best Actress at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema.[9][10]

In Production

Citarella is now working on a sequel to her 2011 film Ostende, titled Trenque Lauquen.[11][12]

Filmography[13][14]

Feature Films Directed
Year Title
2009 Historias Breves 5
2011 Ostende
2015 La mujer de los perros

Short Films Directed
Year Title
2002 Canción para Ana
2008 Historias Breves V: Tres juntos
2013 Yendo de la Cama al Living

Complete Filmography
Year Title Position
1990 Un elefante en banda Actress
2001 La muerte de Ricardo Lee (Short) Producer
2002 Canción para Ana (Short Documentary) Editor, Screenwriter
2002 Yakuza (Short) Producer
2005 Love (Part One) Assistant Director
2005 Jews in Space Assistant Director
2005 Mi primera salida (Short) Assistant Director
2008 Historias Breves V: Tres juntos (Short) Composer, Executive Producer, Screenwriter,
2008 Historias extraordinarias (Extraordinary Stories) Actress, Assistant Director, Producer
2009 Historias Breves 5 Composer, Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter
2009 Castro Producer
2010 El escarabajo de oro Production Coordinator
2010 Leisure Producer
2011 The Student Assistant Director, Production Coordinator
2011 Ostende Director, Screenwriter
2011 Tres fábulas de Villa Ocampo (Documentary short) Producer
2013 The Parrot and the Swan Executive Producer
2014 The Goldbug Producer
2014 Ocio Production Coordinator
2015 La mujer de los perros Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter
2018 Ai Weiwei en Buenos Aires (Documentary short) Producer
2018 La flor Producer
2018 La Flor: Segunda Parte Actress, Producer
2018 La Flor: Tercera Parte Producer

Awards and Nominations
Film Awards Nominations
Ostende (2011) Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema: Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina (ACCA) Award

La mujer de los perros (2015)

 BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2015 - International Competition: Best Actress
  • Athens International Film Festival: Golden Athena for Best Picture
  • Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema: Best Film
  • Hamburg Film Festival: Young Talent Award
  • Rotterdam International Film Festival: Tiger Award
  • Rotterdam International Film Festival: Lions Film Award

References
  1. "The Many Facets of New Argentine Cinema on Notebook". MUBI. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  2. "El Pamero Cine" (PDF). http://elpamperocine.com.ar/. Retrieved 6 February 2019. External link in |website= (help)
  3. Cronk, Jordan. "Cinema Scope | La Flor (Mariano Llinás, Argentina) — Wavelengths". Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  4. Batlle, Diego. "Conociendo a los directores de la Competencia Argentina: Laura Citarella (Ostende)". Otros Cines. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  5. Citarella, Laura. "Lau Citarella". Facebook. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  6. "Producir Cine: Así, o de otra manera - Encuentro de Cine". BAFILM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  7. "cv mujeres". Universidad del Cine. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  8. "La Mujer de los Perros" (PDF). pascaleramonda. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  9. "Producir Cine: Así, o de otra manera - Encuentro de Cine". BAFILM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  10. "Verónica Llinás". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  11. Goodfellow, Melanie. "Tiger directors: Laura Citarella and Verónica Llinás, Dog Lady (La Mujer de los Perros)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  12. Lauquen, Prensa Municipalidad de Trenque (2017-02-17). "Comenzó la filmación de la película de Laura Citarella". Municipalidad de Trenque Lauquen (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  13. "La mujer de los perros" (PDF). Pascaleramonda.
  14. "Laura Citarella". Cine Nacional.
  15. "Laura Citarella". IMDb. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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