THE BARBARIANS

(2023)
Directed by Andrew Sala

Nacho runs away from the violence of his home in Buenos Aires and looks for refuge alongside his absent father, the owner of a cow-breeding ranch. In this new place, where social clash and underlying hate prevails, he is supposed to recover his confidence by learning the tough work of being boss.


  • Argentina / France
  • Fiction
  • 93’ – 2K – Color
  • Directed by Andrew Sala
  • Written by Andrew Sala & Ulises Porra Guardiola
  • DoP: Manuel Rebella
  • Production Design: Marina Raggio
  • Film Editing: Andrés Tambornino
  • Cast: Ignacio Quesada & Marcelo Subiotto
  • Executive Producers: Nicolás Grosso, Sebastián Muro, Claire Lajoumard, Cole Frates & Federico Sande Novo
  • Production Companies: Le Tiro Cine (ARG), Nevada Cine (ARG), Acrobates Films (FRA)

With the support of:

Paris Region | Cine en Construcción Toulouse (Industry Prize) | MAFIZ (Latido Prize & Music Library Prize) | Sanfic Industria WIP Latam (Sanfic Goes To Cannes Prize) | Copia Final Ventana Sur | Proyecta Ventana Sur | IBERMEDIA program | Carolina Foundation Scholarship, XIII Curso de Desarrollo de Proyectos Cinematográficos Iberoamericanos | Mecenazgo GCBA | Fondo Nacional de las Artes | Produire au Sud | Cine Qua Non Lab | EAVE Producers Workshop | Official Selection, Script Contest, Havana Film Festival | Proyecta Ventana Sur | Encuentros de Coproducción FICG | TIFF Filmmaker Lab | INCAA

Festivals and Awards:

*Official Competition 35 Cinélatino Toulouse – Prix Lycéen de la Fiction
*Official Selection 26 Málaga Film Festival
*Official Competition 11th Festival Ojo-Loco Grenoble – Prix Étudiant Fiction
*Official Competition Transilvania International Film Festival – Prize for Best Actor (Ignacio Quesada)
*Official Competition 27 Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP – Prize for Best Actor (Marcelo Subiotto)
*New Director’s Competition 47 Mostra Internacional de Cinema de Sao Paulo
*Visions of the World – SANFIC Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine
*Official Selection – Festival Internacional de Cine de la Provincia de Buenos Aires –
Best Fiction Prize, Best Director Prize, Best Script Prize (Gui.ar), Argentinean Critics Association Prize (ACCA)
*Official Selection – Festival de Huelva
*Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino, Poland
*Festival International Du Film D’education, France