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