April 6, 2026

At a film festival, a filmmaker tries to figure out what the jury is looking for in order to win the award. But the fear of failure threatens to ruin more than just his career, while the search for recognition throws his own desires into crisis.

En un festival de cine, un realizador intenta descifrar qué busca el jurado para ganar el premio. Pero el miedo al fracaso amenaza con arruinar algo más que su carrera, mientras la búsqueda de reconoci… read the rest.

At a film festival, a filmmaker tries to figure out what the jury is looking for in order to win the award. But the fear of failure threatens to ruin more than just his career, while the search for recognition throws his own desires into crisis.

En un festival de cine, un realizador intenta descifrar qué busca el jurado para ganar el premio. Pero el miedo al fracaso amenaza con arruinar algo más que su carrera, mientras la búsqueda de reconocimiento pone en crisis sus propios deseos.

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April 7, 2026

by David Obarrio:

We have a director who plays the same role as a spy as in his previous film (the intriguing Gombrowicz or The Immaturity), or as an infiltrator in a world that does not belong to him and through which he slips like a cat (sometimes literally on all fours). Only now he is in a setting that concerns him more directly and of which he becomes a part, perhaps reluctantly. So this unique character, Nicolás Valentini, the director i… read the rest.

by David Obarrio:

We have a director who plays the same role as a spy as in his previous film (the intriguing Gombrowicz or The Immaturity), or as an infiltrator in a world that does not belong to him and through which he slips like a cat (sometimes literally on all fours). Only now he is in a setting that concerns him more directly and of which he becomes a part, perhaps reluctantly. So this unique character, Nicolás Valentini, the director in question, struggles to maintain that “outside” perspective at all costs, playing the clown a little, fiercely maintaining his position, as if from a trench. Could it be possible? The guy tries. The result is a film that is more complex than the previous one, and also more refined, with more questions and surprises.

Tenemos un director que hace el mismo papel de espía que en su película anterior (la intrigante Gombrowicz o la inmadurez), o de infiltrado en un mundo que no le pertenece y por el que se desliza como un gato (a veces literalmente en cuatro patas). Solo que ahora está en un escenario que le concierne más directamente y del que entra a formar parte, acaso sin quererlo del todo. De modo que este singular personaje, Nicolás Valentini, el director de marras, lucha por mantener esa mirada “de afuera” a toda costa, jugando un poco al clown, manteniendo su postura fieramente, como desde una trinchera. ¿Será posible? El tipo lo intenta. El resultado es una película más compleja que la anterior, y también más refinada, con más preguntas y estupores.

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