71st edition. From 23 to 31 October 2026.
71st edition.
23/31 Oct. 2026
23/31 Oct. 2026
Javier is a plastic artist who spends his days uneventfully. One day he undertakes a strange project: to film his mother. Javier is not a filmmaker, so he needs to improvise. The eyes of the artist and the son need to look at her and record what they see. The film, however, will not simply be a record of her mother, but also of Javier’s encounter with her mother. ’Cuando la miro’ is a story about fascination.
Julio Chavez was born in 1956 in Buenos Aires (Argentina). With an extensive career behind him as an actor, writer, stage director and actors’ trainer, his work has garnered him more than twenty awards, including the Silver Bear at the Berlin Festival for ‘The Other’ (Ariel Rotter, 2007), two Silver Condors, ACE’s Golden Award or the Clarín Entertainment Award as Figure of the Year. He has starred in films like ‘Red Bear’, ‘The Custodian’ or ‘El Pampero’; on television he has taken part in the series ‘Epitafios I and II’ or ‘El puntero’; and his wide- ranging stage career includes productions such as ‘The Goat’ or ‘Después de nosotros’. Born in 1980 in Buenos Aires, Mariano Biasin studied at the Film University in Buenos and at the Escuela Profesional de Cine de Eliseo Subiela. Worked as Assistant Director and Script in more than 25 feature films. Directed music videos and a full length Documentary (‘Nemesis Days’) for the Finish metal band Stratovarius. The short film ‘Fabrizio’s Initiation’ (2015) was his first work as director for the big screen.
