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. She is a core producer at the indie production company El Pampero Cine, which she cofounded in 2002, and produced ''

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'', which at 868 minutes, currently holds the record for the longest running Argentine film in history.

Early life and education

Citarella was born in 1981 in

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, Argentina, and grew up

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, 444 km (276 mi) from

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. Her work is heavily inspired by the summers spent in her hometown. 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.

Career

Teaching

Aside from making films, Citarella also teaches at the

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(UNLP), where runs a thesis workshop focused on scriptwriting. She has had her films screened at Harvard university, where she gave a lecture about her critically acclaimed film ''

''.

La mujer de los perros (2015)

Citarella and

Verónica Llinás Verónica Llinás (born 23 September 1960) is an Argentine film, television and theatre actress. She is the daughter of the writer Julio Llinás and the painter Martha Peluffo and sister of Sebastián Llinás and the film director Mariano 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

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for 2015 and won Best Actress at the

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Trenque Lauquen (2022)

A sequel to ''Ostende (2011)'', the film continues the exploration of female subjectivity through the character of Laura, who disappears under ambiguous circumstances in a small Argentine town. The film premiered at the

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in the Horizons section and later screened at

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and

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, earning widespread critical acclaim. Notably, it won the Best Latin American Film at the

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. The film, spanning over four hours and presented in two parts, blends genres—mystery, romance, and political intrigue—while offering an homage to detective fiction and Argentine literary traditions.

Filmography

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Feature films directed

Short films directed

Complete filmography

Awards and nominations

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