Lisandro Alonso (born 2 June 1975) is an Argentine

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

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. He has directed six feature-length films and a short film since 2001 and is loosely associated with the ''New Argentine Cinema'' movement. His film '' La libertad'' was screened in the

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section at the

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. Two of his films were selected for the

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, Los Muertos in 2004, and

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in 2008. His 2014 film '' Jauja'' competed in the

section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. In addition, he was named

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2014 Filmmaker in Residence on 24 June 2014. His 2023 film ''Eureka'', featuring

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, screened at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the Cannes Premiere section.

Filmography

* '' Dos en la vereda'' - 1995 * ''

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(La libertad)'' - 2001 * '' Los muertos'' - 2004 * '' Fantasma'' - 2006 * ''

'' - 2008 * '' Untitled (Letter to Serra) (Sin título (Carta para Serra)'' - 2011 * '' Jauja'' - 2014 * '' Eureka'' - 2023

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* 1975 births Living people Film people from Buenos Aires Argentine film directors Argentine screenwriters Argentine male screenwriters Argentine film editors Argentine film producers {{Argentina-film-director-stub