Agustín Mendilaharzu
Agustín MENDILAHARZU (1975, Argentina) is a playwright, cinematographer, theatre director and filmmaker. He is also one of the four members of production company El Pampero Cine (alongside Mariano Llinás, Alejo Moguillansky and Laura Citarella), responsible for innovative filmmaking practices and celebrated films in Argentina. In 2019, he was nominated for best cinematography by the Argentine Film Critics Association for La Flor (2018) in the Silver Condor Awards. Clementina (2022), which he also co-wrote and starred in, is the first feature film he has directed.
Filmography
El carapálida (2004, short), Clementina (2022)
Agustín Mendilaharzu op IFFR
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La Flor (Parte 3)
Mariano Llinás | 290' | Argentina | None
It starts with a brilliant exercise in self-parodying metafiction and evolves into something completely different. Followed by a remake of Jean Renoir’s Partie de campagne… -
La Flor (Parte 2)
Mariano Llinás | 313' | Argentina | None
Some time in the 1980s, in the Argentine pampas, four female spies have to successfully complete ‘Operation Hercules’. In the morning, a life-and-death confrontation awaits… -
La Flor (Parte 1)
Mariano Llinás | 220' | Argentina | None
Monumental masterpiece in two episodes: a B-film about a scary mummy and a musical drama mixed with a real mystery. -
Clementina
Agustín Mendilaharzu, Constanza Feldman | 109' | Argentina | Dutch Premiere
Clementina is a delightful absurdist comedy about the lives of two eccentrics during pandemic times. -
Historias extraordinarias
Mariano Llinás | 245' | Argentina | None
The absolute secret tip of the last film year is this more-than-four-hour adventurous trilogy situated on the pampas. As the title indicates, this is -
La Flor (Parte 3)
Mariano Llinás | 290' | Argentina | None
It starts with a brilliant exercise in self-parodying metafiction and evolves into something completely different. Followed by a remake of Jean Renoir -
La Flor (Parte 1)
Mariano Llinás | 220' | Argentina | None
Monumental masterpiece in two episodes: a B-film about a scary mummy and a musical drama mixed with a real mystery. -
La Flor (Parte 2)
Mariano Llinás | 313' | Argentina | None
Some time in the 1980s, in the Argentine pampas, four female spies have to successfully complete ‘Operation Hercules’. In the morning, a l -
Las poetas visitan a Juana Bignozzi
Laura Citarella, Mercedes Halfon | 90' | Argentina | International premiere
After poet Juana Bignozzi’s death, a young journalist and poet inherits her oeuvre. Now what? How do you actually make a film about poetry? -
La Flor (Parte 1)
Mariano Llinás | 220' | Argentina | International premiere
Almost 10 years in production, some 12 hours of film. In six stories, Llinás uses the same four actresses in various ways. IFFR is now…