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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Pablo Lamar

Pablo LAMAR was born in Asunción (Paraguay) in 1984. He studied film at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires (Argentina).

He has written and directed the short films Ahendu Nde Sapukai (2008) and Noche Adentro (2009), both of which premiered at the Semaine de la Critique of the Cannes Film Festival, and received awards worldwide.

La última tierra, his first feature film, premiered at IFFR 2016, where it received the Hivos Tiger Jury Award for artistic achievement. It also received the Best Film award the Sao Paulo Latin-American Film Festival 2016 and the Prix Découverte in the Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse 2016. The Habana Film Festival also awarded the Artistic contribution to La última Tierra.

He also works as a sound designer for film, having collaborated with several Latin American directors, having received several awards for this category.

In theatre, he has directed the pieces Cine Splendid (2017) and Conto Anonimo (2018), both in collaboration with Sara Pinheiro, co-writer of the script of Remanso.

Filmography

Ahendu nde sapukai (Oigo tu grito)/I Hear Your Scream (2008, short), Noche adentro (2010, short), La última tierra/The Last Land (2016)

Pablo Lamar at IFFR

  • Neighbouring Sounds

    Meandering past the residents of a wealthy street in Recife, where private security guards ply their trade, this self-assured debut portrays the two s

    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • Tigers

  • Remanso

    During the Paraguayan dictatorship, Carmen, who belongs to a traditional family (supporter of the dictator’s party), discovers that a girl was r

  • I Hear Your Scream

    Observing short film from Paraguay in which a procession in twilight is shown as a shadow play against the dusk. Powerful in its simplicity.

    • Spectrum Shorts

  • La última tierra

    In precise, unhurried compositions of image and sound, Lamar’s feature debut portrays a man and his dying wife, living in a remote hut in the hills of

    • Bright Future
    • Hivos Tiger Awards Competition

  • Animal político

    A cow tries to convince herself she’s really happy. But one evening, just before Christmas, she is overwhelmed by a sense of emptiness – a strange, ne

    • BFA
    • Bright Future
    • Bright Future Main Programme

  • Neighbouring Sounds

    Meandering past the residents of a wealthy street in Recife, where private security guards ply their trade, this self-assured debut portrays the two s

    • Tiger Awards Competition