Dejemos que la casa se ensucie: Barbie también puede estar triste (Albertina Carri, 2011) + Hoy partido a las 3 (Clarisa Navas, 2017)

Film program (Kontadores).

Barbie también puede estar triste (Albertina Carri, 2001, 22 min.)

Taking elements that parody porn films and melodrama, and using dolls that represented the very height of what it meant to be a ‘good woman’ for the stop-motion work, Carri creates a scathing criticism of the violence inherent to the norms, order and traditions in which the Family is rooted in order to ensure that the orders of society are obeyed, exposing and punishing all those who are judged to be a-normal. In a twist that she goes back to once again in Las Hijas del Fuego, the monster that Albertina portrays is precisely the figure that, in theory, embodies success: the white heterosexual male, soaked in success, who humiliates, hits and violates.  As a counterpart, community, tenderness and family (this time with a small f) gather the strength of all ‘the losers’ and, in a festive atmosphere, do away with hierarchies and class and gender divisions.

Biography

Albertina Carri (Buenos Aires, 1973) is a writer, scriptwriter, film director and key figure in current Latin American cinema. She is characterised by her versatility and constant exploration of different genres. She has explored both crime and documentary (right on the limit with fiction), along with pornographic melodrama and family drama, using techniques ranging from scratching to fiction, found footage, animation, observational documentary and political porn. She was formerly the artistic director of Asterisco, Argentina’s International lgbtiq+ Film Festival, and now collaborates as a programmer. Throughout her career, she has made several short films, television films, video installations and the following feature films: No quiero volver a casa, Los Rubios, Géminis, La Rabia, Cuatreros and Las hijas del fuego. She published a book of poems entitled Retratos ciegos with Juliana Lafitte, and the following three essays on film and memory: Las posesas (in conjunction with Esther Díaz), Cartografía de una película and Alto trance. She also published a novel called Lo que aprendí de las bestias. She is currently working on her next film project, entitled ¡Caigan las rosas blancas!

Filmography

Las hijas del fuego (2018), Cuatreros (2017), Restos (2010), La rabia (2008), Urgente (2007), Géminis (2005), De vuelta (2004), Fama (2003), Excursiones (2001), Aurora (2001), Historias de Argentina en vivo (2001), Barbie también puede estar triste (2001), No quiero volver a casa (2000).

Hoy partido a las 3 (Clarisa Navas, 2017, 96 min.)

While everyone is taking their afternoon nap, the women’s football team Las Indomables anxiously awaits the beginning of a neighbourhood sports tournament. All manner of things happen during this wait: love, conflict, politics and even a rain storm that only serves to enhance their passion for what brings them together - playing football, no matter what.

Biography

Clarisa Navas (Corrientes, 1989). She studied at the National University of the Arts. She is an Argentinean film director and screenwriter, awarded in multiple festivals. Her films include Hoy partido a las tres (2017) and the multi-award-winning Las mil y una (2020). She directed the series Río Atrevido (2022). He is currently developing his project El príncipe de Nanawa.

Filmography

Las mil y una (2020), Hoy partido a las tres (2017).

Dejemos que la casa se ensucie. Ciclo de Cineastas argentinas is a cycle curated by Lucía Dellacha, a student of the fifth year of EQZE.