Israel Adrián Caetano
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Israel Adrián Caetano is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
) is an Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an-Argentine film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and screenplay
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writer.
Biography
He's often credited as Adrián Caetano. He works mainly in the cinema of ArgentinaCinema of Argentina
The cinema of Argentina has a tradition dating back to the late nineteenth century, and continues to play a role in the culture of Argentina....
and at times obtains funding for his films in Europe
Europe
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. He lives in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina.
At age of sixteen his family moved to Córdoba, Argentina
Córdoba, Argentina
Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with...
. When older he shot several short videos including Visite Carlos Paz, and Calafate.
In 1995 Caetano won a prize in a script contest he entered. The money won allowed him to film the short Down Hill (Cuesta abajo), his first work filmed in 35mm. Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (film)
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes , is an Argentine drama film, co-directed and co-written by Israel Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro. It's also known as: Pizza, Beer & Smokes. The drama features Héctor Anglada, Jorge Sesan, Pamela Jordán, and others.Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes is the film that's...
(1998, co-directed with Bruno Stagnaro) followed. The film was well received at the various film festivals it screened.
In 1996 Caetano won a Media Arts Fellowship
Scholarship
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, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
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in New York
New York
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.
Caetano also directs television commercial and programs.
In 2005 Caetano returned to Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
to shoot the mini-series Uruguayos Campeones for television.
New Argentine cinema
Film critic Manohla DargisManohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis is a chief film critic for The New York Times, along with A.O. Scott. She was formerly a chief film critic for the Los Angeles Times, the film editor at the LA Weekly, and a film critic at The Village Voice. She has written for a variety of publications, including Film Comment and...
, writing for the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
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, calls Caetano "a leading figure in the new Argentine cinema." She notes that Caetano's first feature, the 1998 release of Pizza, Beer, Cigarettes, helped jump-start a "New Argentine Cinema."
His first full length film, Bolivia
Bolivia (film)
Bolivia is an Argentine and Dutch drama film directed by Israel Adrián Caetano, his first feature-length film. The screenplay is written by Caetano, based upon the Romina Lafranchini story, about his wife...
(2001) was well received by film critics. Yet, it took three years to produce the film due to budget constraints.
His film Chronicle of an Escape
Chronicle of an Escape (film)
Chronicle of an Escape is a 2006 Argentine film, directed by Israel Adrián Caetano. The screenplay is written by Caetano, Esteban Student, and Julian Loyola, based on the autobiographical Pase libre – la fuga de la Mansion Seré written by Claudio Tamburrini. The movie is also known as Buenos...
, the true story of four men who narrowly escaped death at the hands of Argentina's military death squads during the 1970s, was released in 2006. The film was a major box office success in Argentina, and was screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
2006 Cannes Film Festival
The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury....
and the Toronto Film Festival. It has won and been nominated for numerous awards.
Filmography
- Visite Carlos Paz (1992) (short video)
- Calafate (1994) (short video)
- Cuesta abajo (1995) (first 35mm short film), aka Down Hill
- Pizza, birra, faso (1998) aka Pizza, Beer, and CigarettesPizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (film)Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes , is an Argentine drama film, co-directed and co-written by Israel Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro. It's also known as: Pizza, Beer & Smokes. The drama features Héctor Anglada, Jorge Sesan, Pamela Jordán, and others.Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes is the film that's...
(co-directed) - La Expresión del deseo (1998) (16mm mid-length film), aka The Plaza: The Expression of Desire
- No necesitamos de nadie (1999) (16mm B&W short)
- Historias de Argentina en vivo (2001)
- BoliviaBolivia (film)Bolivia is an Argentine and Dutch drama film directed by Israel Adrián Caetano, his first feature-length film. The screenplay is written by Caetano, based upon the Romina Lafranchini story, about his wife...
(2001) - Un Oso rojo (2002), aka A Red BearA Red Bear (film)Un Oso Rojo is a 2002 Argentine, Spanish, and French drama film, directed by Israel Adrián Caetano.The film was produced by Lita Stantic, and the screenplay was written by Caetano and Graciela Speranza, from the story penned by Romina Lafranchini...
- 18-j18-J18-j is a 2004 Argentine docudrama. The motion picture is a collection of ten, ten-minute shorts, by ten Argentine directors. The film focuses on the July 18, 1994 bombing of the AMIA Building in Buenos Aires, where 86 people were killed and 300 others wounded. The perpetrators were never caught...
(2004) - Después del mar (2005)
- Crónica de una fuga (2006), aka Chronicle of an EscapeChronicle of an Escape (film)Chronicle of an Escape is a 2006 Argentine film, directed by Israel Adrián Caetano. The screenplay is written by Caetano, Esteban Student, and Julian Loyola, based on the autobiographical Pase libre – la fuga de la Mansion Seré written by Claudio Tamburrini. The movie is also known as Buenos...
Television
- Peces chicos (1999) (documentary)
- La Cautiva (2001) (digital beta)
- Tumberos (2002) (mini series), aka Tombers
- Disputas (2003) (mini series), aka Catfight
- Uruguayos Campeones (2005) (mini series)
- Lo que el tiempo nos dejóLo que el tiempo nos dejóLo que el tiempo nos dejó is a 2010 Argentine miniseries of six telefilms about key events of the History of Argentina during the 20th century. They were produced by historian Felipe Pigna...
(2010)
Awards
Wins- Clarin Entertainment Awards: Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best FIlm, for Crónica de una fugaChronicle of an Escape (film)Chronicle of an Escape is a 2006 Argentine film, directed by Israel Adrián Caetano. The screenplay is written by Caetano, Esteban Student, and Julian Loyola, based on the autobiographical Pase libre – la fuga de la Mansion Seré written by Claudio Tamburrini. The movie is also known as Buenos...
, 2006. - Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Screenplay, Adapted, Israel Adrián Caetano, 2003.
- Rotterdam International Film Festival: KNF Award, Israel Adrián Caetano, for Bolivia, 2002.
- Havana Film FestivalHavana Film FestivalThe Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that focuses on the promotion of Spanish-language filmmakers. It is also known in Spanish as Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, and in English as Festival of New Latinamerican Cinema of La Havana.The festival takes place...
: Special Jury Prize, A Red Bear, 2002. - Cannes Film Festival2001 Cannes Film FestivalThe 2001 Cannes Film Festival started on May 14 and ran until May 25. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian film The Son's Room by Nanni Moretti.-Jury:* Liv Ullmann, President * Mimmo Calopresti * Charlotte Gainsbourg...
: Young Critics Award Best Feature, Israel Adrián Caetano, for Bolivia, 2001. - London Film FestivalLondon Film FestivalThe BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival, , currently in its 54th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute...
: FIPRESCIFIPRESCIThe International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in...
Prize, Israel Adrián Caetano, for its direct, sentimental treatment of on of the most important social questions facing urban societies everywhere, for Bolivia, 2001. - Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival: Made in Spanish Award, Israel Adrián Caetano, for Bolivia, 2001.
- Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor, Best First Film, for Pizza, birra, faso, 1999.
- Fribourg International Film Festival: FIPRESCIFIPRESCIThe International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in...
Prize, Israel Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro, for a first feature by two young directors who dramatise with force and without sentimentality the predicament of the teenage marginals of Argentina; and Grand Prix, for Pizza, birra, faso, 1998. - Gramado Film Festival: Golden Kikito, Best Director, Best Film, Best Screenplay, for Pizza, birra, faso 1998. Shared with Bruno Stagnaro.
External links
- El Monitor interview with Adrián Caetano by Judith Gociol