Martín Rejtman is an award winning Argentine

Argentina

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 film producer

Film producer

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, film director

Film director

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, and screenplay writer.

He works in the cinema of Argentina

Cinema of Argentina

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Biography

Rejtman studied filmmaking at New York University

New York University

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, where he had to make one short per week and had to shoot with what was available.

At NYU he established a mode of production embraced by many other young Argentine filmmakers, both before and since: that is, the art of working with a small budget.

Filming style

Rejtman uses a minimalist style when making films. He said, "When I made Rapado, I felt that Argentine cinema had too much dialogue, and bad dialogue at that. I hate adornments, I hate artifice, I hate anything that's unnecessary, because there really is nothing beyond the screen."

Filmography

Director

• Doli vuelve a casa (1986) (short)
• Sistema español (1988) (short)
• Rapado
  Rapado
  Rapado is an Argentine and Dutch 1992 film, written and directed by Martín Rejtman, his first feature film.-Plot:The film tells the story of a teenager whose motorcycle, money and sneakers are stolen. He wants to steal another motorcycle before the end of the night.-Exhibition:The film was first...
  
  (1992)
• Silvia Prieto (1999)
• Los Guantes mágicos (2003) aka The Magic Gloves
• Copacabana (2006)

Awards

Wins

• Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best First Film, Martín Rejtman; for: Rapado: 1997.

Nominations

• Locarno International Film Festival
  Locarno International Film Festival
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  : Golden Leopard; Martín Rejtman; for: Rapado; 1992.
• Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Original Screenplay; for: Silvia Prieto; 2000.
• Locarno International Film Festival: Golden Leopard; for: Los Guantes mágicos; 2003.

External links

• Interview with Martín Rejtman. .