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Traces and Memory of Jorge Prelorán
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Secondary Title:
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(Huellas y Memoria de Jorge Prelorán)
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Filmmaker Name:
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Fermín Rivera
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Film Length:
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79 min
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Film Year:
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2009
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Duration:
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76-90 min
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Decade:
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2000s
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Language:
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in English, Spanish
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Subtitle Language:
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English subtitles
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Color:
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color
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Region:
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South America
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Jorge Prelorán filmed a genre of his own, ethno-biographies, for more than twenty years. By focusing on one character and following him or her for a period of time, Prelorán achieved profound portraits that express the particular vision of the world of different people. Traces is an ethno-biography, but in this case, the character is Prelorán himself, and the director a disciple of his.
The movie unravels the life of Jorge Prelorán, the way he did with his own characters. From a childhood signed by asthma problems, a high class family and a strict education to becoming a man who changed the cinema, creating a new genre.
Director Statement: “Making this film was an excuse to be near Jorge. As he used to say "I don't choose the characters, they choose me." I also feel that, at some point, Jorge chose me. Getting to meet Jorge was a turning point; living with him, reuniting with a teacher who inspires and transmits his creativity fever. An entrenched humanist, who did not lose faith in the human condition.
This movie is the result of the friendship and the affection, the living together, the time and the learning from a master. I shot this movie for five years in six provinces of Argentina, and three countries. We accompanied Jorge through different places and with different characters, always working on his projects despite the illness he carried till the moment of his death.” — Fermín Rivera
"Two words come to my head when I think (of) Traces: respect and sensitivity. Fermín approached Jorge's life and thought with tremendous respect and a great dose of sensitivity."
-- Mabel Prelorán
SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDSSpecial Mention, Tarapacá Film Festival, Chile, 2011
Special Mention, Argentinian Film Festival La Sudestada, France, 2011
Best Documentary Award, Montevideo Int'l Film Festival, Uruguay, 2011
Special Mention, Art Section, Festival of Ibero American Films, Mexico, 2011
People's Choice Award, Punta del Este Film Festival, Uruguay, 2011
SCREENINGS & AWARDSSpecial Award, San Juan Documentary Film Festival, Argentina, 2010
Special Mention, Tandil Film Festival, Argentina, 2010
Best Documentary Award, La Plata Latin American Film Festival, Argentina, 2010
Best Documentary Award, Images of Patagonia Film Festival, Argentina, 2010
Special Award, Tucumán Film Festival, Argentina, 2010
Special Award, Santiago de Cuba Int'l Documentary Festival, Cuba, 2010
Best Documentary Award, Cosquín Int'l Film Festival, Argentina, 2010
Society for Visual Anthropology Ethnographic Film Festival, USA, 2012
Independent Film Festival of Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2011
DOCSTOWN, Mexico, 2011
Festival on Diversity Beeld Voor Beeld, Colombia, 2011
Exhibition of Argentinian Films of Leipzig, Germany, 2011
Opening Movie, CINECIEN Scientific Film Festival of Mercosur, Argentina, 2011
Film Festival of Punta del Este, Uruguay, 2010
International Film Festival of Catalunya, Spain, 2010
Festival of Other Cinema, Equator, 2010
Week of Movies of Salta, Argentina, 2010
Piriapolis International Film Festival, Argentina, 2010
DOCs DF International Documentary Film Festival, Mexico, 2010
Ourense International Film Festival, Spain, 2010
La Habana International Film Festival, Cuba, 2010
Trieste International Film Festival, Italy, 2010
Festival Argentina New Cinema, USA, 2010
International Film Festival of Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2009
Traces and Memory of Jorge Prelorán
Directed by
Fermin Rivera
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