Élida Stantic (born April 7, 1942), and more commonly known and credited as Lita Stantic, is an

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. Stantic is one of the most important producers working in the "New Argentine Cinema," responsible for the debut films of some of the most critically well regarded new Argentine filmmakers such as

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Biography

She has been working in the Argentine cinema since she was hired as an assistant director for the film ''Diario de campamento'' (1965). Stantic then began making short films in the mid 1960s, but then changed her focus to advertising. She remained active in Argentine cinema via the "Cine Liberacion," an underground production and distribution collective that secretly showed films that would have otherwise been banned in Argentina by the military government. During the politically tumultuous 1970s in Argentina, Stantic worked on over a dozen films including Alejandro Doria's ''La isla'' (1978), which was the first Argentine film to be a box-office hit during the dictatorship. During the 1980s she established the production company GEA Cinematografica together with Maria Luisa Bemberg. Later she was the founder of Lita Stantic Productions. When the "New Argentine Cinema" began in the late 1990s, she has produced films which have been critically widely acclaimed. Films such as '' A Red Bear'', '' La Ciénaga'', ''

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The Holy Girl ''The Holy Girl'' ( es, La niña santa) is a 2004 Argentinian drama film directed by Lucrecia Martel. The picture was executively produced by Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, and Esther García. It was produced by Lita Stantic. The film fe ...

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Producer filmography (partial)

* ''El Verano del potro'' (1991) a.k.a. ''Summer of the Colt'' * ''Un Muro de Silencio'' (1993) a.k.a. ''

A Wall of Silence ''A Wall of Silence'' ( es, Un muro de silencio, italics=yes) is a 1993 Argentine drama film starring Vanessa Redgrave. The film concerns a turbulent period in Argentine history, the National Reorganization Process as well as the responsibility of ...

'' * ''Dársena sur'' (1998) * ''

Mundo Grúa ''Crane World'' ( es, Mundo grúa) is a 1999 Argentine film, written and directed by Pablo Trapero. The film was produced by Lita Stantic and Pablo Trapero. It features Luis Margani, Adriana Aizemberg, Daniel Valenzuela, among others. The movi ...

'' (1999) a.k.a. ''Crane World'' * ''

'' (2001) * '' La Ciénaga'' (2001) a.k.a. ''The Swamp'' * '' Un Oso Rojo'' (2002) a.k.a. '' A Red Bear'' * ''

Tan de repente ''Tan de repente'' (''Suddenly'') is a 2002 Argentine and Dutch black-and-white comedy drama film directed by Diego Lerman and written by Lerman, María Meira, and Eloisa Solaas, based on the novel ''La prueba,'' written by César Aira. The d ...

'' (2002) a.k.a. ''Suddenly'' * ''Hamaca paraguaya'' (2006) aka'' Paraguayan Hammock'' * '' La Niña Santa'' (2004) a.k.a. ''

Producer television (partial)

* ''Sol de otoño'' (1996) a.k.a. ''Autumn Sun'' * ''Historias de vidas, Encarnación Ezcurra'' (1998) * ''Historias de vidas, Silvina Ocampo'' (1998)

Awards

Wins *

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: Special Mention; for ''Tan de repente,'' 2002 and ''Un Oso Rojo,'' 2002. *

Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, sh ...

: Silver Leopard; for ''Tan de repente,'' 2002. *

Prince Claus Award The Prince Claus Fund was established in 1996, named in honor of Prince Claus of the Netherlands. It receives an annual subsidy from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Fund has presented the international Prince Claus Awards annually si ...

, 2003 *Locarno International Film Festival: Raimondo Rezzonico Prize for the best independent producer, 2007

Footnotes

External links

Lita Stantic Productions
Official web site * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stantic, Lita 1942 births Argentine film directors Argentine film producers Argentine screenwriters Argentine people of Croatian descent Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Argentine women film directors Argentine women film producers