Pablo Agüero (born 13 May 1977 in Mendoza, Argentina) is an Argentine-French filmmaker. Raised in the Argentinean Patagonia, Pablo Agüero obtained international recognition with "Primera Nieve", winner of the Grand Jury Prize in the Official Competition of the Cannes Festival 2006. Some of the actors who participated in his films are

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( Velvet Underground), who acted for the first time in the cinema in "Salamandra". Gael García Bernal ( Amores perros,

La mala Educación ''Bad Education'' ( es, link=no, La mala educación, also meaning 'bad manners') is a 2004 Spanish Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cac ...

), Denis Lavant (

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, Holy Motors) and Imanol Arias ( La Flor de mi Secreto) were gathered for the first time in " Eva no duerme".

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performed a radio adaptation of "Eva no Duerme" and an original song together with Gotan Project. It was the last performance of her life. Géraldine Chaplin plays " God" in "Madres de los Dioses".

Filmography

* ''Lejos del Sol'' (short, 2005) * ''Primera Nieve'' (short, 2006) * ''Salamandra'' (2008) * ''77 Doronship'' (2009) * ''Madres de los Dioses'' (2015) * '' Eva Doesn't Sleep'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2020)

Awards and nominations

Wins

*2005 Best Short Film Award for Lejos del Sol at the

Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI, es, Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) is an international festival of independent films organized each year in the month of April, in the city of ...

* 2005 Best Short Film Award for Lejos del Sol at the Cork International Film Festival * 2006

Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival) The Jury Prize (french: Prix du Jury) is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. It is the third-most prestigious prize of the festival after the Palme d'Or and the Grand Pri ...

for Primera Nieve * 2006 First Prize at the Gijón International Film Festival for Primera Nieve * 2006 Best Opera Prima for Primera Nieve by the

National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts The National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts ( es, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales, INCAA; also referred to as the Argentine National Film Board) is an agency of the Government of Argentina. It promotes the Argentine ...

* 2009 Best Director for 77 Doronship at the

* 2012 Grand Prix for the Best Scriptwriter at SOPADIN, France, for Eva No Duerme. * 2015 Ecumenical Award at

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for Madre de los Dioses. * 2015 Best Director for Eva Doesn't Sleep at ''

Amiens International Film Festival Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of Am ...

'' * 2015 Best Argentinian Movie of the Year at Pantalla Pinamar for Eva Doesn't Sleep * 2015 Silvestre First Prize at the IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival for Eva Doesn't Sleep *2015 Cine en Construcción Award at the for Eva Doesn't Sleep *2015 Ciné-plus Award at the Toulouse Latin American Film Festival for Eva Doesn't Sleep * 2016 Silver Condor Award for Best Director for Eva Doesn't Sleep * 2016 Best Cinematography at the

Argentine Film Critics Association The Argentine Film Critics Association ( es, Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina) is an organization of Argentine-based journalists and correspondents. The association presents the ''Silver Condor Awards'' (''Premios Cóndor ...

for Eva Doesn't Sleep * 2016 Best Art Direction at the

for Eva Doesn't Sleep * 2016 Best Costume Design at the

for Eva Doesn't Sleep *2016 Best Sound at the

for Eva Doesn't Sleep *2019 Best Feature at the Rhode Island International Film Festival for

*2019 ARTE Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for Akelarre

Nominations

* 2006

Short Film Palme d'Or The Short Film Palme d'Or (french: Palme d'Or du court métrage) is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. Since the creation of the Cinéfondation La ''Cinéfondation'' is a foundation under the aegis of the Cannes ...

(Cannes Film Festival) for Primera Nieve * 2006 Cinéfondation Residence for Salamandra * 2006 Cinéfondation Atelier for Salamandra * 2006 Caméra d'Or for Salamandra * 2006 Directors' Fortnight for Salamandra * 2015 Golden Shell for Eva Doesn't Sleep * 2016 11

Nominations for Eva Doesn't Sleep * 2019 Ecuador's selection for the Academy Awards:

* 2020 Directors' Fortnight for Akelarre * 2020 Golden Shell for Akelarre * 2021 6 Premios Feroz Nominations for Akelarre * 2021 Best Film at the Forqué Awards for Akelarre

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Agüero, Pablo Argentine film directors Argentine screenwriters 1977 births People from Mendoza, Argentina Living people