Santiago Loza (born April 15, 1971, in Córdoba,

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) is an

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film director. He studied at Universidad Nacional Film School, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA)´s Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica (ENERC), and Escuela Municipal de Artes Dramáticas. In 1998, he directed the short film Lara y Los Trenes. In 2003, his first feature film, Extraño, was an Official Selection of the

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, where it won the Tiger Award for best film. In 2008 he directed the films Artico and Rosa Patria. In 2009, his film La Invencion de la Carne was an Official Selection of the Locarno Film Festival. That same year he co-founded the Elefante Theater Club, and continues to write plays and direct films. His film '' The Lips (Los Labios)'' won the

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Award for Best Actress in 2010. In 2019, his film ''

Brief Story from the Green Planet ''Brief Story from the Green Planet'' ( es, Breve historia del planeta verde) is a 2019 internationally co-produced science fiction adventure film directed by Argentine filmmaker Santiago Loza. The film centres on Tania (Romina Escobar), a young ...

(Breve historia del planeta verde)'' won the

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for best LGBTQ-themed feature film at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival."Berlin: 'Brief Story from the Green Planet' Wins Teddy Award for Best LGBTQ Film"
''

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'', February 16, 2019.

Selected filmography

* '' The Lips (Los Labios)'' - 2010 * '' Malambo, the Good Man'' - 2018 * ''

(Breve historia del planeta verde)'' - 2019

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* 1971 births Living people Argentine film directors People from Córdoba, Argentina {{Argentina-film-director-stub