Argentinian filmmaker and scriptwriter based in Buenos Aires.
la estrella que perdí
LA ESTRELLA QUE PERDÍ (2024) first feature directed by Luz Orlando BrennanCredits: Director/ Screenwriter/ ProducerThe great actress Norma Reyes accepted to play all kinds of roles throughout her life, except the one being the perfect mother.e star I lost stars Mirta Busnelli and Ana Pauls, mother and daughter in the film as well as in real life. The great actress Norma Reyes (76), desperate to work, accepts a minor role in a very commercial and tacky play: a great-grandmother with Alzheimer’s disease opposite a very popular, up and coming actress. The script is mediocre and the rehearsals a disaster. At the same time, her daughter Celeste (28), a playwright who has been constantly overshadowed by her mother’s career, announces that she will get married and move out. Despite the stress of the premiere and the fact that her daughter will abandon her, Norma pushes herself to go on; until an unexpected incident puts Celeste’s plans on hold giving mother and daughter the opportunity to rebuild the relationship from scratch .Cast: Mirta Busnelli, Ana Pauls, Gustavo Garzón, Ezequiel Asnaghi, Susana Varela, Fabián Arenillas, Ignacio Sánchez Mestre, Mercedes Burgos, Julieta Zapiola, Gonzalo Urtizberéa Written & Directed by – Luz Orlando Brennan
Production – Caudillo Cine/ Cine Fervor/ Picnic Producciones/ Make a Unit
Producers- Diego Amson/ Fernando Salem/ Luz Orlando Brennan
Coproducers- Natalia Meta
Executive producers- Aldana Aprile/ Diego Amson/ Ezequiel Asnaghi/ Luz Orlando Brennan
D. Photographer- Agustina Trincavelli
Designer Prod- Laura Copertino
Costume Designer- Mariana Seropian
Editing- Daniel Casabé/ Daniela García
Music- Juan Manuel Ponce- Francisco Ponce
Sound Designer- Manuel de Andrés-Gerardo KalmarSupported by – INCAAFESTIVALS & SCREENINGS Cleveland International Film Festival (USA, 2024) Official International Competition BAFICI (Argentina, 2024) Official Selection Constuir Cine (Argentina, 2024) Official Selection SANFIC (Chile, 2024) Official Selection FAM (Brasil, 2024) Official Selection. Special Mention Leading Actress Mirta BusnelliFICPBA (ARGENITNA 2024) Official Selection MARFICI (ARGENITNA 2024) Official Selection MIC Género (MEXICO 2024) Official Selection Spokane International Film Festival (USA 2025) Official Selection. Winner Best Narrative Picture AwardCine Las Americas (Austin, Texas, USA, 2025) Official Selection. Winner Best Narrative Picture AwardImago Film Festival (Italy, 2025) Official Selection. Winner Best Leading ActressSt. Louis Film Festival ,(USA, 2025) Official SelectionFemale Eye Film Festival (Toronto, 2025) Official SelectionChelsea Film Festival (NYC, USA 2025) Official SelectionMartha's Vineyard Women Film Festival (USA 2025) Official Selectiontodos los futuros
TODOS LOS FUTUROS (2024) animated short-film directed by Bárbara Cerro
Credits: ScreenwriterLife from Earth arrived on a distant planet after a long journey through space, carried by microorganisms on meteorites. On the planet Somnum, night never ends. Humans bring with them the dream of recreating their past lives, but their baggage is also filled with ancient fears and irrational rules.FESTIVALS AND SCRENNINGSOttawa International Animation Festival (Ottawa, Canada, 2024). Official Competition. Festival internacional de cine de Gijón – Spain
Pixelatl – Guadalajara – Mexico
London International Animation Festival – London – United Kingdom
PÖFF Shorts – (Black Nights Film Festival) – Tallinn – Estonia
Shorts Not Pants – Toronto – Canada
Mar del Plata International Film Festival – Argentina
Séquence Court métrage – Toulouse – France
CutOut Fest, Festival Internacional de Animación – Querétaro – Mexico
La Plata Latin American Film Festival (FESAALP) – La Plata – Argentina
Mutoscope – Lyon – France Festival Premiers Plans – Angers – France
Ismailia International Film Festival – Giza – Egypt
Cine court anime Festival – Roanne – France
Cinelatino – Toulouse – France
European Film Festival of Lille – France
Rennes French Animation Film Festival – France
Flatpack Film Festival – Birmingham – United Kingdom
Sprouts Film Festival – Amsterdam – The Netherlands
Vienna Independent Shorts Film Festival – Vienna Shorts – Austria
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) – USA
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia – Tokyo – Japan
Animator – Int. Animated Film Festival – Poznan – Poland
ChileMonos – Santiago – Chile
Lago Film Fest – Revine Lago – Italy. ANIMA LATINA Latin American Animated Film Festival / Festival de Cine de Animación Latinoamericano – Buenos Aires – Argentina
Imaginaria Film Festival – Conversano – Italy
Animatou – Genève – Switzerland
Catalonia Fantastic International Film Festival – Sitges – Spain
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival – Baden – Switzerlanddior
DIOR (2021) animated short-film directed by Bárbara CerroCredits: ScreenwriterMaria Grazia Chiuri chose to call on five female illustrators from different countries to create five animated teasers to be posted on social media before the unveiling of the Dior fall-winter 2021-2022 women’s ready-to-wear collection. She asked this new generation of cartoonists to share their interpretation of femininity in the world of animation. Through their unique perspectives, this project reflects their own personal experiences while highlighting contemporary representations of women in society – visions that align with and underscore the commitment of the Creative Director.DIORSCREENINGS AND FESTIVALSThis short film has more than one million views on Dior´s Facebook fan page.Annecy International Animation Film Festival. (Annecy, France, 2022). Official Selection.Ottawa International Animation Festival (Ottawa, Canada, 2021). Official Selection.Linoleum Animation Festival (Kyiv, Ukraine, 2021). Official Selection.Anima Córdoba (Córdoba, Argentina, 2021). Official Selection. Cartón (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2021). Official Selection.luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan
el prófugo
EL PRÓFUGO/ THE INTRUDER (2020) feature film directed by Natalia MetaCredits: Associate ProducerInés works as a dubbing actress and sings in a choir in Buenos Aires. While on an idyllic trip she suffers a traumatic episode that she can't recover from. She has trouble sleeping and experiences very vivid nightmares as strange sounds begin to emerge from inside her. Awake, Inés feels suddenly surrounded by people that seem to come from her dreams. FESTIVALS & SCREENINGSBerlinale Film Festival (Germany, 2020) Official International CompetitionSan Sebastian Film Festival (Spain, 2020) Official Competition/ Horizontes Latinos, Opening Film.AFI Festival (USA, 2020) New Authors, USA premiereBFI London Film Festival (UK, 2020) Official SelectionFestival International du film de la Roche-Sur-Yon (France, 2020) Official SelectionMotel/x (Portugal, 2020) Official SelectionKyviv International Film Festival (Ukraine, 2020) Official SelectionViennale (Austria, 2020) Stockholm Film Festival (Sweden, 2020) BIFF Bergen Internasjonale Filmfestival (Norway, 2020)Zurich Film Festival (Switzerland, 2020) Woman Make Waves Film Festival (Taiwan, 2020)PIFF Pune International Film Festival (India, 2020)la fiesta silenciosa
LA FIESTA SILENCIOSA/ THE SILENT PARTY (2019) feature film directed by Diego FriedCredits: ScreenwriterThe day before their wedding, Laura and Daniel go to her family country house. The couple is under a lot stress. She decides to take a walk, and ended in the young neighbour's house, where a silent party is taking place. What started like a fun night, quickly escalates in a violent and horrible experience.AWARDSBest Actress. Cinefantasy Festival (Brasil)Honor Mention MINT Film Festival. (USA)Soundtrack Special Mention Festival de Cine de Trieste (Italy)FESTIVALS & SCREENINGSFestival de Cine de Mar del Plata (Argentina, 2019) Official SelectionFestival de Cine de Huelva (Spain, 2019) Official SelectionFestival de Cine Macabro (México, 2019) Official SelectionPhiladelphia Film Festival (USA, 2019) Official SelectionWoods Hole Film Festival (USA. 2019) Official SelectionJaipur Film Festival (India. 2019) Official SelectionCinefantasy Festival (Brasil, 2019) Official SelectionFestival de Cine de Trieste (Italy, 2019), Official SelectionMINT Film Festival (USA, 2019) Official SelectionLa fiesta silenciosa is available in Home Choice (Korea) and HBO GO (Europe) and soon will be released in the United States and Italy.luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan
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tóxico
TÓXICO/ TOXIC (2020) feature film directed by Ariel Martínez HerreraCredits: ScreenwriterIn the middle of a mysterious insomnia epidemic that slowly takes on catastrophic dimensions, Laura (39) and Augusto (42) flee the city in their motorhome to get away from the chaos. As they move down the route, the world becomes an increasingly strange and dangerous place. Finally, Laura reveals a story that changes everything. The road is depopulating, the silence grows and it is increasingly difficult to differentiate the reality from the dream.AWARDSBest Editing/ Boston Sci-Fi Film FestivalBest Screenplay/ Begur Costa Brava Film FestFESTIVALS & SCREENINGSFantaspoa, International Fantastic Film Festival (Brasil, 2020) Official SelectionBegur Costa Brava Film Fest (Spain, 2020) Official CompetitionBoston Sci-fi Film Festival (USA, 2020) Official CompetitionMacabro Film Festival (Mexico, 2020) Official SelectionBuenos Aires Rojo Sangre (Buenos Aires, 2020) Official SelectionImagine Science Film Festival (USA, 2020) Official SelectionBogota Horror Film Festival (Colombia, 2020) Official Selectionluz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan
artemis
ARTEMIS (2019) animated short film for Bit Bang directed by Bárbara Cerro.Credits: ScreenwriterOn the Moon, women have fun while they wait to be illuminated by the sun. They play volleyball with Neil Armstrong’s astronaut helmet, they masturbate in the darkness of the cosmos, and constellations are tattooed on their backs. Sunlight begins to seep and the white surface lights up increasingly. Women come together and enjoy this solar bath. A beam of light shines on the bed where a girl sleeps, on Earth. The light disturbs her dreams; the unveiled girl looks through the window and discovers the full moon shining on her head.AWARDSReelout Queer Film Festival Pink Screens (Kingston, Canada, 2021). Best Short Film.FESTIVALS & SCREENINGSOttawa International Animation festival (Ottawa, Canadá, 2020). Official Selection
SUPERTOON International Animation Festival (Šibenik, Croatia, 2020). Official Selection.
International Animation Festival Fest Anča (Žilina, Slovakia, 2020). Official Selection.
Pink Screens, Brussels Queer Film Festivals (Brussels, Belgium, 2020). Official Selection.
1 Olho, Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação (Portugal, 2020). Official Selection.
AJAYU (Puno, Perú, 2020). Official Selection.
61 Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Salónica, Grecia, 2020). Official Selection.
Multiversos (Misiones, Argentina, 2020). Official Selection.
FESAALP (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2020). Official Selection.
Schnit (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2020). Official Selection.
MUTA (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2020).
GLAS (Berkeley, United States, 2020)
IDAC (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019)
Club Lucero (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019)
Bit Bang (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019)
Local (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019)luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan
no mirés a otro lado
NO MIRÉS A OTRO LADO/ DON´T LOOK AWAY (2017) music video directed by Luz Orlando Brennan.Credits: Director, camara operator and Executive producer Under the slogan #InfanciaenDeuda (#DebtWithChildhood) different NGOs gathered to carry out an awareness campaign to prioritize children's rights in the public policy agenda #InfanciaEnDeuda @InfanciaEnDeuda www.infanciaendeuda.org. Wos, Under MC, Sony, Orion XL, Malajunta composed "No mires a otro lado" to demand the designation of the #DefensorDelNiñoYA (#ChildAvocateNow)luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan
SCREENINGSThis short film has more than 1.7 million views on Infancia en Deuda ´s Youtube page.luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan
en crítica
EN CRITICA/ CRITICA (2014) short film directed by Luz Orlando BrennanCredits: Director/ Screenwriter/ Executive ProducerBuenos Aires. 1928. It’s midnight. Roberto Arlt rests as today’s edition of the newspaper Crítica goes to press. An errand boy interrupts him bringing in a letter from Anna Ivanova: just another suicide note of the many that are posted to Crítica. Once again, Arlt must go on the hunt for a sensationalist story.
Cast - Alberto Ajaka, Germán Baudinio, Daniela RIco Artigas, Fabián ArenillasWritten & Directed by – Luz Orlando Brennan
Production – Cine Fervor, Werner Cine.Producers: Clarisa Oliveri, Luz Orlando BrennanSupported by – INCAACinematographer –Agustina Trincavelli
Editor - Anita RemónProduction Designer – Dario Feal Costume Design- Mariana Seropian Make-up: Beatushka Wojtowicz Hairstyle: Diego Rosselli
Sound Designer – Nahuel PalenqueOriginal Score – Pablo Borghi
PREMIERE AND PRESSThe short-film CRITICA was premiered on September 2014 at the Gaumont Cinema in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Here some of the press reviews: .. the most exciting of the shorts is En Crítica. With an outstanding period setting, ambitious photography and a good performance of Alberto Ajaka as the writer. Juan Pablo Cinelli "Pagina 12"Another high point is the last short, En crítica, directed by Luz Orlando Brennan. More than a short, it looks like the beginning of a longer film ... By Gaspar Zimerman "Diario Clarín"The magnificent and gloomy En Crítica, directed by Luz Orlando Brennan, completes the showing. Outstanding both visually and as a story, and with a great performance by Alberto Ajaka, it is a piece that shows a remarkable reconstruction of an era.Amadeo Lukas "Revista Veintitrés"Another segment that stands out is En Crítica, directed by Luz Orlando Brennan. Excellent technically and at the reconstruction of an era, it has nothing to envy to larger productions.Fernando Sandro "The seasoned viewer" A reconstruction of a lost time, with precision, rarely achieved in feature films. The most ambitious productions short is En Crítica, directed by Luz Orlando Brennan. Claudio D. Minghetti "Telam"luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan
AWARDSBest director-Curta Neblina, Brasil.FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGSBangalore International Film Festival, India, June 2015. Official CompetitionSapporo International Short FiIm Festival, Japan, October 2015 Official CompetitionShnit International Short film festival, Argentina, October 2015 Official CompetitionBarranquilla International Film Festival, March 2015 Official Competition UNCIPAR Short film festival, Argentina, March 2015 Official CompetitionMar del Plata Film Festival, Argentina October 2014 Curta Neblina- Brasil, July 2020, Official Competitionluz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan
muerte en buenos aires
MUERTE EN BUENOS AIRES/ DEATH IN BUENOS AIRES (2014) feature film directed by Natalia MetaCredits: ScreenwriterNatalia Meta makes an impressive debut with the high-voltage erotic thriller Death in Buenos Aires. Starring Demian Bichir, Oscar® nominated for A Better Life, and introducing Chino Darín, son of Argentine leading man Ricardo Darín, the film depicts the exciting gay underground scene of the 80s in Buenos Aires.AWARDSBest Actor (Chino Darín) Bucheon Choice Award, Best Actor (Chino Darín) Puchon International Film Festival, Korea.Best New Actress (Mónica Antonópulus) Silver Condor, ArgentinaFESTIVALS AND SCREENINGSFestival des Films du Monde de Montreal (Canada) Official Competition36 Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana (Cuba) Official Selection10º Festival de Cine Latino Americano De Sao Pablo (Brasil) Official SelectionFIGG Festival Internacional de Guadalajara (Mexico)Argentine Film Festival (England)Latin Beat Film FestivalRome Film Festival (Italy)Outshine Film Festival (USA)luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan
The film is available on Netflix USA and Latinoamerica and Amazon Prime Video.刀と簪
刀と簪 / THE SWORD AND THE HAIRPIN (2013) short film directed by Ray FigueroaCredits: DP, camara operator and focus. I was invited to Kyoto Filmmaker´s Lab 2013, where a selected young filmmakers created three-minute short samurai films using the open sets in Toei Studios Kyoto and Shochiku Kyoto Studios. An authentic traditional Jidaigeki-making experience. In this wonderful experience I worked as a DP in the short film “The sword and the hairpin” directed by Ray Figueroa.reunión de té
REUNIÓN DE TE/ THE TEA PARTY (2012) short film directed by Luz Orlando BrennanCredits: Director, Screenwriter, Executive ProducerWinner of “ Cinema, Health and Woman” contest produced by INCAA and the Ministry of Health and the Argentine ´s Cancer Institute. FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGSWomen International Film Festival (Argentina, 2013) Official Selectionluz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan luz orlando brennan
bio
Luz Orlando Brennan (Buenos Aires, Argentina) screenwriter, director and producer of theater and film. She graduated as a screenwriter from ENERC and trained in different acting schools. She also studied Sociology and Literature at the UBA. . Her works toured many festivals around the world, like Berlinale, San Sebastián, Viennale, AFI Film Festival, Annecy International Film Festival, and Ottawa International Animation Festival, BFI London, Zurich International Film Festival, Havana International Festival and Guadalajara International Festival. As a scriptwriter, she has collaborated with numerous directors such as Natalia Meta (Death in Buenos Aires, 2014), Bárbara Cerro (Artemis, Dior, All the futures) Diego Fried (The Silent Party, 2019), Ariel Martínez Herrera (Toxico, 2020), as an assistant director for the director Edgardo Castro (La Noche, Familia) and as an associate producer in El prófugo (The Intruder, 2020) by Natalia Meta, selected in the 70 Berlinale Competition. Her short film En Crítica (Critica, 2014) was screened in several festivals such as Shnit International Short Film Festival and the Sapporo International Short Film Festival (Japan), among others. Theatrically, Luz directed and adapted for stage Memento Mori based on the famous novel by Muriel Spark premiered at El Camarin de las Musas theater.For over 10 years, she has taught screenwriting at the MFA studies in film directing at Universidad del Cine (FUC), highlighted by Variety as one of the 2019 best film schools. She is the director and founder of Club Lucero, a cultural center/ bar -currently one of the most important of Buenos Aires- and the official venue for the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI). La estrella que perdí/The Star I Lost (2024), her first feature film, was selected by festivals such as Cleveland International Film Festival (USA), BAFICI (Argentina) and SANFIC (Chile), FAM (Brasil) and had its premiere in Argentina with eight weeks on the bill and screened in more than sixty movie theaters.