Recorded February 3, 2023
Below is the original description of the event.
Isabella
Directed by Matías Piñeiro (Argentina/France, 2020)
The latest in Matías Piñeiro's series of films inspired by the women of Shakespeare's comedies is his most structurally daring and visually stunning work to date. Through their rich and layered performances, the characters demonstrate a profound intimacy formed over more than a decade of collaboration with their director. Isabella is a film about the ongoing battle between doubt and ambition that never discounts the possibility of a new beginning.
Winner - Special Jury Mention - Berlin Film Festival.
After the screening, director Matías Piñeiro spoke with Nicolás Pereda, Assistant Professor in the Department of Film & Media at UC Berkeley.
Speakers
Matías Piñeiro is an Argentinian screenwriter, director, and filmmaker. Piñeiro is an associate professor at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute and coordinates the filmmaking department at the Elías Querejeta Film School in San Sebastián, Spain. He has received awards including the Radcliffe Institute Fellowship at Harvard University; and his screenings including the Berlinale Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, and San Sebastian Film Festival.
Nicolás Pereda is Assistant Professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies. He has presented his films in most major international film festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno, and Toronto, as well as in galleries and museums like the Reina Sofía in Madrid, the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris, the Guggenheim and MoMA in New York. In 2010 he was awarded the Premio Orizzonti at the Venice Film Festival.