Federico Luis

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| birth_name = Federico Luis Tachella

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| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina{{cite web |title=Federico Luis |url=https://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/directors/federico--luis |website=La Semaine de la Critique |access-date=25 May 2024}}

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Federico Luis Tachella (born 1990), also known professionally as Federico Luis, is an Argentine filmmaker.{{cite news |title=Argentine film 'Simon of the Mountain' wins Cannes' Critics' Week |url=https://buenosairesherald.com/culture-ideas/argentine-film-simon-of-the-mountain-wins-cannes-critics-week |access-date=25 May 2024 |agency=Buenos Aires Herald}} His debut feature film Simon of the Mountain was awarded the Grand Prize of the Critics' Week at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite news |last1=Roxborough |first1=Scott |title='Simon of the Mountain' Takes Top Prize at Cannes Critics' Week |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cannes-2024-simon-of-the-mountain-grand-prize-critics-week-1235907124/ |access-date=25 May 2024 |agency=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Early life and education

Luis was born in Buenos Aires and graduated from the University of Buenos Aires with a degree in Social Communication Sciences.

Career

In 2013, Luis directed the short film Vidrios (Glass) alongside Ignacio Bollini.{{cite web |title=Glass (2013, Federico Luis Tachella & Ignacio Bollini) |url=https://www.cinemargentino.com/en/films/914988632-glass |website=Cinemargentino |access-date=25 May 2024}} His short film La Siesta (The Nap) debuted in the Official Short Film Competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. It later screened at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was awarded an honorable mention in the Best International Short Film competition, and was awarded the Best Short Film at that year's Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema.

In 2023, Luis' documentary short At That Very Moment was recognized as the Best Short at that years International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.{{cite web |title=At That Very Moment |url=https://festival.idfa.nl/en/film/29177849-a7c4-4382-af8d-a286289cf95f/at-that-very-moment/ |website=IDFA |access-date=25 May 2024}} His debut feature film, Simon of the Mountain, premiered in the Critics' Week section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it was also eligible for the Camera d'Or. The film was awarded the Critics' Week Grand Prize.{{cite web |last1=Lavallee |first1=Eric |title=Exclusive Clips: Lorenzo Ferro is Hard to Read in Federico Luis' "Simon of the Mountain" – 2024 Cannes Film Festival |url=https://www.ioncinema.com/news/foreign-film-news/exclusive-clips-federico-luis-simon-de-la-montana |website=Ion Cinema |date=11 May 2024 |access-date=25 May 2024}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Notes ! scope="col" \| Ref.
scopee="row" \| 2013 \| Vidrios/Glass \| Short film co-directed with Ignacio Bollini \| align="center" \|
scope="row" \| 2019 \| La Siesta \| Short film \| align="center" \|
scope="row" \| 2023 \| At That Very Moment \| Short film \| align="center" \|
scope="row" \| 2024 \| Simon of the Mountain \| {{N/a}} \| align="center" \|

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scopee="row" | 2013

| Vidrios/Glass

| Short film co-directed with Ignacio Bollini

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scope="row" | 2019

| La Siesta

| Short film

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scope="row" | 2023

| At That Very Moment

| Short film

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scope="row" | 2024

| Simon of the Mountain

| {{N/a}}

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Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Award ! scope="col" \| Category ! scope="col" \| Nominated work ! scope="col" \| Result ! scope="col" \| Ref.
scope="row" rowspan="3" \| 2019 \| Cannes Film Festival \| Official Short Film Competition \| rowspan="3" \| La Siesta \| {{Nominated}} \| align="center" \|
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema \| Best Short Film \| {{Won}} \| align="center" \|
Toronto International Film Festival \| Best International Short Film \| {{Runner-up\|Honorable mention}} \| align="center" \|
scope="row" \| 2023 \| International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam \| Best Short \| At That Very Moment \| {{Won}} \| align="center" \|
scope="row" rowspan="2" \| 2024 \| rowspan="2" \| Cannes Film Festival \| Camera d'Or \| rowspan="2" \| Simon of the Mountain \| {{Nominated}} \| align="center" \|
Critics' Week Grand Prize \| {{Won}} \| align="center" \|

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scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2019

| Cannes Film Festival

| Official Short Film Competition

| rowspan="3" | La Siesta

| {{Nominated}}