Diego Lerman

Films in our catalogue

INVISIBLE EYE (THE)

Buenos Aires, March 1982. On the streets of the Argentinean capital, people are challenging the military dictatorship. Marita is a supervisor at the Colegio Nacional in Buenos Aires, the establishment that trains the country’s future elite. She is 23 and (...)

Meanwhile

A glance at humanity living in contemporary Buenos Aires, a profoundly contradictory city where drama blends with comedy, friendship with enmity, abuse with solidarity, the desire to leave with the desire to stay. A fragmented story made of uncertainties (...)

SUDDENLY

Marcia is young and fat and lives a grey, routine life in the city of Buenos Aires. Mao and Lenin, a punk girl couple, run into Marcia and for some strange reason decide to express their love for her. Fanciful Mao declares she's in love with Marcia and (...)

Biography

Born in 1976 in Buenos Aires. In 2002 he directs, co.writes and produced his first long feature film, “TAN DE REPENTE” which was multi-awarded in international film festivals, including the Silver Leopard in Locarno. Same year, Diego is one of the directors selected by Cinefondation of Cannes as a resident in order to work on his new script, “MIENTRAS TANTO” wich is awarded with Opening Shot Prize of Best Screenplay (Cinefondation and Gan Fondation) and premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2006. Diego also directed nine short films including “LA PRUEBA” (1999) and LA GUERRA DE LOS GIMNASIOS (premiered at Locarno Film Festival 2005). In 2007 he did a documentary Film for Television called “SERVICIOS PRESTADOS” that was also premiered at the Locarno Film festival. In 2008 he founded with Nicolas Avruj his own production company, CAMPO CINE. In 2009 he won with “LA MIRADA INVISIBLE” (ex – Ciencias Morales) the Sundance NHK Award for Latin America, the project was selected for the Atelié du Cannes 2009 and premiered in 2010 at the Cannes Director´s Fortnight.