Isabella


Isabella María Villar, Agustina Muñoz
Isabella by Matías Piñeiro
ARG, FRA 2020, Encounters
© Trapecio Cine / Le Fresnoy

Isabella María, Villar Agustina Muñoz, Gabi Saidon
Isabella by Matías Piñeiro
ARG, FRA 2020, Encounters
© Trapecio Cine / Le Fresnoy

Isabella by Matías Piñeiro
ARG, FRA 2020, Encounters
© Trapecio Cine / Le Fresnoy

Isabella by Matías Piñeiro
ARG, FRA 2020, Encounters
© Trapecio Cine / Le Fresnoy
With
- María Villar (Mariel)
- Agustina Muñoz (Luciana)
- Pablo Sigal (Miguel)
- Gabi Saidon (Sol)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Matías Piñeiro |
Cinematography | Fernando Lockett |
Editing | Sebastián Schjaer |
Music | Gabi Saidón, Santi Grandone |
Sound Design | Mercedes Tennina |
Production Design | Ana Cambre |
Costumes | Ana Cambre |
Producer | Melanie Schapiro |
Executive Producer | Melanie Schapiro |
Co-Production | Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains Tourcoing |
Produced by
Trapecio Cine

Matías Piñeiro
Dreamy.
Isabella · Encounters · Feb 26, 2020

Matías Piñeiro
At the premiere.
Isabella · Encounters · Feb 26, 2020

Matías Piñeiro, Mark Peranson
The director and the head of programming in the cinema auditorium.
Isabella · Encounters · Feb 26, 2020

Melanie Schapiro, Matías Piñeiro
The producer and the director.
Isabella · Encounters · Feb 26, 2020

Matías Piñeiro, Carlo Chatrian
Isabella · Encounters · Feb 26, 2020

Melanie Schapiro, François Bonenfant, Matías Piñeiro, Sebastián Schjaer
The two producers, the director and the editor at the Photo Call.
Isabella · Encounters · Feb 26, 2020

Matías Piñeiro, Carlo Chatrian
The director and the Artistic Director.
Isabella · Encounters · Feb 26, 2020

Melanie Schapiro
The producer on behalf of the director who couldn't attend - the film received a Special Mention by the Encounters Jury.
Isabella · Encounters · Encounters Best Director Special Mention · Feb 29, 2020
Director's Talk with Matías Piñeiro
Isabella
Encounters · Berlinale Meets | Interview · Feb 26, 2020
Matías Piñeiro

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1982, he has lived in New York since 2011. A director and screenwriter, his short and feature films have premiered at the Berlinale, Toronto, Locarno, Cannes and the New York Film Festival. His work is often based on literary sources including Shakespeare, Sappho and D. F. Sarmiento. He is an associate professor at the Pratt Institute in New York and coordinates the filmmaking programme at the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola in San Sebastián. He is currently working on the adaptation of “The Lesson of the Master” by Henry James and on an essay film based on Francesco Petrarca’s “De remediis utriusque fortunae”.
Filmography (selection)
2007 El hombre robado (The Stolen Man) 2009 Todos mienten (They All Lie) 2010 Rosalinda; short film 2012 Viola 2014 La princesa de Francia (The Princess of France) 2016 Hermia & Helena 2020 Isabella 2021 Sycorax; short film, co-director: Lois Patiño 2024 Tú me abrasas (You Burn Me)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024