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Magic Farm

Panorama 2025
© MUBI
An American film crew working for an edgy media company travels to Argentina to cover a musician who has the potential to go viral. When they realise they have landed in the wrong country, they decide to hire local people to fabricate a trend.
by Amalia Ulman (Director, Screenplay)
with Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Joe Apollonio, Camila Del Campo, Simon Rex, Amalia Ulman, Valeria Lois USA / Argentina 2025 English, Spanish 93' Colour International premiere

With

  • Chloë Sevigny (Edna)
  • Alex Wolff (Jeff)
  • Joe Apollonio (Justin)
  • Camila Del Campo (Manchi)
  • Simon Rex (Dave)
  • Amalia Ulman (Elena)
  • Valeria Lois (Popa)

Crew

Director Amalia Ulman
Screenplay Amalia Ulman
Cinematography Carlos Rigo Bellver
Editing Arturo Sosa
Music Burke Batelle p/k/a Chicken
Sound Design Leandro De Loredo
Production Design Marina Raggio
Producers Alex Hughes, Riccardo Maddalosso, Eugene Kotlyarenko

Produced by

Spacemaker Productions

Los Angeles, USA

REI Pictures

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tango Entertainment

Los Angeles, USA

MUBI

London, United Kingdom

World Sales

The Match Factory

Köln, Germany

Photos

Amalia Ulman

© Evan Eisel

The artist and filmmaker is based in New York. Her debut film El Planeta premiered at Sundance in 2021 and was the opening night selection for MoMA’s 2021 New Directors/New Films festival. She also works as a fine artist, often with a focus on performance and storytelling. Her piece “Excellences & Perfections” (2014), one of the first works to use fiction in social media, was archived by Rhizome at the New Museum in New York City and exhibited at galleries including the Tate Modern and Whitechapel Gallery in London.

Filmography

2021 El Planeta 2025 Magic Farm

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025