Official Competition

Local title
Ametlik võistlus
Title in Russian
Official Competition
Original title
Competencia oficial
Director
Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat
Country
Spain, Argentina
Year
2021
Programme
Current Waves
Genre
comedy
Subject
interpersonal relationships, humour, film-in-film

To create a lasting legacy, a billionaire businessman decides to make a movie, and hires only the best of the best: a dazzling crew centred around the eccentric auteur filmmaker Lola Cuevas and renowned acting stars Félix Rivero and Iván Torres, both endowed with enormous talent - and even bigger egos. While the self-absorbed Félix makes a career in Hollywood, the pretentious Iván is considered a radical stage artist. The two self-promoters' conflicting views of their work, as well as Lola's increasingly outlandish acting exercises, soon bring everyone involved to the edge of a nervous breakdown.

"Official Competition" is a delightfully satirical and visually powerful swan song to the movie business that allows the talents of Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas to shine.

Director
Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat
Screenwriter
Andrés Duprat, Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn
Cast
Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Oscar Martinez, Nagore Aramburu, José Luis Gómez
Producer
Jaume Roures
DoP
Arnau Valls Colomer
Editor
Alberto del Campo
Production
The MediaPro Studio
Distributor
Provzglyad
World sales
Protagonist Pictures
Runtime
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Vancouver, Toronto, San Sebastian, Venice
Director
Mariano Cohn

Mariano Cohn (snd 1975)

Valik: Enciclopedia (1998), El artista (2008), Living Stars (2014), 4x4 (2019), Competencia oficial (Official Competition, 2021)

Director
Gastón Duprat

Gastón Duprat (snd 1969)

Valik: Enciclopedia (1998), El artista (2008), Todo sobre el asado (2016), Mi obra maestra (My Masterpiece, 2018), Competencia oficial (Official Competition, 2021)

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Screenings

2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening011104 / Ametlik võistlus
SubtitlesEnglish
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2nd Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening060202 / Ametlik võistlus
SubtitlesEnglish
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Hall 1 Kino Artis
Screening121503 / Ametlik võistlus
SubtitlesEnglish
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