Santiago Mitre | |
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 Santiago Mitre at Zurich Film Festival 2022 | |
| Born | (1980-12-04) 4 December 1980 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupations | Director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Santiago Mitre (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtja.ɣo ˈmi.t̪ɾe], MEE-tray;[1] born 4 December 1980) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He was named as a member of the jury of the Critics' Week section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[2] In 2016, Mitre won the Havana Star Prize for Best Director for his film Paulina at the 17th Havana Film Festival New York.[3]
Selected filmography
- El Amor – primera parte (2004)
- The Student (2011)
- La patota (2015, known as Paulina in Spain)
- The Summit (2017)
- Argentina, 1985 (2022); director, co-producer, co-writer
Honours
In 2025, Mitre was appointed the jury president of the Progressive Cinema, Freestyle and Grand Public Competition sections at the 20th Rome Film Festival.[4]
References
- His name is pronounced like "MEE-tray" by Mill Valley Film Festival programmer João Federici around 2:25 in Mitre's MVFF 45 welcome on-stage at YouTube (saying "I do love to call here for a few words the director and the writer Santiago Mitre.")
- "Jury 2016". Semaine de la Critique de Cannes. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- "Havana Film Festival NY 2016 anuncia los ganadores del Premio Havana Star". Queens Latino (in Spanish). 18 April 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- "The juries of the 2025 Rome Film Fest". Cinema Foundation for Rome. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.