LANDMARKS
NUESTRA TIERRA
15 September, Tuesday, 18:00, Vural
2025 | DCP | Colour | 122’ | Spanish; Turkish, English sub. | Argentina, USA, Mexico, France, Netherlands, Denmark
DIRECTOR
Lucrecia Martel
15 September, Tuesday, 18:00, Vural
2025 | DCP | Colour | 122’ | Spanish; Turkish, English sub. | Argentina, USA, Mexico, France, Netherlands, Denmark
DIRECTOR
Lucrecia Martel
Classification: According to Article 7 of Law No. 5224, as amended on January 18, 2019, films that have not undergone evaluation and classification can only be shown at festivals, special screenings, and similar cultural and artistic events with an 18+ age restriction.
In 2009, the Indigenous Chuschagasta community in northern Argentina was forcibly displaced from their ancestral land by a mining company. During a confrontation between the family claiming ownership rights and the Indigenous inhabitants, community leader Javier Chocobar was killed. Although the exact moment of the murder was captured on video, the legal system delayed opening the case for nine years, finally relenting to protests by the Chuschagasta people.
Directed by Lucrecia Martel, who has closely followed the legal proceedings from their inception, this documentary traces the lingering effects of Latin America’s colonial past into the present day. Through legal loopholes and bureaucratic obstacles, the Indigenous people face more than just the seizure of their lands; the history of the assimilated Chuschagastas is being erased from the state’s official narrative. Community members recount the harrowing reality of only discovering their own Indigenous origins years later. Martel fills the gaps in collective memory by expanding the evocative scope of silent, static photographs through her sound design.
BFI Londra 2025
Best Film Award
In 2009, the Indigenous Chuschagasta community in northern Argentina was forcibly displaced from their ancestral land by a mining company. During a confrontation between the family claiming ownership rights and the Indigenous inhabitants, community leader Javier Chocobar was killed. Although the exact moment of the murder was captured on video, the legal system delayed opening the case for nine years, finally relenting to protests by the Chuschagasta people.
Directed by Lucrecia Martel, who has closely followed the legal proceedings from their inception, this documentary traces the lingering effects of Latin America’s colonial past into the present day. Through legal loopholes and bureaucratic obstacles, the Indigenous people face more than just the seizure of their lands; the history of the assimilated Chuschagastas is being erased from the state’s official narrative. Community members recount the harrowing reality of only discovering their own Indigenous origins years later. Martel fills the gaps in collective memory by expanding the evocative scope of silent, static photographs through her sound design.
BFI Londra 2025
Best Film Award