The Gold Bug

They all struggle: European filmmakers vs. South American filmmakers; independent cinema vs. cinema funds; wild vs. civilization; north vs. south; pirates vs. pirates; an old 19th century politician vs. an old 19th century feminist poet; producers vs. directors; Poe vs. Stevenson; Long John Silver vs. Captain Smollet; adventure vs. money; beauty vs. greed; the search for truth and wisdom vs. hypocrisy and wickedness; the rich vs. the poor; men vs. women; fiction vs. facts. They all struggle, but only one wins.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Script: Alejo Moguillansky, Mariano Llinas, Fia-Stina Sandlund

Cinematography: Agustin Mendilaharzu, Cecilia Madorno

Editing: Alejo Moguillansky, Mariano Llinas

Sound: Milton Rodriguez, Marcos Canosa

Music: Gabriel Chwojnik

Actors: Lisandro Andres de Lima (Joao Bandeirante), Ariel Haas (Amado Salvatierra), Luciano Mendez & Rene Kuger (Jesuits), Rafel Spregelburd, Luciana Acuna, Walter Jakob, Agustina Sario, Alejo Moguillansky,

Production: El Pampero Cine, Argentina elpamperocine@yahoo.com.ar & CPH:DOX Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival & Danish Film Institute & Swedish Film Institute

Art Direction: Daniela Zeppa & Leticia Bernaus

Costumes: Daniela Zeppa

Format: DCP Color

Production Country: Argentina-Denmark-Sweden

Production Year: 2014

Duration: 102

Contact: El Pampero Cine, Argentina elpamperocine@yahoo.com.ar

Awards
Best Film – BAFICI IFF 2014 (Argentine Competition), Argentina Special Mention of the Jury (International Competition) – Cosquin IFF 2014, Argentina

Alejo Moguillansky

Buenos Aires, 1978. His films have been shown at many festivals, including the Berlinale, Locarno, the Viennale, London, Thessaloniki, and Warsaw. At present he is shooting a documentary on Helmut Lachenmann and Margarita Fernandez, and is preparing his next film, Por el dinero, based on a documentary theater piece he staged in 2013 with Argentinean choreographer Luciana Acuna.

Filmography

(selected)
2006 La prisionera/The Prisoner (co-direction: Fermin Villanueva)
2009 Castro
2013 El loro y el cisne/The Parrot and the Swan
2008 Borges/Santiago: Variaciones sobre un guion/
Nine Short Films on Aquilea and Borges/Santiago (doc)
2014 El escarabajo de oro/The Gold Bug

Fia-Stina Sandlund

Born in 1973, she is a Swedish artist working at the intersection of journalism, social activism and “re-enaction” as a form of history writing. She studied at Goteborg’s Academy of Photography and Film and at Konstfack in Stockholm. She’s currently working on the third full length film in a trilogy based on August Strindberg’s famous play Miss Julie.