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Gastón Solnicki was born in Buenos Aires in 1978. He studied at the International Center of Photography and at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he received his BFA in Film. Papirosen (2011), his second feature film, had its world premiere in the “Filmmmakers of the Present” competition section at Locarno IFF, and then continued a successful international festival run including the Viennale, Rotterdam, Vancouver, Jeonju, and continues to screen around the world in venerable institutions such as the Centre Pompidou and the Skirball Cultural Center in LA. It was awarded Best Film in the national competition section at BAFICI 2012, and also received a special mention at the Edinburgh IFF 2012. Kékszakállú (2016), his first fiction work, had its World Premiere in Venice IFF (Orizzonti) in 2016, where it was awarded the FIPRESCI award and the Bistro D’oro from independent critics; it was then screened at festivals such as Toronto, New York Film Festival and Viennale, among others. Introduzione All’Oscuro (2018) premiered in the official selection at the Venice Film Festival 2018.