Our Land: outdoor cinema and conversation between Lucrecia Martel and Alex Reynolds

Martel is an undeniable authority on a cinema that, as she states in her recent book Un destino común, published by Caja Negra, is all about "looking a little, listening a lot". Based on the oral public trial for the murder of Javier Chocobar, a Chuschagasta community member, and a leaked online video, the film Our Land delves into a land dispute connected to a history of territorial usurpation extending from the colonial era to the present. It explores the relationship between words and territory as well as the tension between constructing legal narratives and the use of language in indigenous communities. While Zama (2017) already depicted the functioning of colonial machinery at its origin, Our Land reveals its persistence in the present.

Before the screening, the director will engage in a conversation with Alex Reynolds, an artist who cites Martel's cinema as an influence. Sound also occupies a central space in her work, and her recent productions have shown an interest in the dramaturgy of judicial spaces. She has also lately addressed the management of conflicts in the media, considering both the emotional impact of constant connectivity and the direct and devastating consequences of political rhetoric.

Lucrecia Martel, a film director and screenwriter born in Salta, Argentina, has received international recognition for her work. Following her debut with La ciénaga (2001), she went on to direct La niña santa (2004), La mujer sin cabeza (2008) and Zama (2017), all of which are considered to be seminal works of contemporary cinema. Our Land (2025) is her fifth feature film and first non-fiction film of her career. Retrospectives of her work have been presented at many cultural and academic institutions, including Harvard, MoMA, the Lincoln Centre, Cambridge, the Tate Modern in London and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. She has also given a series of masterclasses on sound and narrative around the world that have been published in several publications. In 2023, she received honorary doctorates from the University of Buenos Aires and the National University of Salta in Argentina, as well as from KU Leuven University in Belgium. Her other works include art installations, television series and short films. The most recent of these are the art installation El pasaje (2021), the musical episode Terminal norte (2021), starring Julieta Laso, and the short films AI (2019) and Camarera de piso (2022). In 2025, she published the book Un destino común. Intervenciones públicas y conversaciones (Caja Negra Editora, 2025).

The work of Alex Reynolds (Bilbao, 1978) has been exhibited internationally in prominent contemporary art museums and galleries, including La Virreina Centre de la Imatge (Barcelona), the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Index Foundation (Stockholm), the Sculpture Centre (New York), the Kanal Centre Pompidou (Brussels), Hollybush Gardens (London), the Centre d'Art La Panera (Lleida) and the Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona), among others.

Her films have been screened at festivals such as the BFI London Film Festival, Courtisane (Ghent), FID Marseille, Prismatic Ground (New York) and Documenta Madrid. She is a guest lecturer at KASK in Ghent.

In collaboration with Fundació "La Caixa" and Caja Negra Editora.