SIMON OF THE MOUNTAIN

SYNOPSIS

The Grand Prize winner at Critics’ Week at the latest Cannes Film Festival! In his quest for change during his coming-of-age days, Simon joins a group of disabled children. They are on a pilgrimage, and they teach Simon to relax and embrace life’s pleasures. Together, they commence to navigate a world that doesn’t cater to their needs while creating their own rules of love and happiness. Through his experience with the group, Simon’s character changes. Wanting to join the group officially, he accepts to undergo special treatment to be declared a disabled person. However, his family does not understand him, and his life gets even more complicated when a girl from the group, Kolo, falls in love with him and hopes for romance.

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Federico Luis is a filmmaker born in 1990 in Buenos Aires, where he also studied Social Communication Sciences. His short film La Siesta had its international premiere at the Official Short Film Competition of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. It was also distinguished with an Honorable Mention in TIFF’s Shortcuts (Toronto Film Festival) and won best short film at the 2019 BAFICI (Buenos Aires Film Festival). In 2023, in Amsterdam, he received the award for best short film at IDFA with At That Very Moment. Stay Still or I Love You was recognized as the best short film of the Mar Del Plata International Film Festival. During the same year, he shot his first feature film ― Simon of the Mountain.

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

Cannes Film Festival – Critics’ Week Grand Prize
Munich Film Festival – CineVision Award for Best Film by an Emerging Director
Lima Film Festival (PUCP) – Best Film, Best Actor, Best Film in Competition – Honorable Mention

DESCRIPTION

SIMON OF THE MOUNTAIN (ff.)
Director: Federiko Luis
Country: Argentina, Čile, Urugvaj
Year: 2024.
Runtime: 96’
Language: French
Cast: Lorenzo Ferro, Kiara Supini, Pehuen Pedre
Production: 20/20 Films, Planta Producciones, Mother Superior, Twelve Thirty Media
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PROGRAM LINE: FIRST TWO STEPS

7. 11. u 18 č Cineplex Arena Novi Sad /
7. 11. u 18 č Cineplexx Kragujevac /
8. 11. u 18.30 č Art bioskop Kolarac /
8. 11. u 19 č Kulturni centar Novi Sad /
11. 11. u 18 č Dom omladine