How did you come to cinema ?
I began by studying music but I was already fascinated by cinema: I saw in it the greatest work of art of the century, an art that gathers all artistic media -dramatic art, music, literature. Always with a special feeling toward painting, I studied theatre because there were no school of cinema and little by little I naturally began to direct short films.

Did your path in music influenced the way you broached cinema?
Of course, I owe a lot to my musical studies, which gave the possibility to systematize a structural conception of cinema. The musical composition was very useful ; moreover, I feel musical rythms in cinema and I try to incorporate music as soon as I begin working. Sometimes even before shooting, I know the different themes I’ll need during the film.

What about your projects?
I’ve just finished Argentina Latente which follows A Social Genocide and The Dignity of The Nobodies. I’ve also almost finished the shooting of my fourth feature, Men who are alone and waiting –with a bit of luck, it should be ready in August or September. These are essays, testimonies for which I’ve used some elements of fiction. I also already have the idea for my fifth movie, about some resources in the country, of which the citizens ignore the existence. The more I travel and I shoot, the more I discover what my subjects will be, the more I discover extraordinary things. The five films I’ve made are the synthesis of all of that: some things in Argentina Latente have been shot in 2002 or 2003. In documentary, you don’t repeat scenes. When you look for strawberrys and you only find bananas, you’re picking them anyway!

How are your films welcomed in Argentina?
Very well by those who agree with my critical look but also hated or passed over in silence and despised by the right-winged medias. In Argentina, I’m a public figure and I think I’m pretty much appreciated by the majority. But a minority of people hate me because I’m still denouncing things. My movies have been declared “of educative interest” by the government, so the teachers can bring their students to see them during school time. A Social Genocide has been seen by more than 50,000 students of secondary school.