Argentinian auteur Lucrecia Martel (La mujer sin cabeza, La ciénaga, Zama) marks her non-fiction debut with the creative documentary Nuestra Tierra, set to premiere out of competition at the Venice International Film Festival (27 Aug – 6 Sep). Backed by the Hubert Bals Fund in each stage of production, it’s one of several supported films screening on the Lido this edition, including two CineMart-presented works in the Venice Immersive Competition.

Nuestra Tierra by Lucrecia Martel (formerly Chocobar) (HBF Development 2019, NFF+HBF 2020, Dutch Post-production Award 2021) – Out of Competition

Lucrecia Martel’s documentary debut explores the long history of colonialism and land dispossession in Latin America, chronicling the 2009 murder of Javier Chocobar, an Indigenous community leader in the north of Argentina, by killers claiming ownership of the land. Through conversations and archive, the film traces the community’s journey from the 17th century to today. “Cinema can be useful here, that’s my deepest wish”, says Martel’s director’s statement.

Martel is one of Latin America’s most renowned filmmakers and has been screened and supported by IFFR throughout her career: La ciénaga (IFFR 2002) La niña santa (HBF Development 2001, IFFR 2005) & Zama (CineMart 2013, IFFR 2018).

Her latest was supported by the Hubert Bals Fund in each stage of its production: through HBF Development in 2019, through the NFF+HBF: Co-production Support scheme in 2020 (via Dutch co-producer Lemming Film) and in post-production through the Dutch Post-production Award in 2021.

Hiedra by Ana Cristina Barragan (CineMart 2021, Darkroom 2025) – Orizzonti competition

Ecuadorian filmmaker Ana Cristina Barragan premieres her latest film in the Orizzonti competition, dedicated to “the latest aesthetic and expressive trends”.

At once tender and unsettling, the film follows Azucena, a 30-year-old woman, and Julio, a 17-