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Landmarks

A leaked video of the 2009 murder of Indigenous leader Javier Chocobar during a land dispute in northern Argentina sets justice in motion. Nine years later, the trial begins and the film weaves courtroom footage with community voices and images to uncover the deep colonial roots of land dispossession.

TFL Funds 2020
Main info

Title: Landmarks
Year: 2025
Directed by: Lucrecia Martel
Premiere & awards: Venice International Film Festival 2025, Out of Competition
Produced by: Rei Pictures (Argentina), Louverture Films (USA)
In co-production with: Piano (Mexico), Pio & Co (France), Lemming Film (Netherlands), Snowglobe (Denmark)
Countries: Argentina, United States, Denmark, Mexico, France, Netherlands

synopsis

In 2009, a man and two accomplices try to evict members of the Indigenous community of Chuschagasta in northern Argentina. Claiming ownership of the land and armed with guns, they kill the community's leader, Javier Chocobar. The murder is caught on video. It takes nine years of protests before court proceedings are finally opened in 2018. During all this time, the killers remain free.The film combines the voices and photographs of the community with courtroom footage to explore the long history of colonialism and land dispossession that led to this crime.

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TFL Co-Production Fund (€ 50,000) thanks to the support of Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union

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