| Verónica Chen | |
|---|---|
 Verónica Chen (2010) | |
| Born | 1969 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Alma mater | Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica |
| Occupations |
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| Notable work | Marea alta (2020) |
| Movement | Argentine New Wave movement |
Verónica Chen (born 1969) is an Argentine film director, film editor, and screenwriter. She is part of the Argentine New Wave movement. In 2020, she received the Best New Director award for Vagón Fumador at the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival.
Biography
Verónica Chen was born in Buenos Aires in 1969. Her father was a Chinese diplomat, who was from Nanking and who emigrated to Argentina due to the Japanese invasion. Chen's mother is of Genoese ancestry. Chen has two older brothers.
Chen grew up in Texas, living in Dallas for four years and attending school there. After the family returned to Argentina, Chen remained in Argentina and her brothers moved back to Dallas.
She studied at Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica, which is a film school that is run by the Argentine National Film Board. Chen graduated from the school as a director. While attending the school, she worked as editing assistant to Luis César D'Angiolillo and eventually made fifteen films with him.
As a film director, she is best known for producing films in the thriller genre. She also explores issues of gender.
Filmography
Chen's has been involved in various feature films, short films and television series as a director, screenwriter, editor or producer. Her involvement in significant projects is listed below.
| Year | Title | Format | Director | Screenwriter | Editor | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Los Inocentes | Short film | x | |||
| 1994 | Qué felicidad | Short film | x | |||
| 1995 | Ariel Lavalle | Short film | x | |||
| 1995 | Soldado | Short film | x | |||
| 1996 | 2015 | Short film | x | |||
| 1996 | Calor humano | Short film | x | |||
| 1997 | Ezeiza | Short film | x | x | ||
| 1998 | A Chrysanthemum Bursts in Cincoesquinas | Feature film | x | |||
| 1999 | Paseador de almas | Short film | x | |||
| 2000 | Esperando el Mesías | Feature film | x | |||
| 2001 | Vagón fumador | Feature film | x | x | x | x |
| 2003 | Overblinded | Feature film | x | |||
| 2003 | Aguas argentinas | Feature film | x | |||
| 2003 | Ensayo | TV series | x | x | ||
| 2006 | Agua | Feature film | x | x | ||
| 2007 | Fronteras argentinas: Por la razón o la fuerza | TV film | x | x | ||
| 2008 | El frasco | Feature film | x | x | ||
| 2009 | Paseador de almas | Short film | x | |||
| 2010 | Viaje sentimental | Feature film | x | x | x | |
| 2013 | Mujer conejo | Feature film | x | x | x | |
| 2019 | Rosita | Feature film | x | x | x | |
| 2020 | Marea alta | Feature film | x | x |
Awards
- 2001: Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival - won Best New Director award for Vagón Fumador.
- 2020: Miami International Film Festival - nominated for the HBO Ibero-American Film Competition Best Film Award for High Tide (Marea Alta), and nominated for the Knight Marimbas Award.
- 2020: Sitges Film Festival - won Blood Window Award for Best Ibero-American Feature Film for High Tide (Marea Alta), and nominated for the New Visions Award for Best Film for High Tide.
- 2020: Splat!FilmFest - nominated for the Audience Award for Best Film for High Tide, and nominated for the Final Girl award.
- 2020: Sundance Film Festival - nominated for the Grand Prize of the Universal Film Jury for Dramatic Films for Marea alta.
Footnotes
- at the time, this film was called the Centro de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica
References
- Urraca, Beatriz (September 2010). "La configuración de la mirada en dos películas de Verónica Chen". Hispanic Research Journal (in Spanish). 11 (4): 338–352. doi:10.1179/174582010X12753886893390. S2CID 194090932. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ Lerman, Gabriel (24 January 2020). "Verónica Chen: "Filmar fuera de Argentina me interesa mucho"". Golden Globes (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Martín Peña, Fernando (1 December 2022). "Verónica Chen: mujer líquida". www.malba.org.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- Corrall, Cody (29 January 2020). "Interviews - Sundance 2020 Women Directors: Meet Verónica Chen – "High Tide"". Women and Hollywood. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- "LITERATURA › 50º ANIVERSARIO DE LA ENERC Haciendo escuela". www.pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). 29 May 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- Urraca, Beatriz (2023). "Women, Hybridity and Genre in the Films of Verónica Chen". In Vohnsen, Mirna; Mourenza, Daniel (eds.). Contemporary Argentine Women Filmmakers. Springer International Publishing. pp. 201–216. ISBN 9783031323461.
- "Verónica Chen - Argentina". pro.festivalscope.com. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- "Movies directed by Verónica Chen on cines.com". cines.com. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- Kiang, Jessica. "'High Tide': Film Review". Variety. www.variety.com. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- "Veronica Chen". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- "Tricky Life takes top prize at Huelva festival". Screen. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- "High Tide". Miami Film Festival. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- Meseguer, Astrid; Sans Sitges, Sara (17 October 2020). "La sangrienta 'Possessor' de Brandon Cronenberg conquista el Festival de Sitges". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- Redacción AV451 (19 October 2020). "'Possessor Uncut', de Brandon Cronenberg, mejor película y dirección en la 53ª edición del Festival de Sitges". Audiovisual451 (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - "Sundance 2020: High Tide, Summer White - Festivals & Awards". www.rogerebert.com. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
Further reading
- Vohnsen, Mirna; Mourenza, Daniel (6 July 2023). "Chapter 12: Women, Hybridity and Genre in the Films of Veronica Chen, by Beatriz Urraca". Contemporary Argentine Women Filmmakers. Springer Nature. pp. 201–16. ISBN 978-3-031-32346-1. Retrieved 26 July 2023. (Chapter abstract)
