FERNANDO "PINO" SOLANAS
He rapidly became one of the fundamental Argentine filmmakers. With his first feature, the mythical La hora de los hornos (1968), he found a potent voice for denouncing neocolonialism and narrating the struggles of the people's resistance. With the Grupo Cine Liberación, he then shot a series of interviews with former president Juan Domingo Perón, which were clandestinely screened in slums and popular neighborhoods. Later, he shot the celebrated Los hijos de Fierro (1975), from José Hernández's work. After his exile during the last dictatorship, his films acquired more lyricism starting with El exilio de Gardel (1985), which won an award at the Venice Film Festival. In 1998, with Sur, he won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival. He returned to documentary filmmaking with a series of "chronicles of recent Argentina", which started with Memorias del saqueo (2004). That same year, he won the Golden Bear in Berlin for his film career. As a National Representative, he was one of the promoters of the National Film Law. In 2007, he ran for President.
