Members Screening: Magic Farm
Description
A hapless American reporting team descends on a small Argentinean town hoping to film a bunny ears-wearing musician who’s gone viral in this pointed satire about our woeful current media landscape. Working for a VICE-like outfit, the quintet arrives in remote San Cristobal with their “ugly American” attitudes at full volume—only to realize they’ve arrived at the wrong San Cristobal. With sly humor and a cast of quirky characters, writer/director Amalia Ulman (who also plays the crew’s cameraperson and interpreter) vitally points out that the relentless quest for “eyeballs” means that reporters frequently miss the real story. The terrific cast includes Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Joe Apollonio, and Simon Rex (also at the Festival Operation Taco Gary’s). Free admission for SFFILM members, but please RSVP. —Rod Armstrong
Attendee Information
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Amalia Ulman is an Argentine Spanish artist and film director based in New York. In addition to making films, her work encompasses performance, installation, and web art. Her short films include The Future Ahead (2016), Buyer Walker Rover Aka. Then There (Yiwu) (2019), Shangai Fire (2019), and Hotel Splendid (2022). Her first feature, El Planeta (2021), won the Heterodox Award at Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US.
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Film Details
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
Year2024
PremiereBay Area
Runtime93
CountryArgentina, USA
DirectorAmalia Ulman
ProducerAlex Hughes, Eugene Kotlyarenko, Riccardo Maddalosso
Executive ProducerElla Bishop, Lia Buman, Efe Cakarel, Tim Headington, Laura Jacobs, Ana Leocha, Zane Meyer, Jason Ropell, Pau Suris, Amalia Ulman
EditorArturo Sosa
CinematographerCarlos Rigo
Print SourceMUBI
Closed CaptionsClosed Captions are confirmed for this film
Audio DescriptionAudio Descriptions are not currently confirmed for this film
American Sign Language (ASL) InterpretationAmerican Sign Language Interpretation is not currently scheduled for this film
