The Film Society of Lincoln Center Showcases Matías Piñeiro, 7/12-21

The Film Society of Lincoln Center will showcase the work of Argentinian filmmaker Matías Piñeiro during the upcoming Latinbeat film festival (July 12 - 21) and will simultaneously open two of his films, Viola and Rosalinda, theatrically on July 12th. Latinbeat will play host to the NY premiere of Piñeiro's 2007 film The Stolen Man/El hombre robado and 2009 film They All Lie/Todos mienten. Viola returns to the Film Society after debuting at this year's New Directors/New Films and will be released in the US through Cinema Guild. All screenings of Viola at the Film Society of Lincoln Center will be followed by his short film Rosalinda.

"Only 31, Matías Piñeiro has already established himself as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary world cinema," said Dennis Lim, FSLC Director of Programming, Cinematheque. "His playful, mysterious films, about the power of desire and of language draw freely on theater and literature while remaining fully cinematic, at times calling to mind the youthful works of the French New Wave masters Jacques Rivette and Eric Rohmer. We are delighted to be tracing the evolution of Piñeiro's career to date by supplementing the theatrical release of Viola with a complete retrospective of his work."

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1982, Matías Piñeiro studied at the Universidad del Cine, where he went on to teach filmmaking and film history. In 2011 he received the Radcliffe Institute Fellowship from Harvard University for his new film project, Sarmiento, Translator. He currently lives in New York on a New York University scholarship in creative writing. His films include El hombre robado (2007),Todos mienten (2009), Rosalinda (2010), and Viola (2012). He is currently developing the third installment of his Shakespearean project, The Princess of France.

Matías Piñeiro is available for press interviews, please contact the Film Society press office, pressoffice@filmlinc.com, or Carlos Gutiérrez, carlos@cinematropical.com to arrange coverage.

Latinbeat will take place from July 12 - 21 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and the complete lineup will be announced soon. Tickets for the theatrical run of Viola and Rosalinda, as well as Latinbeat will go on sale to Members on June 18th and to the General Public on June 20th.