DocumentaMadrid
XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
Synopsis
In the style of a coming-of-age novel, The Prince of Nanawa recounts Ángel’s adventures, from his childhood to adulthood, in a small village on the border between Argentina and Paraguay. His psychological, moral and social development is portrayed by the Argentine filmmaker, Clarisa Navas, through numerous journeys undertaken over a ten-year period. During this time, Ángel gradually integrates into the world and, like a Lolita revisited, is consumed by his life experiences and circumstances. Without sugar-coating or passing judgement, the film explores the complex process of forming an adult identity. (NC)
Festivals
2025 - Visions du Réel - Best Film in the International Competition
2025 - IDFA -
2025 - DMZ International Documentary Film Festival -
2025 - Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana - Jury Prize for Best International Documentary
2025 - Biarritz Film Festival -
Director biography
Clarisa Navas
Clarisa Navas is an Argentine screenwriter and director. Her third film, the feature-length documentary The Prince of Nanawa, premiered at Visions du Réel 2025, where it won the award for Best Film in the international competition. Her second fiction feature film, One in a Thousand, was the opening film of the 70th Berlinale Panorama and was released commercially in over 25 countries, including on Netflix US and Netflix Latin America. In 2017, Clarisa Navas’s first fiction feature film, Today, Match at 3, premiered in the International Competition at BAFICI. It has won numerous awards and been screened at over 40 film festivals.
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Sessions
May
Saturday 30
16:30 h
CINETECA. Sala Plató
Credits
Language
Spanish and guaraní - Subtitles in spanish
Director
Clarisa Navas
Production
Eugenia Campos Guevara
Editing
Florencia Gomez Garcia
Sound
Mercedes Gaviria
