Urtext Films

Matthew Salleh & Rose Tucker

Pablo’s Villa

2013/14 Official Selection
Sydney Film Festival
Montreal World Film Festival
Slamdance Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Adelaide Film Festival
Revelation Perth International Film Festival
New York City Independent Film Festival
Antenna International Documentary Film Festival
WINNER, Atom Award for Best Documentary Short Form
Argentine Film Festival Australia & NZ
Irish Latin American Film Festival
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Toronto International Shorts Film Festival
St. Kilda Film Festival (Nominated – Best Director, Best Documentary, Craft Award)

 

In 1985, Pablo Novak watched as the picturesque holiday town of Villa Epecuén was submerged. Everybody abandoned the town, except for Pablo. Now, over 23 years later, this modern day Atlantis has finally re-emerged, and what remains of it has become Pablo’s home, and a place for his memories.

Filmed in 2013 in rural Argentina, ‘Pablo’s Villa’ has been selected for numerous film festivals in Australia and internationally.

Q&A with director Matthew Salleh @ SFF 2013
Interview and article on Pablo’s Villa at VICE’s ‘Motherboard’
The film mentioned on Slate.com, Good Short Films, Zeit.de (German)

Credits
Produced by Urtext Films
Director/Camera/Edit: Matthew Salleh
Producer/Sound: Rose Tucker
Featuring: Pablo Novak
Field Translation: Mara Uría
Subtitle Translation: GMR Transcription
Music Supervisor: Debra Liang
Music composed and performed by Steve Salvi
Photographs provided by the Museo de Carhué
Filmed on location in Argentina

Worldwide Screening Program 2013/14

2013
Sydney Film Festival June 9 6:00pm
Sydney Film Festival June 11 10:00am
SFF Travelling Film Festival Newcastle June 22 2:15pm
Revelation Perth International Film Festival July 7 7:00pm
Revelation Perth International Film Festival July 13 2:30pm
Melbourne International Film Festival August 3 11:00am
Melbourne International Film Festival August 6 1:30pm
SFF Travelling Film Festival Huskisson August 23 TBA
Montreal World Film Festival August 27 9:30pm
Montreal World Film Festival August 30 5:20pm
Antenna International Documentary Film Festival October 3 6:30pm
SFF Travelling Film Festival Mackay October 11 TBA
Adelaide Film Festival October 12 4:00pm
Argentine Film Festival Australia & NZ (Sydney) October 12 7:30pm
SFF Travelling Film Festival Bundaberg October 13 3:00pm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston October 14 1:00pm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston October 14 3:00pm
Argentine Film Festival Australia & NZ (Sydney) October 14 7:20pm
Argentine Film Festival Australia &  NZ (Sydney) October 16 6:40pm
SFF Travelling Film Festival Port Macquarie October 19 6:00pm
Argentine Film Festival Australia & NZ (Sydney) October 19 TBA
Argentine Film Festival Australia & NZ (Melb) October 19 9:10pm
SFF Travelling Film Festival Nambucca Heads October 20 2:15pm
New York City Independent Film Festival October 20 11:45am
Argentine Film Festival Australia & NZ (Melb) October 21 7:20pm
Argentine Film Festival Australia & NZ (Melb) October 23 6:40pm
SFF Travelling Film Festival Cairns November 2 6:00pm
SFF Travelling Film Festival Charter Towers November 3 1:30pm
Toronto International Shorts Film Festival November 6 5:30pm
Seniors on Screen (Mercury Cinema) November 8 11:00am
SFF Travelling Film Festival Townsville November 16 3:00pm
2014
Slamdance Film Festival January 17 7:45pm
Slamdance Film Festival January 22 11:30am
SFF Travelling Film Festival Darwin February 7 6:00pm
SFF Travelling Film Festival Katherine February 8 4:30pm
SFF Travelling Film Festival Alice Springs February 15 12:00pm
ATOM Awards Screening @ Federation Square February 28 12:00pm
Irish Latin American Film Festival, Dublin April  8 8:00pm
Irish Latin American Film Festival, Limerick April 15 8:00pm
Irish Latin American Film Festival, Galway April 23 8:00pm
Cargo Collective Secret Cinema, Melbourne April 26 7:00pm
St. Kilda Film Festival, Melbourne May 25 4:00pm
Park City Film Series (Slamdance On The Road) September 11 7:00pm