Lucrecia Martel

Lucrecia Martel is an Argentine filmmaker widely regarded as one of the greatest directors working in world cinema today. Her Salta Trilogy — La Ciénaga (2001), The Holy Girl (La Niña santa, 2004), and The Headless Woman (La mujer sin cabeza, 2008) — established her as a singular voice in Latin American cinema, known for her precise, disorienting approach to class, gender, and sensory experience. Her film Zama (2017) was Argentina's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She has been openly lesbian throughout her career and has spoken about the relationship between her queerness and her filmmaking practice.