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