Matías Piñeiro

One of Argentina's most influential contemporary filmmakers, Matías Piñeiro has distinguished himself by intertwining classical literature and the urban daily lives of young adults in his country, exploring the tensions between desire and loneliness. Renowned for his free adaptations of Shakespeare — collected under the title Las Shakespeariadas — the Argentine filmmaker creates films in which the interplay between words and gestures becomes a space for invention and freedom. With his latest film, Tú me abrasas (2024), Piñeiro expands his universe to new literary references, continuing to explore the boundaries between theater, literature, and cinema with formal and affective curiosity.

A regular presence at some of the most important international festivals, he has established himself as one of the most inventive voices of his generation, with a practice characterized by distinctive language and playful energy.

At Batalha, we present a selection of Piñeiro's works, accompanying the launch of the first book dedicated to the filmmaker, co-published with Fireflies Press, and a masterclass.


Program developed in collaboration with Garbiñe Ortega.

Matías Piñeiro
Matías Piñeiro

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One of Argentina's most influential contemporary filmmakers, Matías Piñeiro has distinguished himself by intertwining classical literature and the urban daily lives of young adults in his country, exploring the tensions between desire and loneliness. Renowned for his free adaptations of Shakespeare — collected under the title Las Shakespeariadas — the Argentine filmmaker creates films in which the interplay between words and gestures becomes a space for invention and freedom. With his latest film, Tú me abrasas (2024), Piñeiro expands his universe to new literary references, continuing to explore the boundaries between theater, literature, and cinema with formal and affective curiosity.

A regular presence at some of the most important international festivals, he has established himself as one of the most inventive voices of his generation, with a practice characterized by distinctive language and playful energy.

At Batalha, we present a selection of Piñeiro's works, accompanying the launch of the first book dedicated to the filmmaker, co-published with Fireflies Press, and a masterclass.


Program developed in collaboration with Garbiñe Ortega.

Garbiñe Ortega

Curator, teacher and producer in Spain. Her curating work has been presented at Film Society of Lincoln Center (New York), Tate Modern (London), Austrian Film Museum, National Gallery of Art (Nova Iorque), among others. She was art director for Punto de Vista — Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Navarra between 2018 and 2021. She is currently producing the latest films by Matias Piñeiro and Lois Patiño.

title

Screenings

Beau Travail

,

Arte

,

1999
They All Lie

,

2009
Ghost in the Shell

,

1995
You Burn Me

,

2024
The Vertical Smile

,

1973
Vai Ficar Fixe (Gohu)

,

2020
What Remains

,

2021
Please Make It Work

,

2022
Quantos dias tem o natal? Ou Rabanadas pelo ar

,

2025
Misbegotten

,

2007
Critical Zone

,

2023
Alma's Rainbow

,

1994
Days of Heaven

,

1978
Balconies

,

2003
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

,

1919
Velvet Goldmine

,

1998
Water Hazard

,

2024
Doll Clothes

,

1975
Golden Eighties

,

1986
Inner Child (Moullinex ft. Gpu Panic)

,

2021
Bad for a Moment

,

2024
Los placeres ocultos

,

1976
As Sombras e os Seus Nomes

,

2021
How I Fell In Love With Eva Ras

,

2016
Three Instagram Models Have a Picnic

,

2018
I Can't Sleep

,

Arte

,

1993
Nénette and Boni

,

Arte

,

1996
Chocolat

,

Arte

,

1988
Man No Run

,

Arte

,

1989
No Fear, No Die

,

Arte

,

1990
Trouble Every Day

,

Arte

,

2001
Friday Night

,

Arte

,

2002
The Intruder

,

Arte

,

2004
Towards Mathilde

,

Arte

,

2005
35 Shots of Rum

,

Arte

,

2008
White Material

,

Arte

,

2009
Bastards

,

Arte

,

2013
Let the Sunshine In

,

Arte

,

2017
Both Sides of the Blade

,

Arte

,

2022
High Life

,

Arte

,

2018
Stars at Noon

,

Arte

,

2022
The Day the Earth Stood Still

,

Jennifer Allora

,

1951
The New Sun

,

Agnieszka Polska

,

2017
The Confederation — The People Make History

,

Francis Boespflug

,

1978
What the Sun Has Seen

,

Agnieszka Polska

,

2017
Born in Flames

,

Catarina Ruivo

,

1983
John & Jane

,

Bernard Herrmann

,

2005
Air Conditioner

,

Fradique

,

2020
Space is the Place

,

John Coney

,

1974
1968<2018>2068

,

Keisha Rae Witherspoon

,

2018
The Great Silence

,

Georges Prat

,

2014
Flores

,

Jorge Jácome

,

2017
The War Game

,

Peter Watkins

,

1965
At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where the Existence and Disappearance of People Fade into Each Other

,

Basel Abbas

,

2019
Party on the CAPS

,

Meriem Bennani

,

2018
Letters from a Dead Man

,

Konstantin Lopushansky

,

1986
Silent Running

,

Douglas Trumbull

,

1972
Kirikou and the Sorceress

,

Michel Ocelot

,

1998
O Pesadelo do António Maria

,

Joaquim Guerreiro

,

1923
A Trip to the Moon

,

Pedro Henrique

,

1902
Fishing the Moon from the Pool

,

Zhou Kequin

,

1982
Wallace and Gromit — A Grand Day Out

,

Nick Park

,

1989
Gloria

,

Manuela Viegas

,

1999
Tall Stories

,

Karel Zeman

,

1987
Andre Valente

,

Catarina Ruivo

,

2003
Barehanded

,

Tomás Paula Marques

,

2016
In Case of Fire

,

Tomás Paula Marques

,

2019
Blindman’s Buff

,

Tomás Paula Marques

,

2021
When We Dead Awaken

,

Tomás Paula Marques

,

2022
A Sibila

,

Elso Roque

,

2023
Brazil

,

Terry Gilliam

,

1985
Supa Modo

,

Sky Hopinka

,

2018
Invention for Destruction

,

Guy Lecorne

,

1958
My Little Planet

,

Agnieszka Polska

,

2016
The Thousand-Year Plan

,

Agnieszka Polska

,

2021
How Do I Love Thee

,

Jeanne Waltz

,

1998
Xavier

,

Manuel Mozos

,

1991
Daybreak

,

Gabriel Abrantes

,

1939
Kicking the Clouds

,

Sky Hopinka

,

2021
Nosferasta: First Bite

,

Youssou N'Dour

,

2021
Maat

,

Fox Maxy

,

2020
Europa Europa

,

Agnieszka Holland

,

1990
maɬni — towards the ocean, towards the shore

,

Sky Hopinka

,

2020
Ste. Anne

,

Rhayne Vermette

,

2021
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

,

Walter Ruttmann

,

1927
The Jester

,

José Álvaro Morais

,

1987
Where the Summer Goes: Chapters on Youth

,

David Pinheiro Vicente

,

2018
The Lamb of God

,

David Pinheiro Vicente

,

2020
Simão

,

David Pinheiro Vicente

,

2016
Housemaids

,

2012
Matilde Olha Para Trás

,

2021
Despiste

,

2019
Deprisa, deprisa

,

1981
Dear Pyongyang

,

2005
Crimes of the Future

,

1970
Era uma vez...

,

1950
The Circle

,

1970
Killing Time

,

1979
Natal 71

,

2000
Scanners

,

1981

Families

Beau Travail

,

Arte

,

1999
They All Lie

,

2009
Ghost in the Shell

,

1995
You Burn Me

,

2024
The Vertical Smile

,

1973
Vai Ficar Fixe (Gohu)

,

2020
What Remains

,

2021
Please Make It Work

,

2022
Quantos dias tem o natal? Ou Rabanadas pelo ar

,

2025
Misbegotten

,

2007
Critical Zone

,

2023
Alma's Rainbow

,

1994
Days of Heaven

,

1978
Balconies

,

2003
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

,

1919
Velvet Goldmine

,

1998
Water Hazard

,

2024
Doll Clothes

,

1975
Golden Eighties

,

1986
Inner Child (Moullinex ft. Gpu Panic)

,

2021
Bad for a Moment

,

2024
Los placeres ocultos

,

1976
As Sombras e os Seus Nomes

,

2021
How I Fell In Love With Eva Ras

,

2016
Three Instagram Models Have a Picnic

,

2018
I Can't Sleep

,

Arte

,

1993
Nénette and Boni

,

Arte

,

1996
Chocolat

,

Arte

,

1988
Man No Run

,

Arte

,

1989
No Fear, No Die

,

Arte

,

1990
Trouble Every Day

,

Arte

,

2001
Friday Night

,

Arte

,

2002
The Intruder

,

Arte

,

2004
Towards Mathilde

,

Arte

,

2005
35 Shots of Rum

,

Arte

,

2008
White Material

,

Arte

,

2009
Bastards

,

Arte

,

2013
Let the Sunshine In

,

Arte

,

2017
Both Sides of the Blade

,

Arte

,

2022
High Life

,

Arte

,

2018
Stars at Noon

,

Arte

,

2022
The Day the Earth Stood Still

,

Jennifer Allora

,

1951
The New Sun

,

Agnieszka Polska

,

2017
The Confederation — The People Make History

,

Francis Boespflug

,

1978
What the Sun Has Seen

,

Agnieszka Polska

,

2017
Born in Flames

,

Catarina Ruivo

,

1983
John & Jane

,

Bernard Herrmann

,

2005
Air Conditioner

,

Fradique

,

2020
Space is the Place

,

John Coney

,

1974
1968<2018>2068

,

Keisha Rae Witherspoon

,

2018
The Great Silence

,

Georges Prat

,

2014
Flores

,

Jorge Jácome

,

2017
The War Game

,

Peter Watkins

,

1965
At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where the Existence and Disappearance of People Fade into Each Other

,

Basel Abbas

,

2019
Party on the CAPS

,

Meriem Bennani

,

2018
Letters from a Dead Man

,

Konstantin Lopushansky

,

1986
Silent Running

,

Douglas Trumbull

,

1972
Kirikou and the Sorceress

,

Michel Ocelot

,

1998
O Pesadelo do António Maria

,

Joaquim Guerreiro

,

1923
A Trip to the Moon

,

Pedro Henrique

,

1902
Fishing the Moon from the Pool

,

Zhou Kequin

,

1982
Wallace and Gromit — A Grand Day Out

,

Nick Park

,

1989
Gloria

,

Manuela Viegas

,

1999
Tall Stories

,

Karel Zeman

,

1987
Andre Valente

,

Catarina Ruivo

,

2003
Barehanded

,

Tomás Paula Marques

,

2016
In Case of Fire

,

Tomás Paula Marques

,

2019
Blindman’s Buff

,

Tomás Paula Marques

,

2021
When We Dead Awaken

,

Tomás Paula Marques

,

2022
A Sibila

,

Elso Roque

,

2023
Brazil

,

Terry Gilliam

,

1985
Supa Modo

,

Sky Hopinka

,

2018
Invention for Destruction

,

Guy Lecorne

,

1958
My Little Planet

,

Agnieszka Polska

,

2016
The Thousand-Year Plan

,

Agnieszka Polska

,

2021
How Do I Love Thee

,

Jeanne Waltz

,

1998
Xavier

,

Manuel Mozos

,

1991
Daybreak

,

Gabriel Abrantes

,

1939
Kicking the Clouds

,

Sky Hopinka

,

2021
Nosferasta: First Bite

,

Youssou N'Dour

,

2021
Maat

,

Fox Maxy

,

2020
Europa Europa

,

Agnieszka Holland

,

1990
maɬni — towards the ocean, towards the shore

,

Sky Hopinka

,

2020
Ste. Anne

,

Rhayne Vermette

,

2021
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

,

Walter Ruttmann

,

1927
The Jester

,

José Álvaro Morais

,

1987
Where the Summer Goes: Chapters on Youth

,

David Pinheiro Vicente

,

2018
The Lamb of God

,

David Pinheiro Vicente

,

2020
Simão

,

David Pinheiro Vicente

,

2016
Housemaids

,

2012
Matilde Olha Para Trás

,

2021
Despiste

,

2019
Deprisa, deprisa

,

1981
Dear Pyongyang

,

2005
Crimes of the Future

,

1970
Era uma vez...

,

1950
The Circle

,

1970
Killing Time

,

1979
Natal 71

,

2000
Scanners

,

1981

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