A film by Sofía Petersen
Technical Details
Countries Argentina,
UK,
Spain
Stock
16 mm Ektachrome
Duration 126’
Year 2025
Format 2K DCPFestivals & Awards
Cast & Crew
Olivia Tina Sconochini
Padre Dario Haro
Mari Carolina Tejeda
Workers of the Municipal Slaughterhouse of Rio Grande
Director Sofía Petersen
Screenplay Sofía Petersen
Producer Shaun Finneran
Cinematography Owain Wilshaw
Art director Mia Casaretto
1st AC Jessica Lee
Editing Sofía Petersen
Sound design Pietu Korhonen
Music Utsav Lal
Post-production Tom Wilshaw
Production Animitas
Co-production Vitrine Filmes
Associate producer Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola
With the support of
Hubert Bals Fund+Europe programme of International Film Festival Rotterdam & Universidad del Cine de Buenos Aires
Production
In the ‘Land of Fire’, the world’s end, with a crew of 5, 2 actresses and over 40 local non-actors, ‘Olivia’ was made. On 16mm Ektachrome, with no electricity. A cabin was built from the rubble of the town’s first bakery, which burnt down.
Set partly in a slaughterhouse, workers became actors; Dario —who worked there for over 50 years— played the lead of ‘Father’.
Half the script was written over 5 years, the other half took shape on location. Final scenes were never written.