Born in Buenos Aires, Santiago Mitre co-directed Amor (Primera parte) [Love (Part One)] which premiered in Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week in 2004. El Estudiante [The Student] (2011), his solo debut, won the Jury Special Prize at the Locarno Film Festival and was screened at Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. Paulina (2015) won the Critics’ Week Grand Prix and the FIPRESCI Award at Cannes Film Festival. La cordillera [The Summit] (2017) was selected for the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. He recently released his fourth film Petite Fleur [Little Flower]. Argentina, 1985 is his fifth feature as a writer and director.