Verónica Chen Explained

Verónica Chen (born 1969) is an Argentine film director, film editor, and screenwriter. She is part of the Argentine New Wave movement.^[1] In 2020, she received the Best New Director award for Vagón Fumador at the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival.^[2]

Biography

Verónica Chen was born in Buenos Aires in 1969. Her father was a Chinese diplomat, who was from Nanking and who emigrated to Argentina due to the Japanese invasion. Chen's mother is of Genoese ancestry. Chen has two older brothers.^[3]

Chen grew up in Texas,^[4] living in Dallas for four years and attending school there. After the family returned to Argentina, Chen remained in Argentina and her brothers moved back to Dallas.

She studied at Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica,^[5] which is a film school that is run by the Argentine National Film Board. Chen graduated from the school as a director.^{[6] [7]} While attending the school, she worked as editing assistant to Luis César D'Angiolillo and eventually made fifteen films with him.

As a film director, she is best known for producing films in the thriller genre.^[8] She also explores issues of gender.

Filmography

Chen's has been involved in various feature films, short films and television series as a director, screenwriter, editor or producer. Her involvement in significant projects is listed below.^{[9] [10]}

Year	Title	Format	Director	Screenwriter	Editor	Producer
1994	style=text-align:left	Los Inocentes	Short film	x
1994	style=text-align:left	Qué felicidad	Short film	x
1995	style=text-align:left	Ariel Lavalle	Short film	x
1995	style=text-align:left	Soldado	Short film	x
1996	style=text-align:left	2015	Short film	x
1996	style=text-align:left	Calor humano	Short film	x
1997	style=text-align:left	Ezeiza	Short film	x	x
1998	style=text-align:left	A Chrysanthemum Bursts in Cincoesquinas	Feature film			x
1999	style=text-align:left	Paseador de almas	Short film			x
2000	style=text-align:left	Esperando el Mesías	Feature film			x
2001	style=text-align:left	Vagón fumador	Feature film	x	x	x	x
2003	style=text-align:left	Overblinded	Feature film	x
2003	style=text-align:left	Aguas argentinas	Feature film	x
2003	style=text-align:left	Ensayo	TV series	x	x
2006	style=text-align:left	Agua	Feature film	x	x
2007	style=text-align:left	Fronteras argentinas: Por la razón o la fuerza	TV film	x	x
2008	style=text-align:left	El frasco	Feature film	x	x
2009	style=text-align:left	Paseador de almas	Short film			x
2010	style=text-align:left	Viaje sentimental	Feature film	x	x		x
2013	style=text-align:left	Mujer conejo	Feature film	x	x		x
2019	style=text-align:left	Rosita	Feature film	x	x		x
2020	style=text-align:left	Marea alta	Feature film	x	x

Awards

• 2001: Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival - won Best New Director award for Vagón Fumador.^[11]
• 2020: Miami International Film Festival - nominated for the HBO Ibero-American Film Competition Best Film Award for High Tide (Marea Alta), and nominated for the Knight Marimbas Award.^[12]
• 2020: Sitges Film Festival - won Blood Window Award for Best Ibero-American Feature Film for High Tide (Marea Alta), and nominated for the New Visions Award for Best Film for High Tide.^{[13] [14]}
• 2020: Splat!FilmFest - nominated for the Audience Award for Best Film for High Tide, and nominated for the Final Girl award.^[15]
• 2020: Sundance Film Festival - nominated for the Grand Prize of the Universal Film Jury for Dramatic Films for Marea alta.

Further reading

• Book: none . Vohnsen . Mirna . Mourenza . Daniel . Contemporary Argentine Women Filmmakers . 6 July 2023 . Springer Nature . 978-3-031-32346-1 . 26 July 2023 . en . Chapter 12: Women, Hybridity and Genre in the Films of Veronica Chen, by Beatriz Urraca . 201–16. (Chapter abstract)

External links

• • Verónica Chen's filmography at cinenacional.com

Notes and References

1. Urraca . Beatriz . La configuración de la mirada en dos películas de Verónica Chen . Hispanic Research Journal . September 2010 . 11 . 4 . 338–352 . 10.1179/174582010X12753886893390 . 194090932 . es . 26 July 2023.
2. News: Lerman . Gabriel . Verónica Chen: "Filmar fuera de Argentina me interesa mucho" . 27 July 2023 . Golden Globes . 24 January 2020 . es.
3. News: Fernando . Martín Peña . Verónica Chen: mujer líquida . 27 July 2023 . www.malba.org.ar . 1 December 2022 . es.
4. News: Cody . Corrall . 29 January 2020 . Interviews - Sundance 2020 Women Directors: Meet Verónica Chen – "High Tide" . Women and Hollywood . 12 January 2021.
5. News: LITERATURA › 50º ANIVERSARIO DE LA ENERC Haciendo escuela . 27 July 2023 . www.pagina12.com.ar . 29 May 2015 . es.
6. Book: Urraca . Beatriz . Vohnsen . Mirna . Mourenza . Daniel . Women, Hybridity and Genre in the Films of Verónica Chen . Contemporary Argentine Women Filmmakers . 2023 . Springer International Publishing . 9783031323461 . 201–216.
7. Web site: Verónica Chen - Argentina . pro.festivalscope.com . 12 January 2021.
8. Web site: Movies directed by Verónica Chen on cines.com . cines.com . 26 July 2023 . en.
9. News: Kiang . Jessica . 'High Tide': Film Review . Variety . www.variety.com . 2023-07-27.
10. Web site: Veronica Chen . 2023-07-27 . www.imdb.com . en.
11. Web site: Tricky Life takes top prize at Huelva festival . Screen . 5 August 2023 . en.
12. Web site: High Tide . Miami Film Festival . 5 August 2023.
13. News: Meseguer . Astrid . Sans Sitges . Sara . La sangrienta 'Possessor' de Brandon Cronenberg conquista el Festival de Sitges . 26 July 2023 . La Vanguardia . 17 October 2020 . es.
14. Web site: Redacción AV451 . 'Possessor Uncut', de Brandon Cronenberg, mejor película y dirección en la 53ª edición del Festival de Sitges . Audiovisual451 . 26 July 2023 . es . 19 October 2020.
15. Web site: Sundance 2020: High Tide, Summer White - Festivals & Awards . www.rogerebert.com . 5 August 2023 . en.