Ana y los otros
(Ana and the Others)
Argentina, 2003, 80 min. Directed by Celina Murga

Ana and the Others is an intimate portrait of a young woman who returns to her small, provincial hometown for the first time in years since moving away to the big city of Buenos Aires.

Newcomer Camila Toker brilliantly plays Ana, a 25-year-old who goes back home to the river town of Paraná for Christmas after many years and reunites with old friends most of whom have, for better and worse, settled into small-town married life. Looking for memories, finding places and people from the past, and slowly becoming more and more curious about the whereabouts of an elusive ex-boyfriend, Ana considers the world she left behind, the life she chose not to make her own.

“A lovely debut … Ana feels like a Comedies and Proverbs entry that Rohmer never got around to making.” — Kent Jones, Film Comment

“The young director proves she already knows how to film the heat that softens the body, the injustice of sentimental relationships or the games kids play, and how to turn digressions into bliss. Besides, the film reveals Camila Toker, a young and talented actress in the role of Ana.” — Edouard Waintrop, Libération

“(Celina) Murga's gift for clear storytelling set against an unusual provincial background should be the wave that washes it to foreign fest shores.” — Deborah Young, Variety

“Beautifully shot and played naturally by the cast, the film has a wry observational style and warm humour that make it deeply engaging.” — Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

“Very Good. With the lightness, strictness, and stripping that refer to Eric Rohmer and the cinema of A. Kiarostami, and with an attractive protagonist …Murga builds up a delicate, charming, contemplative and non-conventional situation comedy.” — La Nación

Best Latin American Film of the Year, Fipresci - Festival de Río de Janeiro 2003
Special Jury Award - Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2003
Special Mention by the Jury– Venice Film Festival 2003
Best Director Award – Festival de Thessaloniki 2003
Audience Award– Festival de Viena (Viennale) 2003
Special Mention by the Jury – Festival de Punta del Este 2004
Best Director Award - Anonimul Film Festival (Rumania) 2004
Nominated for Golden Precolumbian Circle Bogota Film Festival 2004

OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Toronto Film Festival 2003
London Film Festival 2003
Nantes Festival of 3 Continents 2003
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2004
Toulouse Latin America Film Festival 2004
Chicago Latino Film Festival 2006