The latest film by Pablo Trapero (Familia rodante, Leonera (Lion's Den), Carancho) took part in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival this year. It tells the story of the friendship between two priests who settle in a Buenos Aires slum area to carry out their ministry and social work.
First appeared on the scene in 1999 with Mundo grúa, presented at the Venice Festival. El bonaerense (2002) was premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes. That same year he founded the production company Matanza Cine in Buenos Aires. He returned to Venice in 2004 with Familia rodante, followed by Nacido y criado (2006) and Leonera (2008), which competed at Cannes and in Horizontes Latinos at San Sebastian. Carancho (2010) was Argentina's Academy Award candidate for Best Foreign Language Film. Elefante Blanco participated in the Un Certain Regard section at the last Festival de Cannes. Trapero was a member of the Official Jury at the San Sebastian Festival in 2010.