Federico Lastra

Filmes

Elena Knows
Director of Photography
As her Parkinson’s disease progresses, a woman leads a relentless investigation into finding those responsible for the sudden death of her daughter.
About Thirty
Director of Photography
This comedy of errors revolves around a hapless 30-year-old named Arturo. His penchant for indiscretions is as impossible to overlook as the finesse with which the film glides from March 2020 to the preceding decade and back again.
About Thirty
Writer
This comedy of errors revolves around a hapless 30-year-old named Arturo. His penchant for indiscretions is as impossible to overlook as the finesse with which the film glides from March 2020 to the preceding decade and back again.
Jesús López
Director of Photography
Jesús López, a young racing driver, dies accidentally leaving his town in astonishment. His cousin Abel, a drifting teenager, gradually feels tempted to take his place in life.
Um Crime em Comum
Director of Photography
Uma professora fica emocionalmente abalada por causa de sua ligação com a morte do filho da empregada e luta para manter a sanidade.
Implosión
Director of Photography
Two friends embark on a investigation to find the classmate who, fifteen years ago, unleashed a massacre at their institute.
The New Girl
Director of Photography
Jimena travels to Río Grande, on the island of Tierra del Fuego in southernmost Argentina, to join her half-brother Mariano. She has almost no money to travel but manages to arrive there hoping to have a better life in that manufacturing region. The wind, the cold and the complex economic crisis form the background against in which Jimena will develop empathy for the people around her and a feeling of belonging there, but also a place where she will learn to know herself better.
Neither Hero Nor Traitor
Director of Photography
Matías dreams of going to study music in Spain. He must convince his girlfriend to join him later and deal with his father's opposition. But the board changes completely when the Falklands war is declared and he is called to fight.
Chaco
Director of Photography
In 1934, Bolivia is at war with Paraguay. Liborio and Ticona and other Bolivian indigenous soldiers are lost in the hell of the Chaco, under the commandment of German Captain Kundt. They're looking for the Paraguayan enemy that they haven't seen for months, and that they will never find. They leave together in a search that will make them realize, progressively, the destiny they have been pushed into and the inevitable condition of a defeated troop. They're walking like shadows, wandering forever in the middle of dust and silence.
Shakti
Cinematography
Federico, in his mid-20s, lives alone in Buenos Aires. The day his grandmother dies, he decides to part with his girlfriend. He fears hurting her. However, she is laid-back, feisty and not even close to feeling hurt. He begins obsessing over her unexpected reaction—but then he meets someone else.
Bicycles
Cinematography
Lila is a young filmmaker struggling to write her next project. She spends all day in the house and excels at procrastination. One day her boyfriend returns with a new bicycle lock, a gift from another woman, and this triggers a reaction from Lila. A humorous take on creativity and obsession.
Capacocha
Director of Photography
Bruno, a Peruvian priest, comes to Buenos Aires after his church is set on fire. He meets up with Juan, an old friend he met in jail many years ago. Bruno is hoping to work in a Peruvian restaurant in order to send money back home, but his friend has other plans for him.
The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis
Director of Photography
Buenos Aires, 1977. In the midst of the dictatorship, a man receives information of the whereabouts or two people who are being searched by the military. Now he has the chance to save them, although that means risking his own life.
Pibe chorro
Cinematography
The Black Frost
First Assistant Camera
Three farmers work on a farm in Entre Ríos, a sparsely populated lowland region of Argentina traversed by rivers. Their crops are affected by ‘black frost’ which threatens to destroy their harvest. One day, a young woman appears at their door; blithely and self-assuredly she begins to influence their familiar routines. The bewildered farmers yield to Alejandra’s interventions: she dons Heribertos’ dead wife’s clothes, accompanies Benigno to a greyhound race and wins young Lucas’ friendship. Shortly afterwards, the frost disappears.
El Lobo
Cinematography
The story reflects the life of several teenagers from a German colony in the province of Entre Ríos, some of whom want to leave, while others choose to stay in the village. Ferdinand, a young German who is in the colony to study his customs, disappears. This event will shock both young people and adults, as well as the police who will arrive to investigate.
Verano
Art Designer
Five challenging young men gather in a closed courtyard. The chords of a rock band emerge from the silence that the siesta emanates. Immutable, they play as time unfolds and loses the stability of the present.