Viva el Cine: Latin American Films
Elder Son / Hijo mayor
Cecilia Kang
Director's bio
Cecilia Kang
Cecilia Kang, born in Buenos Aires in 1985 to South Korean immigrant parents, is an Argentine-Korean filmmaker whose work explores themes of migration, identity, and generational conflict; a graduate of ENERC, she first gained recognition with Mi último fracaso (2017) and Partió de mí un barco llevándome (2023), before making her fiction feature debut with Hijo Mayor (2025), a co-production between Argentina and France that follows a Korean-Argentine family navigating tradition and freedom, earning her the Best Emerging Director Award at the Locarno Film Festival and establishing her as a rising voice in Latin American cinema.
Synopsis
Lila, a young Korean-Argentinean girl, navigates the contradictions of her identity and tries to find her place in the world. Her father, Antonio, who arrived in South America 18 years ago, had decided to bet everything on the promise of a young immigrant's dream.
Details of Cast
Kim Chang Sung , Suh Sang Bin , Anita B Queen
Details of Crew
DoP: Victoria Pereda Editor: Lorena Moriconi Music: El Asesino del Romance Sound Design: Gaspar Scheuer
Producer Details
Juan Pablo Miller
Writer Details
Cecilia Kang
Stills
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- International Competition (14)
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- World Cinema (57)
- Country Focus : Vietnam (5)
- Indian Cinema Now (7)
- Kaleidoscope (8)
- Malayalam Cinema Today (12)
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- Spirit of Cinema (1)
- The Global Griot : Sissako's Cinematic Journey (5)
- Signatures In Motion (4)
- Festival Favourites (13)
- Saeed Mirza Retrospective (3)
- Ritwik Ghatak Centenary (4)
- Youssef Chahine Retrospective (3)
- Garin Nugroho: The Poetic Archipelago (5)
- The Suvarna Legacy : Suvarna Chakoram (17)
- Her Lens Her Voice (5)
- The Pantheon of IFFK: Lifetime (10)
- From Under The Olive Tree (4)
- 50 Years of Rajeevnath (1)
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