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Hijo Mayor | Directed by Cecilia Kang

An emotional cartography based on a family's migration from post-war South Korea t oArgentina. They break traditions to get against what is expected of them, delineating unexplored paths through painful acts of freedom.

With Anita B Queen, Chang Sung Kim, Sang Bin Sun

Director of photography: Victoria María Pereda Sound: Gaspar Scheuer Sound Editor: Remy Crouzet Production designer: Lucas Hernán Koziarski Color grading: Emmanuel Fortin Editor : Lorena Moriconi

In Vivo Films (France), Tarea Fina (Argentina)
120 minutes / Drama / 2025

With the support of:

▸ Aide aux cinémas du monde - CNC, Institut Français

▸ World Cinema Fund

▸ Région Nouvelle Aquitaine - Fond Film

Born in Buenos Aires in 1985, Cecilia studied Filmmaking at E.N.E.R.C. She wona scholarship at the "Cinema Lab" dictated by Martin Rejtman and Andrés di Tella at UTDT. She participated in the workshop "Labour in a single shot" dictated by Harun Farocki and Antje Ehman. In 2018, she participated in Berlinale Talents. She made several short films which took part of international film festivals, such as "Videojuegos" (Videogames) which was screened in more than 30 festivals around the world (Berlinale 2015 - Official Competition "Generation") and obtained different awards. During 2016, "Mi ultimo fracaso" (My last failure), her first documentary film, was released in the Argentine Competition of the 18th BAFICI (2016).

HIJO MAYOR (Elder Son) is her first feature fiction film and she is currently developing her second documentary feature "Partiо́ de mí un banco llevándome" (A Ship Set Sail From Me).