Emiliano Mazza de Luca (Montevideo, Uruguay, 1970) is a film director and producer. In 2010, he founded the production company Passaparola with a focus on auteur cinema. His work is characterized by experimentation in narrative forms, production design, and impactful distribution. Currently, he is developing the fiction film Las Despenadoras, a coming-of-age story with documentary elements and touches of fantasy cinema, co-produced with Mexico, Brazil, and France. He is also working on the creative documentary Pax In Lucem, exploring the life of the Uruguayan-Catalan artist Joaquín Torres-García to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his birth. Mazza de Luca's filmography includes notable works such as Multitudes (2014, Uru), Nueva Venecia (2016, UY, Col, MX), which won the Best Documentary award at the Biarritz Ameríque Latine festival, and Vida a Bordo (2018, UY), where he ventured into cine-concerts with the Montevideo Symphonic Band and cine performances in Buenos Aires and Amsterdam. As a tutor, he founded Kaleidoskopik, an Agency for Training, Development, and Impact, using cinema as a tool for awareness and visibility to create new experiences that bring about social change. He lives and works in Mexico City.

This edition will focus on the technical script of the documentary in development, Pax in Lucem, prior to the filming stage in Spain. The film explores the trajectory of the renowned Uruguayan-Catalan artist Joaquín Torres García, starting with the discovery of fragments from the famous mural lost in the fire at the museum in Rio de Janeiro in 1978. Alejandro (great-grandson of Torres García and Director of the museum) and Emiliano (film director), lifelong friends, journey through the cities where Torres García lived, tracing his footsteps that still endure through time.

This edition of FAARA Sur is carried out in partnership with the Arca International Film Festival on Arts.