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Oscars: Argentina Submits Luis Ortega’s ‘Kill The Jockey’ To Best International Feature Film Race


'Kill the Jockey' debuted in competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival before going on to screen at TIFF.

On the day of the most important race of his career that will clear him of his debts from mobster boss Sirena (Daniel Gimenez Cacho), he has a severe accident, disappears from the hospital and wanders the streets of Buenos Aires. The film is produced by Rei Pictures’ Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli and Matías Roveda ( The Settlers, The Rescue, Zama); Ortega and Esteban Perroud via their production label El Despacho; Infinity Hill’s Axel Kuschevatzky and Cindy Teperman ( Argentina 1985); Warner Music Entertainment’s Charlie Cohen and Exile’s Nando Vila and Paz Lázaro. Executive producers include Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro, Isaac Lee, Ron Broitman, Federico Frágola, Phin Glynn, Delfina Montecchia, and Martín Fisner.

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