TropiChat, an ongoing series that features conversations with renowned Latin American filmmakers, presents a talk with one of Mexico’s most accomplished young filmmakers, Fernando Eimbcke. He will be discussing his work, including his acclaimed Minimalist debut feature film Temporada de patos (Duck season), as well as his follow-up, the award-winning deadpan dramedy Lake Tahoe, a Film Movement release opening at Anthology Film Archives on July 10. The conversation will be moderated by Gavin Smith, editor of Film Comment.

Fernando Eimbcke was born in Mexico City in 1970, and completed his cinematography studies in 1996 at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos. His work includes several short films and music videos. In 2004, he wrote and directed his first feature film Temporada de patos (Duck season), which was featured in the 43rd Critics’ Week at Cannes 2004, and nearly ninety international festivals. Co-written with Paula Markovitch, his most recent film, Lake Tahoe, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and has won numerous awards internationally.

Photo courtesy of the filmmaker