Guido Javier Turtula (Argentina)

Guido Javier Turtula is an Argentine director and screenwriter born in Buenos Aires. He studied Film Directing at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires and trained as a director and screenwriter with José Martínez Suárez, Aida Bortnik, Fernando Castets and Juan Campanella. He has directed actors and actresses such as Hugo Arana, Claudia Lapacó, Iride Mockert, Ornella D’Elia and Fernando Contigiani García, among others. His short film Ay, viejito, which was part of the selection of multiple national and international festivals, premiered in 2016. In 2020, his feature film project Adiós was selected by Mecenazgo de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. He is currently working on that project while serving as director and general producer of 4cuarenti2 Films.

Adiós — Maria and Octavio’s 50th wedding anniversary finds them at a dead end: Maria’s degenerative disease. Octavio, an eternal dreamer, fights against his own family to give her the most dignified end.