Roberto Barbery Mier

JO É PU

Argentina, 2018, 26′ 40”

Eva is filled with existential emptiness, orbiting a world that is closing in on her: a journey that she sees as her only way out. Hypersensitive Javier has nothing in common with Eva, except that they both navigate the same treacherous precipice. They cross paths with strange characters who bring deeply buried parts of themselves to the surface; encounters that challenge them and leave a scar. Are love and freedom a delusion? Or just empty words that chance upon meaning?

Roberto Barbery Mier
Actor, writer and director originally from La Paz, Bolivia. He has previously studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in New York (2002-2005). In 2005 he lands his film debut as an actor, playing a co protagonist role in the film American Visa (Bolivia/Mexico, 2005). In 2007 he won the best actor award for the short film, Hueco, at the Fenavid International Film Festival of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He studied photography at Centro de la Imagen in Lima, Peru (2010-2011). In 2013, he plays a small role in the feature film, Cuando los Hombres Quedan Solos (Bolivia). In 2016 his short story, Chicas G, is published by OOMPH´s literary journal´s first book, “Contemporary Works in Translation: A Multilingual Anthology (Vol. 1). He worked in the programming of Artistic Content and Activities for the festival Kidzapalooza (a festival/event for children that takes place within the music festival Lollapalooza Argentina), where he also worked as a Production Assistant, organizing the human and technical resources for the event, before and during (2015-2017). Jo é Pu is his first film that he writes and directs.