A young film director returns to Venezuela, inspired to make a film based on his father's life in the Amazon jungle (La Fortaleza, Jorge Thielen Armand). He casts Father to play himself. What starts as an act of love and ambition — filmmaking to more deeply understand the self, and the other — spirals into a process which confronts Father’s struggles with addiction and his life devoid of his son. EL FATHER PLAYS HIMSELF holds a steady lens to the way the act of cinema unearths, binds, heals and destroys.

Jorge Thielen Armand
Self
Jorge Thielen Hedderich
Self

Rodrigo Michelangeli
Self

Giger's Alien
Giger's Alien

Art Dealers
Art Dealers

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

The Souvenir: Reality / Fiction / Confusion / Inspiration
The Souvenir: Reality / Fiction / Confusion / Inspiration

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder

Full Tilt Boogie
Full Tilt Boogie

Stunts: A Taste for Risk
Stunts: A Taste for Risk