U.S. Premiere of Martín Rejtman's RIDERS Kicks Off New 'Lost & Found' Series

U.S. Premiere of Martín Rejtman’s Documentary RIDERS

Kicks Off 'Lost & Found,' a New Ongoing Series Curated

by Matías Piñeiro and Carlos A. Gutiérrez

Presented by Anthology Film Archives and Cinema Tropical,

the Program Will Also Present the New York Premiere of

SILENT WITNESSES by Luis Ospina and Jerónimo Atehortúa

New York, despite its status as a world capital of cinema, regularly misses out on screenings of many key international films. Though the exhibition of Latin American cinema in the city has drastically increased over the years, a considerable number of influential movies from the region still fail to premiere locally.

In 2017, Anthology Film Archives and Cinema Tropical joined forces to create an ongoing series—programmed by filmmaker Matías Piñeiro and Carlos A. Gutiérrez, executive director of Cinema Tropical—of monthly screenings featuring remarkable Latin American films making their local premiere. We paused the series (formerly entitled “If You Can Screen It There”) following the pandemic, but we’re delighted to revive it now, rechristened as “Lost & Found: Cine(ma)s Latinoamericanos Re-Unidos.”

Far from minor works, the films included here are by some of the region’s most important filmmakers, have garnered major awards at international festivals, and provide an important window into the often-overlooked world of Latin American cinema.

The first installments of "Lost & Found" feature two exceptional works: the Argentine documentary Riders / El repartidor está en camino, directed by Martín Rejtman, in its U.S. premiere on Wednesday, May 7; and the Colombian film Silent Witnesses / Mudos testigos, directed by the late Luis Ospina and Jerónimo Atehortúa, in its New York premiere on Wednesday, June 25.

A key figure in the New Argentine Cinema, Rejtman presents his second documentary—a piercing yet humane portrait of Venezuelan delivery app workers in Buenos Aires during the pandemic. With precise visual composition and understated storytelling, Riders explores the intersections of migration, labor, and digital economies, while tracing the personal stories of two brothers navigating a new life far from home.

A poignant swan song from legendary Colombian filmmaker Luis Ospina and the feature debut of critic-producer Jerónimo Atehortúa, Silent Witnesses constructs a lyrical melodrama from fragments of Colombia’s lost silent film heritage. Weaving a story of doomed love and political resistance, the film is both a cinematic elegy and a radical act of archival resurrection.

Co-presented by Anthology Film Archives and Cinema Tropical, Lost & Found: Cine(mas)s Latinoamericanos Re-Unidos offers a unique opportunity to engage with the cultural and political richness of Latin American cinema—films too often left unseen, now brought into the light.