Landmarks (film)


Landmarks is a 2025 documentary film directed by Lucrecia Martel, it follows the murder of indigenous leader Javier Chocobar and the legacy of colonialism on Latin America.
The film had its world premiere out of competition in the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on 31 August 2025.
In October 2025, Landmarks won the Best Film award at the BFI London Film Festival, where director Lucrecia Martel also received critical praise for her exploration of post-colonial themes.

Premise

Nuestra Tierra examines issues of land ownership in Argentina and interrogates the role of this history in the murder of Javier Chocobar, a Chuschagasta leader in the struggle for indigenous land rights.

Production

Martel followed the case surrounding the 2009 murder of Javier Chocobar beginning in 2010 and attended the trial of Chocobar's murderer. In 2018, her documentary project about the case was awarded a grant through a joint program of the Sundance Documentary Film Program and the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Nuestra Tierra was also supported with a Pardo prize in the Films After Tomorrow section of the 2020 Locarno Film Festival, which highlighted unfinished productions that were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Release

The documentary had its world premiere out of competition in the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. It will also screen at the 2025 [New York Film Festival], and in competition at the 69th BFI London Film Festival.