Rara (film)
# Rara (film)

Rara is a 2016 Chilean-Argentine coming-of-age comedy film directed by Pepa San Martín, written by Alicia Scherson, and starring Julia Lübbert and Mariana Loyola. It is the first feature film produced by Manufactura de Películas, based in Santiago, and co-produced by Le Tiro Cine, from Buenos Aires.

Rara won the Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival in 2016, and received an Horizontes Latinos Award at the 64th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2016.

## Plot

Sara, a 13-year-old girl, faces challenges with school, boys, hiding a secret from her best friend, and her parents quarreling. She has no problems with her mother living with another woman, even if her father does not agree.

## Cast

* Julia Lübbert as Sara
* Emilia Ossandón as Catalina
* Mariana Loyola as Paula
* Agustina Muñoz as Lía
* Daniel Muñoz as Víctor
* Sigrid Alegría as Nicole
* Coca Guazzini as Icha
* Enrique Bustamante as school counselor
* Luz Croxatto as Eugenia
* Claudia Celedón as Ximena
* Micaela Cristi as Pancha
* Nicolás Vigneaux as Julián

## Awards

| Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Generation Kplus International Jury Award | Pepa San Martín | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best First Feature Award | Pepa San Martín | Nominated |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Silver Bear | Pepa San Martín | Nominated |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | Horizontes Latinos Award | Pepa San Martín | Winner |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | Sebastiane Latino Award | Pepa San Martín | Winner |
| Jerusalem Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize | Pepa San Martín | Nominated |
| Seattle International Film Festival | New Directors | Pepa San Martín | Nominated |
| Lisbon Gay & Lesbian Film Festival | Best Feature | Pepa San Martín | Winner |
| Lisbon Gay & Lesbian Film Festival | Best Actress | Julia Lübbert | Winner |
| Caleuche Awards | Best Lead Actress | Julia Lübbert | Winner |
| Caleuche Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Mariana Loyola | Winner |
| Platino Awards | Best Fiction Debut | Rara | Nominated |
| Platino Awards | Film and Education in Values | Rara | Nominated |
| Pedro Sienna Awards | Best Fiction Feature | Rara | Winner |
| Pedro Sienna Awards | Best Director | Pepa San Martín | Nominated |
| Pedro Sienna Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Mariana Loyola | Winner |
