Lucio Castro

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Lucio Castro received a BFA from the Center for Film Experimentations of Buenos Aires before moving to New York to study at Parsons School of Design. His debut feature, End of the Century (Fin de siglo), premiered at New Directors/New Films at MoMA New York in 2019 before screening at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema where it won the Best Film Award in the National Competition. End of the Century was screened at various international festivals and gained distribution in 16 countries. Indiewire called it “one of the most evocative gay films of the decade” and Michael Koresky selected it as one of the best films of the decade for Film Comment. The Guardian named it the 5th best queer film of the past 25 years.

His second full-length film, from an original script that he wrote, After This Death, was produced by Kindred Spirit and David Hinojosa and feature Mia Maestro, Lee Pace, Rupert Friend, Gwendoline Christie and Phil Ettinger in the leading roles. It premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2025.

Castro’s third feature film, Drunken Noodles, had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the ACID Section in May 2025.

He is also currently writing the adaptation of Loitering with Intent by one of his favorite writers, Muriel Spark, with the support of Film4 and produced by 42 Films and Kristy Wilson-Cairns (1912, Last Night in Soho).