Exclusive Trailer for Nicolás Pereda’s Berlinale, TIFF, and NYFF Selection Everything Else Is Noise

Following its acclaimed world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, Nicolás Pereda’s witty, deadpan comedy Everything Else Is Noise (Lo demás es ruido) is coming to North America. Ahead of a premiere in the Wavelengths section of the 51st Toronto International Film Festival, followed by its U.S. premiere in the Main Slate of the 64th New York Film Festival, we’re pleased to exclusively unveil the new trailer. Recently picked up by Pragda for a North American release, the film follows a television interview with a contemporary composer that spirals into a comedic chamber piece of tensions and old affections.

Here’s the New York Film Festival synopsis: “In this incandescent yet barbed comic portrait of a family of musicians, a middle-aged composer named Tere (Teresita Sánchez) allows her friend and colleague Rosa (Rosa Estela Juárez Vargas) to use her apartment to film a television interview. When no-nonsense Tere and her waggish cellist daughter Luisa (Luisa Pardo) join in the process, the recording opens up a quietly revealing space—despite persistent technical hiccups and sound disruptions. Confirming his status as one of contemporary international cinema’s most skilled balancers of realism and subtle absurdity, Mexican filmmaker Nicolás Pereda (Lázaro at Night, NYFF62) has crafted a gratifyingly funny, minimalist tale about music-making that keeps uncovering new edges—it’s both a feminist-minded domestic comedy about professionally ingrained sexism and an exploration of the creative impulse itself. A Pragda release.”

“What really captured me about Everything Else Is Noise is how risky and hilariously political the film is— the kind of film we so need nowadays,” said Marta Sánchez, CEO of Pragda, upon the acquisition. “We are especially excited to begin a broader collaboration with Nicolás Pereda, whose body of work represents one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary cinema. Nicolás has built an internationally recognized canon that has screened at leading festivals including Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Toronto and Locarno. Now is the time for wider North American audiences to celebrate his talent fully.”

See the exclusive trailer premiere below: