Kill the Jockey

Kill the Jockey
Theatrical release poster
SpanishEl jockey
Directed byLuis Ortega
Written byFabian Casas
Luis Ortega
Rodolfo Palacios
Produced byCharlie Cohen
Benjamín Doménech
Santiago Gallelli
Axel Kuschevatzky
Paz Lázaro
Isaac Lee
Luis Ortega
Esteban Perroud
Matias Roveda
Cindy Teperman
Starring
CinematographyTimo Salminen
Production
companies
  • Rei Pictures
  • El Despacho
  • Infinity Hill
  • Exile Content
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 29 August 2024 (2024-08-29) (Venice)
  • 26 September 2024 (2024-09-26) (Argentina)
  • 30 May 2025 (2025-05-30) (Spain)
  • 2 July 2025 (2025-07-02) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes
Countries
  • Argentina
  • Mexico
  • Spain
  • Denmark
  • United States
LanguageSpanish

Kill the Jockey (Spanish: El jockey) is a 2024 sports comedy-drama thriller film co-written and directed by Luis Ortega, starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart alongside Úrsula Corberó and Daniel Giménez Cacho.

The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Lion and the Queer Lion. The film was selected as the Argentine entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.