by Benjamín Harguindey, contributing blogger Aída Bortnik (74) passed away on April 27th, 2013. Playwright, journalist and arguably one of Argentina’s most famous screenwriters, she penned the scripts for Oscar-nominated La tregua (The Truce, 1974) and La historia official (The Official Story, 1985) which was the first Argentine movie to win the Oscar for best … Continue reading »
Adolfo Aristarain, the highlighted director of the 2013 BAFICI, sits down with blogger Benjamin Harguindey and explains that Argentina now gives more money to a movie than Spain, and why he never watches his own movies. Continue reading »
by Benjamin Harguindey, contributing blogger The English film Berberian Sound Studio, by Peter Strickland, was voted Best Film of the International Official Selection of the BAFICI, and Santiago Loza’s La paz won best film in the Argentine Official Selection, as was announced today, Saturday, at noon at the Centro Cultural Recoleta, together with the rest … Continue reading »
by Marfa Nekrasova, contributing blogger Porteños consider it their duty to see at least one movie at BAFICI, and the blue program booklets of the festival can be seen in many bags and pockets on the “subte” and “colectivos”. The festival is becoming a symbol. Still it remains full of heart, with the long discussions … Continue reading »
By Benjamín Harguindey, contributting blogger In light of the 15th BAFICI, festival director Marcelo Panozzo hosted a roundtable (“without the table”, was the joke) on Thursday 11th with some of the country’s most successful filmmakers: directors Pablo Trapero, Juan Taratuto and Hernán Goldfrid, and producer Axel Kuschevatsky talked business and answered questions in an event … Continue reading »
by Marfa Nekrasova, contributing blogger Puerta de Hierro: El exilio de Perón (The Door of Iron: Peron’s Exile) follows 17 years of the legendary president Juan Perón, already without Eva, without Argentina, without power. He is just a man, an Argentinian exile in Spain, living with his wife Isabel, doing sports and going to doctors. … Continue reading »
by Francois Coulombe, contributing blogger Blood coming out of the head. Blood coming out of the mouth. Blood on the walls. Girls fighting in a blood pool. Blood sacrifice. Person sewing her own eyes shut (with blood coming out) If you’re a fan of horror, “Memory of the Dead” (La Memoria del Muerto) has it … Continue reading »
by Francois Coulombe, contributing blogger Loosely inspired from James Joyce‘s “Ulysses”, “Matrimonio” is a glimpse in the married life of Esteban (Darío Grandinetti) and Molly (Cecilia Roth). A typical mid aged couple who has stopped fuc… functioning. Esteban is going mad trying to patch his relationship and Molly is going insane over having a broken … Continue reading »
by Marfa Nekrasova, contributting blogger Buenos Aires, the most European looking city in South America, still has its dark parts – shantytowns called Villas that spread out along the city´s edges. “Villa”, a movie by Ezio Massa, shows us this harsh reality through the stories of three teenage boys desperate to watch the football world … Continue reading »
by Mariann Kun-Szabo, contributing blogger “The German Friend”, directed and co-produced by Jeanine Meerapfel, tells the love story of Sulamit, the daughter of German Jewish immigrants, and Friedrich, son of nazi immigrants, who met in Argentina in their childhood during the early 1950’s. Jeanine, director of “Anna’s Summer” (2001) and “The Girlfriend” (1988), is herself … Continue reading »
