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 »
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2013 BAFICI Winners
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 »
BAFICI Documentaries: Profiles of Artists that are anything but Biopics
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 »
BAFICI: My First Million Viewers. A Roundtable of Film Success Stories
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 »
2013 BAFICI (Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival): What to see and Where to see it
Want to check out the 2013 BAFICI (April 10th to April 21st)? Blogger Benjamin Harguindey tells you what´s hot, what´s already sold out and even how to buy tickets to the most popular film festival in Argentina. Continue reading »
12th Annual BAFICI: Winners
by Lauren Pringle BAFICI (Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival) fever has swept the city and left many hands golden, including some local talent sweeping the boards with success. The stats prove that this year’s BAFICI was a smash hit. A total of 350 million people participated in this year’s event, 15% more than last … Continue reading »
BAFICI line up Announced!
by Lauren Pringle, Contributing Blogger Hold onto your hats, the date is growing ever close to the 14th annual Buenos Aires Festival de Cine Independiente (Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival) to be held from April 11th to April 19th, 2012. Boasting an array of local and global talent, this year BAFICI will be opened … Continue reading »
Argentine Film Festival in London
by Sophie barr, contributing blogger Following in the footsteps of the successful London Latin American Film Festival, Argentina is bringing a superb collection of its films to British shores. Running from the 19th-22nd April 2012, the Argentine Film Festival in London is the first of its kind, and has all the potential to plant a … Continue reading »
Pantalla Pinamar Film Festival: Movies on the Beach
by Lauren Pringle, Contributing blogger For the 9th year Argentina collaborated with Europe to host Pantalla Pinamar set in an elegant beach town on the South Atlantic coast, which featured an array of talent from European and Argentine Cinema, including documentary, fictions and shorts. The gold prize winner of this year was: “NOT SO MODERN TIMES“, … Continue reading »
Argentina Government to fund hundreds of hours of TV Content
by Lauren Pringle, contributing blogger Funding for television content in Argentina has always been a challenge: the few private broadcasters that commission do so mainly in house or with associated production companies. This has kept independent producers out of the market, and limited the quantity of hours produced. A new initiative has been created by … Continue reading »
