by Amy Ramirez, contributing blogger Originally a documentary about a group of girls in Villa 31 shantytown, Goals for Girls has evolved to incorporate the point of view of women from all walks of life that play soccer either for fun or professionally. Interviews with journalists, scientists, and people in the world of women’s soccer … Continue reading »
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Shantytown Residents Film Their Own Movie
by Amelia Batho, Contributing Blogger No make up, no set, no fake guns needed. In this movie, the slum dwellers acted, shot and scripted a movie that reflects their own violent reality. Far from the glamor of Palermo and the pleasing aesthetics of San Telmo architecture, in the neighborhood of Barracas lies a Buenos Aires … Continue reading »
Video Workshop Underway: Girls go to Cinema for the first time!
For many girls on the Villa 31 soccer team, “Las Aliadas” (the allies), last Saturday night was the first time they saw a movie in a movie theater. It was a great experience: they loved the movie, the romantic comedy “Igualita a mi”, and even got their photo taken with Argentine television star Soledad Silvera. … Continue reading »
Ginger Gentile and “Goals for Girls: The Movie” on Expat Daily News
by Tracey Chandler, contributing blogger Read the in-depth interview on Expat Daily News that Ginger Gentile gave about the documentary film “Goals for Girls: The Movie,” that is being filmed at present by San Telmo Productions, Buenos Aires. http://www.expatdailynewssouthamerica.com/2010/06/expat-interview-with-documentary.html The interview is really detailed and shares a lot of information about the current film project … Continue reading »
“Goals for Girls The Movie” Now on Face Book!
If you want to stay on top of all the happenings of the latest documentary of San Telmo Productions, it’s never been easier than joining the facebook page which features a cool photo-montage, the award winning short and tons of micro-blogging and links to related films and news articles, all in English! The page was … Continue reading »
“Goals for Girls” gets BIG Article in Buenos Aires Newspaper
by Tracey Chandler, contributing blogger “Goals for Girls: The Movie” was featured recently in the new printed newspaper, El Tiempo, in their important Sunday edition and with a two-page spread. A scanned copy of the printed article (in Spanish) can be seen below. Click here to read the pdf format of the Article in El … Continue reading »
Facebook Page for Goals for Girls-Coming Soon!
by Tracey Chandler, contributing blogger Goals for Girls: The Movie is a full length documentary film that is currently being shot in Villa 31 shantytown in Buenos Aires and tracks the story of a group of girls from the slum that desperately wants to play football (soccer). They have built a team and play regularly. … Continue reading »
Goals for Girls makes The New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF)
by Tracey Chandler, contributing blogger The “Goals for Girls” documentary short, produced and directed by Ginger Gentile and Gabriel Balanovsky of San Telmo Productions in Buenos Aires, is proud to announce that it has entered into the official competition of The New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) which begins on July 27th and runs … Continue reading »
“Goals for Girls” Documentary’s Protagonists Excited about Video Workshop
Yesterday’s film shoot for “Goals for Girls” turned out to be more exciting than expected. While the goal for the shoot was to just get footage of the girls playing at a tournament outside of the shantytown, one of the girls got injured during a game when a player from the challenging team kicked her … Continue reading »
“Goals for Girls” Documentary Mentioned in EH Star Newspaper
Sometimes its good to be the local girl . . . we’re kicking off our fundraising drive for our feature doc Goals for Girls and I just got this mention from my local hometown paper in East Hampton, NY. And I’m lucky that my hometown is filled with Hollywood insiders and one of the top … Continue reading »
