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 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 »
The 2011 Cannes film festival will have the short film Soy tan feliz, byVladimir Durán, produced by Gale Cine and Servo Films from Argentina in competition for the Golden Palm award, after winning best short film in the 2011 BAFICI (Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival).
by Fer Murjica, contributing blogger From April 6th until April 17th, different cinemas in Buenos Aires will be hosting the BAFICI (Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival) showing a selection with more than 426 different independent films from Argentina and all over the world. Starting yesterday and until April 6th, people will be able to … Continue reading »
by Amelia Batho, contributing blogger As you can see from our blog, Argentina has a fantastic spectrum of film festivals – Green, Short – and no subtleties to this one either – Unusual. ‘Amores Furtivos’ is the title of this months 6th annual Unusual Film Festival here in Buenos Aires. All the films in some … Continue reading »
by Amelia Batho, Contributing Blogger Right now the environment is a hot topic and a major concern for many of us from all different walks of life. So why not combine your love of film with your concern for all things green and head down to the Green Film Festival taking place from the 12th … Continue reading »
by Tracey Chandler, Contributing Blogger Check out this short clip from the Human Rights Festival about massive rape of women in Kenya (it’s in English): Buenos Aires really is a great place for film and more than that, there’s always a way to be able to see a film in the capital on the cheap … Continue reading »
By Tracey Chandler, Contributing Blogger The two week Cannes Film Festival this year (12th – 23rd May 2010) promises to be a great fortnight for Argentine Cinema. Indeed, it is likely to be a great fortnight for South American Cinema in general, with unexpected strong entries from countries like Venezuela, Uruguay and Peru making appearances … Continue reading »
There are festivals that are more competitive, that have more money, and that end up in more distribution deals, but few are as fun, as widely attended and as culturally important as BAFICI, the annual Buenos Aires festival that celebrates the weird, quirky and just plain good of global cinema. BAFICI started in 1999 and … Continue reading »
Last year our documentary short “Hombre Vs Meteorito” (Man vs. Meteorite) was selected to participate in SLAFF and we wanted to pass on the news that the competition is now accepting entries. It’s a great festival because it shows films to the large Argentine/Chilean immigrant community in Sydney, Australia and also values films that are … Continue reading »
