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 Atzin Ortiz González, contributing blogger The first solo film by director Tamae Garateguy, (she co directed “UPA! Una película argentina” in 2006) is a rarity within the Argentinean cinema: a genre flick that moves between the homage and the parody, a movie within a movie, a gore fest, and a meta-comentary about cinema, which … Continue reading »
by Cecilia Baron, contributing blogger It is not a very hopeful picture that emerges from Elefante Blanco (white elefant) the latest film byArgentine director Pablo Trapero. Thefast-paced story centered around two priests who minister to a sprawling slum in Buenos Aires, and who fall victim to the violence they are trying to combat with love. … Continue reading »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
