Tragic news has hit the headlines this week with news about filming in Argentina. Two helicopters carrying French sports stars filming a popular European reality show crashed in a remote part of Argentina, killing 10 people, including two Olympic medal winners and a sailing champion, authorities have said. The helicopters apparently collided in the air … Continue reading
by Lauren Pringle, contributing blogger Argentinians Armando Bo and Nicolas Giacobone along with Mexican Director Alejandro González Iñárritu and Alexander Dinelaris Jr. took home’ Best Original Screenplay’ at this Years 87th Academy Awards. The glitz and glamour was out in full force on Sunday 22nd February’s Oscar ceremony. Argentina was represented in the ‘Best Foreign … Continue reading
Hot of the press! Argentina has been nominated for another Best Foreign Film award at the 2015 Academy awards. Just 4 years after the win of Juan José Campanella’s ‘The Secret in his Eyes’, Argentina is really making a stand on the international film front. This year two Latin American countries were on the shortlist … Continue reading
Emma Watson films German action film with Buenos Aires doubling as Chile. At the same time a romantic comedy from the US uses Buenos Aires as a New York location double. Continue reading
Buenos Aires, Argentina-November 7th, 2014-Civil Court Judge Guillermo Blanch orderd on October 21st that “Erasing Dad” (original title: Borrando a Papá) cannot be shown in Argentina until three minutes of the film are removed and ordered Youtube and Google to block the film in Argentina. As of November 2nd, Youtube has blocked the video within … Continue reading
By Benjamín Harguindey The president of the Argentinian INCAA Film Institute, Lucrecia Cardoso, has recently created a specific kind of funding for horror movie production in Argentina. A call for applications will launch shortly, after which two projects will be selected by the state for financing. Recent genre pieces include vampire movie Darkness by Day (2013), … Continue reading
By Benjamín Harguindey Damián Szifron’s “Wild Tales” (Relatos salvajes) made box-office history this weekend in Argentina, informed The Hollywood Reporter, opening with 450,000 tickets (an approximate $2.5 million dollars) and setting a new record not just for any movie launch of 2014 so far, but any Argentinian movie ever released as well. The movie launched … Continue reading
By Benjamín Harguindey The Ardor (El Ardor) spawns from Argentina’s National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA) and Brazil’s National Cinema Agency (ANCINE) renewed Film/Audiovisual Co-production Agreement, which produces two movies a year since 2011. The director is Argentinian Pablo Fendrik, whose Blood Appears (La sangre brota) won at the 61° Cannes Film Festival … Continue reading
By Benjamín Harguindey Argentina is considered a “tastemaker” market in South America, coveted for positioning films for favorable runs around the continent. But currency restraints have recently prevented Hollywood studios like Disney and Paramount from cashing in on box office blockbusters distributed around the country, a result of Argentina’s devalued currency. Consequently, many of these US … Continue reading
By Benjamín Harguindey Wild Tales (Relatos Salvajes) is easily the most hyped movie of the year: an international big-budget co-production signed by Pedro Almodóvar, scored by Academy Award winner Gustavo Santaolalla, directed by the immensely popular TV showrunner Damián Szifron (in a comeback no less) and featuring a star-studded cast of A-list actors such as Ricardo … Continue reading
Filming in Argentina: The blog of San Telmo Productions 