The documentary Borrando a Papá (Erasing Dad) was originally set to premiere on August 28th, but it was suddenly pulled down at the behest of a non-governmental organization that criticized its release. Directed by Ginger Gentile and Sandra Fernández Ferreira, and produced by San Telmo Productions Erasing Dad is about the plight of fathers that are “erased” from their children’s lives after a divorce or separation by the family court system that tends to rule against fathers. Continue reading
By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey Friday 4th saw the Argentine premiere of San Telmo Productions’ documentary Goals for Girls, about women’s association football in Argentina, where it is continually ridiculed and discredited. Directors Gabriel Balanovsky and Ginger Gentile were introduced by BAFICI director Marcelo Panozzo and engaged in a brief Q&A session after the screening along … Continue reading
By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey Variety reported in an article last week that Cepa Audiovisual (Argentina) is teaming with Epicentre Films (France) to co-produce Argentinian filmmaker Julia Solomonoff’s new film Nobody’s Watching, which will be shooting in both New York City and Buenos Aires “about 50/50 in English and Spanish”. This will mark Solomonoff’s first … Continue reading
By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey News from The Buenos Aires Herald: Celebrated Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel has had something of a career hiatus following the success of her Award-winning (Havana, Sundance, Berlin) trilogy of movies The Swamp (La ciénaga, 2001), The Holy Child (La niña santa, 2004) and The Headless Woman (La mujer sin cabeza, … Continue reading
By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey There may not be an official co-production legislation between Argentina and the Netherlands, but Dutch production company Waterland Film has kept busy bankrolling two new Argentine movies: The Third Side of the River, directed by Celina Murga and produced by none other than Martin Scorsese, and Two Gun Shots, directed … Continue reading
Help us take 1000 girls footballers and their families to see “Goals for Girls” (Mujeres con Pelotas) in the movies! Support our crowdfunding campaign on Idea.me for just $6 dollars you can take one girl to the film, transport included! Continue reading
by Atzin Ortiz, Contributing Blogger Writer-director Ana Piterbarg has a very ambitious plan for her debut: making a big budget (around 3 million dollars, co-produced with Fox International), crowd-pleasing existential thriller starring a Spanish-speaking Viggo Mortensen in a double role. Despite her best intentions, and having a top notch pedigree onboard, “Todos Tenemos Un Plan” … Continue reading
by Cecilia Baron, contributing blogger Anima Buenos Aires, directed by María Verónica Ramírez in collaboration with major Argentina graphic artists Pablo Faibre, Florencia Faivre ( Meado por los perros), Pablo Rodríguez Jauregui (Claustrópolis ), Carlos Nine (Bu-Bu ) and Caloi ( Mi Buenos Aires herido) interlaces four evocations of a mythical Buenos Aires. Each story … Continue reading
by Atzin Ortiz González, contributing blogger Milagros Mumenthaler’s solid debut “Abrir Puertas y Ventanas” has already gained the attention of critics throughout the world (it won Best Film and Best Actress for María Canale at the Locarno Film Festival, it has screened at Toronto, Guadalajara, La Havana, just to name a couple of festivals). Her … 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
Filming in Argentina: The blog of San Telmo Productions 