“GOALS FOR GIRLS: A STORY OF WOMEN WITH BALLS”, DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN TO PLAY FOOTBALL (SOCCER) IN ARGENTINA NOW AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS “Goals for Girls shows how powerful ideas about gender and biology, perpetuated by the media, sports industry, and families, can limit women´s lives – but female soccer players … Continue reading
By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey San Telmo Productions‘ feature length documentary Goals for Girls (Mujeres con pelotas, “Women with Balls” in Spanish) premiered May 8th after touring the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival the previous month, and has garnered some very positive reviews from the local and international press alike, including being covered by … Continue reading
By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey The 16th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) was given official closure this Saturday 12th in the Centro Cultural Recoleta at midday, and as always Ministry of Culture Hernán Lombardi reflected on the past twelve days of “the great celebration of Latin American cinema” alongside festival director Marcelo Panozzo. … 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 This Thursday the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) program was revealed at a press conference in Centro Cultural Recoleta. The 16th BAFICI boasts over 400 films from all over the world and will take place from April 2nd to 13th, with movies competing in the International (18 films), … Continue reading
Adolfo Aristarain, the highlighted director of the 2013 BAFICI, sits down with blogger Benjamin Harguindey and explains that Argentina now gives more money to a movie than Spain, and why he never watches his own movies. Continue reading
by Marfa Nekrasova, contributing blogger Porteños consider it their duty to see at least one movie at BAFICI, and the blue program booklets of the festival can be seen in many bags and pockets on the “subte” and “colectivos”. The festival is becoming a symbol. Still it remains full of heart, with the long discussions … Continue reading
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
Want to check out the 2013 BAFICI (April 10th to April 21st)? Blogger Benjamin Harguindey tells you what´s hot, what´s already sold out and even how to buy tickets to the most popular film festival in Argentina. Continue reading
by Francois Coulombe, contributing blogger Blood coming out of the head. Blood coming out of the mouth. Blood on the walls. Girls fighting in a blood pool. Blood sacrifice. Person sewing her own eyes shut (with blood coming out) If you’re a fan of horror, “Memory of the Dead” (La Memoria del Muerto) has it … Continue reading
Filming in Argentina: The blog of San Telmo Productions 