By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey It’s been no secret that Argentine crime thriller The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos in Spanish) would be getting a US remake after winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2010. As of May 13th the cast and crew have been finally revealed: the … Continue reading
By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey With only a $20 million US dollar budget, oscar winner Juan José Campenella´s “Foosball” (Metagol) has already becomethe most watched Argentine movie of the year and an example of how Argentina can make animated films like Dreamworks, on a lower budget. Continue reading
by Atzin Ortiz González, contributing blogger “¡Atraco!” is a Spanish-Argentinean co production direced by Eduard Cortés that aims to be one of the season’s box office hits (105 000 viewers went on its first weekend). Starring Guillermo Francella, one of Argentina’s most popular actors, and taking the mythical robbery of Evita’s jewels in Madrid during … Continue reading
by Amy Ramirez, contributing blogger What is the easiest way to boost cultural pride in a country with a vastly underrated cinematic potential? Tax the films that are imposing a Hollywood cultural agenda! Argentina’s National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA) has begun to tax foreign blockbusters in order to promote the advancement of … Continue reading
by Henrietta Worthington, contributing blogger Written and directed by Sebastián Borensztein, “Un cuento chino” explores the idea of chance and the arbitrariness of events. This is Borensztein’s third feature film staring Ricardo Darin (star of Oscar winning “El secreto de sus ojos” and Oscar nominated “El hijo de la novia”). The film is distributed by … Continue reading
A great article written by our friend Sorrel Moseley-Williams “Although El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes) – a film with big names and a bigger budget estimated at US$2m – returned Argentine cinema to the spotlight after snapping up the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2010, the local industry is … Continue reading
Argentina Films producer Haddock and Calculus Spanish Films, the same as the Oscar-winning “The secret of their eyes” and “The Widows of Thursday, ” began pre-production on “Everyone has a plan” (Todos Tenemos un Plan) a film written and directed by Ana Piterbarg, which marks the film debut of Viggo Mortensen Argentina. Mortensen will star … Continue reading
by Rob Sykes, contributing blogger Within hours of the successful rescue of the 33 miners trapped 700 metres below ground in the Atacama Desert close to Copiapó in Northern Chile, speculation was rife about if, and when, a film would be produced. Last week it was announced that already one film is indeed underway; thanks … Continue reading
by Amelia Batho, contributing blogger Carancho, directed by Pablo Tapero, has been chosen to represent Argentina in the 2011 Oscars for ‘Best film in a foreign language’. It was chosen by a panel from the Academy of Arts and Cinematic science of Argentina, from a selection of five Argentine films. The other unsuccessful choices were, … Continue reading
One of the highest grossing Argentine films of all times and 2010’s Oscar Winner for best foreign language film will be remade by Hollywood. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Billy Ray will write and direct a new version of the Argentinian thriller “The Secret in Their Eyes” for Warner Bros., which is in negotiations to … Continue reading
Filming in Argentina: The blog of San Telmo Productions 