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
Over 80 films are made in Argentina each year, most local productions, but now more and more Hollywood studios are lured to Argentina based on costs that can be 25% to 60% lower than similar costs in the US and the high quality of film technicians. Studio execs “want to know what is going on … Continue reading
We all love a little glamour (and let’s face it, often filmmaking is anything but glamorous) and the talk offered by Vanessa Ragone, had a bit of glamour when she unveiled the Oscar she won for producing “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (The Secret of Their Eyes). For a moment, all of us gathered yesterday … Continue reading
Slum Girl Soccer (Goles y Metas) has just been declared “of interest” by the INCAA, the Argentine Film Board. This will enable myself and my co-director/producer Gabriel Balanovsky to keep filming. We now have more than half of the financing in place, thanks to the INCAA. Now with this official stamp of approval, we are … Continue reading
Our latest short film was filmed in less than 6 hours with only 5 days of pre-production and a budget of less than $400 pesos (that´s less than 120 dollars!). “The Hooker & the Transvestite” is about a broke young woman who tries to prostitute herself in the transvestite red-light district. Comedy ensues. I´m not … Continue reading
Argentina produces more than 60 films annually that are commercially released (the number of super independent productions that don´t make it into cinemas is impossible to calculate, but let´s say, at least 100 more). Hollywood releases about twice that. In other words, a country with about 10% the population of the US manages to make … Continue reading
Yesterday, Gabriel Balanovsky, co-founder of San Telmo Productions, attended a seminar hosted by “Haciendo Cine” –a magazine devoted to helping filmmakers in Argentina–about the new funding guidelines set by the INCAA, the national film board. The seminar was given by renowned producers Verónica Cura and Hugo Castro Fau and gave a glimpse of the exciting … Continue reading
PROVINCE OF SAN LUIS San Luis government’s financing of films creates opportunities for projects that highlight the province’s stunning attributes. CENTRAL ARGENTINE PROVINCE DRAWS IN THE FILM CROWD WITH ATTRACTIVE INCENTIVE PACKAGES Several years ago the provincial administration of San Luis embarked on a bold and innovative plan to bring Hollywood to Argentina by … Continue reading
Most people think that filmakers spend long hours filming followed by long hours at the editing bay followed by long hours at swank film festivals, yelling “have your people call my people.” The truth is that most spend long periods of time looking for funding, and I´m no different. I´ve sold short docs to TV … Continue reading
The national film board, the INCAA (Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales) has just released new funding guidelines that will govern which fiction and documentary projects will be made in Argentina. For the first time, producers can apply for funds for already produced movies. Presently, a lot of movies are made with very small … Continue reading
Filming in Argentina: The blog of San Telmo Productions 