By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey There is exactly one grade-A international film festival in all of Latin America, and that is the Mar del Plata International Film Festival. The festival goes as far back as 1954 and is a regular source of pride to Argentinians as the most ancient and prestigious of its kind. The … Continue reading
by Marfa Nekrasova, contributing blogger Puerta de Hierro: El exilio de Perón (The Door of Iron: Peron’s Exile) follows 17 years of the legendary president Juan Perón, already without Eva, without Argentina, without power. He is just a man, an Argentinian exile in Spain, living with his wife Isabel, doing sports and going to doctors. … Continue reading
by Amy Ramirez, contributing blogger Willem Dafoe, 600 events, 230 movies, oh my! The Mar del Plata International Film Festival began its 26th edition on the 5th of this month and will continue until the 13th. Subsidized by INCAA (National Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts), this year’s festival will feature a number of special … Continue reading
by Rob Sykes, contributing blogger It was a week-long gorge on cutting edge cinema from around the globe at the 2010 Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Whilst opinions were no doubt banded around, divided and reconciled at various times during the week, the real prizes were handed out at Sunday’s glitzy closing ceremony. Jerzy … Continue reading
by Rob Sykes, contributing blogger Most famous for its fishing port and stretches of sandy beaches which attract thousands of Argentinean sun bathers every summer, for the next week Mar del Plata, on Argentina’s Atlantic coast, sees the return of an event of more high brow cultural significance. The 25th Mar del Plata Film Festival … Continue reading
By Tracey Chandler, contributing blogger Winner of Best Film of Mar del Plata Film Festival 2009, World Cinema Cinematography Award for Dramatic Filmmaking premiers in Argentina. “El hombre de al lado,” (The Man Next Door) written by Andrés Duprat and directed by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn, is an excellent film not only because of … Continue reading
Filming in Argentina: The blog of San Telmo Productions 