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“Villa” Takes Public on Wild Ride through the Slums of Buenos Aires
by Marfa Nekrasova, contributting blogger Buenos Aires, the most European looking city in South America, still has its dark parts – shantytowns called Villas that spread out along the city´s edges. “Villa”, a movie by Ezio Massa, shows us this harsh reality through the stories of three teenage boys desperate to watch the football world … Continue reading
Pompeya takes viewers on a wild ride through Argentina´s crime world
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
Elefante Blanco: Priests, slums, sex, drugs. Argentina’s “City of God”?
by Cecilia Baron, contributing blogger It is not a very hopeful picture that emerges from Elefante Blanco (white elefant) the latest film byArgentine director Pablo Trapero. Thefast-paced story centered around two priests who minister to a sprawling slum in Buenos Aires, and who fall victim to the violence they are trying to combat with love. … Continue reading
Shantytown Residents Film Their Own Movie
by Amelia Batho, Contributing Blogger No make up, no set, no fake guns needed. In this movie, the slum dwellers acted, shot and scripted a movie that reflects their own violent reality. Far from the glamor of Palermo and the pleasing aesthetics of San Telmo architecture, in the neighborhood of Barracas lies a Buenos Aires … Continue reading
Video Workshop Underway: Girls go to Cinema for the first time!
For many girls on the Villa 31 soccer team, “Las Aliadas” (the allies), last Saturday night was the first time they saw a movie in a movie theater. It was a great experience: they loved the movie, the romantic comedy “Igualita a mi”, and even got their photo taken with Argentine television star Soledad Silvera. … Continue reading
Ginger Gentile and “Goals for Girls: The Movie” on Expat Daily News
by Tracey Chandler, contributing blogger Read the in-depth interview on Expat Daily News that Ginger Gentile gave about the documentary film “Goals for Girls: The Movie,” that is being filmed at present by San Telmo Productions, Buenos Aires. http://www.expatdailynewssouthamerica.com/2010/06/expat-interview-with-documentary.html The interview is really detailed and shares a lot of information about the current film project … Continue reading
“Goals for Girls The Movie” Now on Face Book!
If you want to stay on top of all the happenings of the latest documentary of San Telmo Productions, it’s never been easier than joining the facebook page which features a cool photo-montage, the award winning short and tons of micro-blogging and links to related films and news articles, all in English! The page was … Continue reading
“Goals for Girls” gets BIG Article in Buenos Aires Newspaper
by Tracey Chandler, contributing blogger “Goals for Girls: The Movie” was featured recently in the new printed newspaper, El Tiempo, in their important Sunday edition and with a two-page spread. A scanned copy of the printed article (in Spanish) can be seen below. Click here to read the pdf format of the Article in El … Continue reading
Facebook Page for Goals for Girls-Coming Soon!
by Tracey Chandler, contributing blogger Goals for Girls: The Movie is a full length documentary film that is currently being shot in Villa 31 shantytown in Buenos Aires and tracks the story of a group of girls from the slum that desperately wants to play football (soccer). They have built a team and play regularly. … Continue reading
Filming in Argentina: The blog of San Telmo Productions 