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Mar 31, 2023 · Local highlights include the three Argentine feature-length films in the international competition: actress Dolores Fonzi’s directorial debut Blondi, Juan Agustín Carbonere’s The Saint, and Southern Storm, directed by Edgardo Dieleke and Daniel Casabé.
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This year’s BAFICI continues with tweaks implemented after a few bumpy years. The festival directors aim to bring film back to the streets, primarily Buenos Aires’ answer to NYC’s Broadway, Corrientes Avenue. Just like in 2022, the epicenter of the festival will be around Corrientes — a street famous not just for its theater but also for its abunda...
In 2024, shortly before the commencement of BAFICI #25, Argentina’s new administration, led by Javier Milei with his emblematic chainsaw, cracked down on vast budgets across the country’s institutions, targeting administrative costs, public sector employment, and social programs, including those supporting the cultural sector. The National Institut...
Films at BAFICI are for those 18 and over, but kids aren’t excluded and it has a section dedicated to children and young adults. Since 2009, the BAFICITO category of the festival has offered films for children and families. Baficito features animated films, stop motion or live-action characters to surprise children and adults who are kids at heart....
Traditionally the city’s film students and other cinephiles dedicate their lives to seeing as many films as possible during BAFICI. You’d see them hanging around the theater all day with short breaks to visit local eateries and cafés, and hanging around the main theaters to hobnob with festival participants and other film-goers. In the five years b...
This edition will feature new films from directors Lav Diaz, Christian Petzold, Hong Sangsoo, Paul Schrader and Ira Sachs among others.More than 250 films will be exhibited with the cinemas in downtown Buenos Aires as the main axis.Entrance fee for films is AR$1500 (about US$1.50).For retirees, students and kids films the entrance is AR$200 (U.S. $0.20)Cacodelphia – Av. Pres. Roque Sáenz Peña 1150 Cinépolis, Plaza Houssay – Av. Córdoba 2135 El Cultural San Martín – Sarmiento 1551 Espacio INCAA Cine Gaumont – Av. Rivadavia 1635 Museo del Cine — Agustín R. Caffarena 51 Teatro San Martín – Av. Corrientes 1530
ARGENTINE FILM FESTIVAL from TODAY! DO NOT MISS some awesome films from ARGENTINA and participate in the post-film discussion with the Directors! Non-members of ICAF, please call on 8939022618 or...
Oct 9, 2017 · The Argentine Film Festival has officially begun! Here are some highlights from the lunch that some of our committee members have attended. It was a great start to mark the beginning of our...
- Viedma. (Viedma, la capital que no fue) Director: Jorge Leandro Colás. Runtime: 78 min. BAFICI Section: Noches especiales (Special Nights) In 1986, President Raúl Alfonsín attempted to move the Argentine capital to the small city of Viedma, in Río Negro province, the heart of deserted Patagonia.
- Better Call Joe. (Llamen a Joe) Director: Hernán Siseles. Runtime: 70 min. Bafici Section: Arts & Crafts. They call him the Rock Lawyer, a title he got in judicial hallways for his work with the Argentine rock music elite, from Charly García and Fito Páez to Luca Prodan, the late lead singer of Sumo.
- On the Know. (Los convencidos) Director: Martín Farina. Runtime: 61 min. Bafici Section: Argentine Official Competition. Passionate conversation can happen anywhere in the world, but there’s something clearly local in the way Argentines debate when they are absolutely convinced that they are in the right.
- Life in the Dark. (La vida a oscuras) Director: Enrique Bellande. Runtime: 73’ Bafici Section: Argentine Official Competition. Director Enrique Bellande had a hand in some of the most significant local audiovisual hits: he worked in the sound department of the landmark film Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (1998), worked as music supervisor for the series Okupas (2000), and directed Ciudad de María, the first winner of Bafici Argentine Competition back in 2002.
Sep 20, 2024 · Some films already screened this year — according to the festival’s website — include “Ni Héroe Ni Traidor,” which was shown Aug. 28 and follows an Argentinian man who dreams of going to...
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Oct 12, 2024 · The LatinUs Theater is hosting the Latino International Film Festival, the first-ever fest of its kind in the Greater Cleveland area. The festival invites the community and industry professionals to participate in film screenings, panel discussions and networking opportunities from Friday to Sunday.
