Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires Ministerio de Cultura

13th BAFICI News

THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF AN UNFORGETTABLE FESTIVAL

BALANCE POSITIVO DE UN FESTIVAL INOLVIDABLE 18 Mon 2011

300 thousand people participated in a celebration of the world’s best independent cinema, which ended last Sunday with positive results from all points of view. The festival numbers include: 210 thousand tickets sold, 1083 screenings and 438 films featured (100 short, 307 feature and 31 medium-length films), with the participation of 300 international guests—comprising actors, directors, producers and film critics from the five continents. Among these figures, Argentina’s participation is remarkable. 113 titles were screened, with a good amount of debut films, what highlights one of the premises of the Festival: to be the international launching pad, in the best possible scenario, for a generation of young filmmakers who find here a dream screen for their emerging talent.

OPEN AIR CINEMA: LAST SCREENINGS

CINE AL AIRE LIBRE: ÚLTIMAS FUNCIONES 17 Sun 2011

On the last day of the 2011 BAFICI, the festival offers great movies for all ages, shown in free screenings at beautiful public spaces of the city. Here is Sunday’s line-up for Pasaje Carlos Gardel: Cuchillo de palo by Renata Costa (3.00pm), Soi cumbio by Andrea Yanning (5.00pm) and El hombre que baila by Sergio Aisenstein and Pablo Pintos, based on the life, work and legend of the great tango dancer Héctor Mayoral (photo). Later, the last screening of Little Bafici will be held at 7.30, at Plaza San Martín de Tours in Recoleta, with the exhibition of shorts selected from the Expotoons Animation Festival and the film 31 minutos, la película, directed by Alvaro Díaz and Pedro Peirano.

AWARDS NIGHT CEREMONY

NOCHE DE PREMIACIONES 17 Sun 2011

A long, sincere thank-you note for the Best Feature Film award in the International Official Selection, sent from France by director Sylvain George, closed the awards ceremony of the 13th BAFICI, last Saturday night at La Trastienda Club, Buenos Aires. Before that, presented by actress Mirtha Busnelli, winners of the different sections of the festival stepped up one by one. The final photo, which illustrates this news article, shows the smiling faces of the winners—and in some cases of those who received the awards on their behalf. The same satisfaction radiated from the BAFICI organization team members, and those who participated with their art: this was surely one the best years of this internationally renowned festival, one of the major cultural events that Buenos Aires has to offer in its rich annual calendar of activities.

LITTLE BAFICI IN CONCERT

BAFICITO EN CONCIERTO 16 Sat 2011

One of the program highlights of the 2011 “Little Bafici”—already coming to an end—is happening today, Saturday, in the afternoon, starting at 6.00pm at Cine Teatro 25 de Mayo in Villa Urquiza (a few meters away from the intersection of Triunvirato and Olazábal). “Plácido y los refranes animados” is the name of a series of animated shorts which will be featured with live music played by the Children and Youth Orchestras of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires (photo), written and directed by Gabriel Chwjonik. Important notice: tickets for the show can be picked up at the theater box-office as of 11.00 am.

FESTIVAL WINNERS ANNOUNCED

SE ANUNCIARON LOS GANADORES 16 Sat 2011

On Saturday, at noon, the 2011 BAFICI winners were announced in the different sections of the festival. The French film Qu'ils reposent en révolte (des figures des guerres) by Sylvian George, about the harsh conditions in which African immigrants live in Europe, received the major award in the International Official Selection and also the FIPRESCI prize. In this category, the jury recognized El estudiante, by Santiago Mitres with a special award. On its part, La carrera del animal by Nicolás Grosso won “Best Film” in the Argentine Official Selection. The “Best Director” award in the international competition went to Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari, for Attenberg, while Román Cárdenas won the category in the Argentine competition for his film Las Piedras. In the Short Films Competition, the following films were awarded: El juego by Benjamín Naishtat (Argentina/ France), Soy tan feliz by Vladimir Durán (Argentina) and La fiesta de casamiento by Gastón Margolin and Martín Morgenfeld (Argentina).

ALONG THE COSMIC BELT…

POR LA CINTURA COSMICA 15 Fri 2011

An interesting exercise of exploration and portrayal of social themes made by German documentary maker Thomas Heise in Río Blanquito, Salta, 18 kilometers away from Orán, at the foot of the Andes. That’s where Solar System was filmed, the project funded by the Goethe Institut on the occasion of the Argentine Bicentennial under the concept of “German Visions of Latin America.” The film, which was given such title because—the director says—is “universal, about landscapes and seasons, beginnings and endings,” will be screened today, Friday, at 6.30pm at Arteplex Belgrano. Tickets are on sale at www.festivales.gob.ar and at the movie theatre.

LAST MUSIC NIGHT

ÚLTIMA NOCHE DE MÚSICA 15 Fri 2011

Today, Friday, at 10.00pm, the last concert of the “Little Night Music” series will take place at the Meeting Point Auditorium, with the performance of Malyevados (photo), a quartet that plays tango as well as other music styles composed of Alejo Villadino (guitar, accordion and vocals), Claudio Rinaldi (guitar and keyboards), Santiago Pedroncini (trumpet, banjo and ukulele) and Antonio Oyuela (bandoneón and backing vocals). They will close the 2011 fine music concert series, which has always gathered an enthusiastic and loyal audience, and featured a varied and interesting line-up of artists: from Miss Bolivia’s reggae-cumbia, to The Supersonicos’ surf rock, through Sergio Pangaro’s decadent glamour, among others.

A CINEMATIC SATURDAY UNDER THE CITY SKY

SÁBADO DE CINE BAJO EL CIELO PORTEÑO 15 Fri 2011

The Open Air Cinema series offers attractive programming for this Saturday at Pasaje Carlos Gardel (on the corner with Anchorena, opposite the Abasto Shopping Mall) and Plaza San Martín de Tours (at the intersection of Schiaffino and Posadas, in Recoleta). Starting at 3.00pm in Abasto, the following films will be screened: Historias animadas para grandes, The Rati Horror Show by Enrique Piñeyro (5.00pm) and Creo que te amo by Germán Greco (7.00pm). At 7.30pm in Recoleta, Little Bafici will feature the screening of animated shorts selected from the Expotoons Festival and The Apple and the Worm, by Danish filmmaker Anders Morgenthaler.

DIALOGUE WITH GARY BURNS

DIALOGO CON GARY BURNS 14 Thu 2011

The Canadian filmmaker Gary Burns, featured in a retrospective “Focus” on his work at the Festival, will dialogue with film critic Javier Porta Fouz today, Thursday, at 4.30 pm at the auditorium of the Meeting Point, on the mezzanine level of the Abasto Shopping Mall. No tickets are required to attend the talk: all you have to do is show up (admission limited to room capacity). With an ironic style and subtle observation of everyday reality, Burns combines wry humor and existentialism in his films.

WITOLDO IN PERSPECTIVE

WITOLDO EN PERSPECTIVA 14 Thu 2011

Witold Gombrowicz is universally recognized as one of the major twentieth-century writers. Although he lived 24 years in Argentina, where he did most of his writing, his ouvre continues to be overlooked, relatively unknown, and regarded as cult. The exiled Polish writer who left an imprint in Buenos Aires is the main protagonist—through the testimonies of his disciples, friends and followers—of Gombrowicz, la Argentina y yo, by Alberto Yaccelini, which will be screened today, Thursday, at 7.00pm at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA). On Sunday 17 at 12.30pm at Hoyts Abasto, there will be another opportunity to see this subtle ensemble documentary about the Argentine passage and the work by Gombrowicz.

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