News | FINAL FIGURES FOR A GREAT FESTIVAL

The final numbers reveal a turnout increase and the consolidation of the Festival as a major event in the Buenos Aires City’s rich year-long cultural calendar. In total, 350 thousand people participated in the fourteenth edition of BAFICI, which represents a 15 percent increase over the 2011 edition. The number of tickets sold amounts to 230 thousand, which also confirms the attractiveness of such a comprehensive showcase of risk-taking, ground-breaking cinema, hardly available in the commercial circuit of this well-known film-loving city.

Other statistical results contribute to the conclusion of a successful, massive Festival: 1012 screenings of 449 films, including features and shorts from countries of the five continents. Scattered in different sections, 111 Argentine films (52 shorts, 59 features) were shown, 3 of which participated in the International Competition as world premieres, while the others were included in the Argentine Official Selection and the Cinema of the Future Competition. This year, the screening circuit included 23 theaters in 11 venues, and the newly added Planetario Galileo Galilei with its special full-dome theater, the Centro Cultural San Martín with its two new screening rooms and the Anfiteatro del Parque Centenario which served as venues for the Open-Air Cinema and Little BAFICI sections.