Latin American film

La @Quinzaine Selects 3 Chilean Films @cinemachile‬ & 3 Short Latin American Films ‪#‬Cannes 2013 ‪via @Cine_en_Cannes

latamfilm — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:49:31 +0000

Created by the French Directors Guild in the wake of the events of May ’68, the Directors’ Fortnight seeks to aid filmmakers and contribute to their discovery by the critics and audiences alike.
This year The Directots’ Fortnight will award the Caméra d’Or prize to the best first film shown either in the Official Selection (Competition or Un Certain Regard), the Directors’ Fortnight or International Critics’ Week. The Caméra d’Or is presented at the Festival’s closing ceremony by the president of this jury, Carlos Diegues.
The Latin American Films selected by the Directots’ Fortnight to take part in the Quinzeaine des Realisateurs are:
Feature Films:
La danza de la realidad by Alejandro Jodorowsky (Chile)
El verano de los peces voladores by Marcela Said (Chile)
Magic Magic by Sebastian Silva (Chile)

Short Films:
Que je tombe tout le temps ? by Eduardo Williams (Argentina)
Solecito by Oscar Ruiz Navia (Colombia)
Pouco mais de um mês by André Novais Oliveira (Brazil)

Source: Latam Film

Buenos Aires Lab ‪#‬BAFICI together with ‪#‬Cannes2013 @mdf_cannes will showcase 6 New Latin American Directors @INCAA_ARGENTINA

latamfilm — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:41:15 +0000

Cannes is spotlighting six young Latin American directors in the fest’s first focus on yet-to-be-completed movies.
The showcase, titled BAL Goes to Cannes: Bafici Work in Progress, will take place May 21, organized by Cannes’ Film Market and the Buenos Aires Lab, the industry forum of the Buenos Aires Intl. Independent Film Festival (Bafici).
The list includes Santiago Palavecino’s psychological drama “Some Girls” (which won an Arte Prize mid-week), and the biggest production in the mix, “After the Rain,” from Brazil’s Claudio Marques and Marilia Hughes, a preppy high-school drama set as Brazil emerges from military dictatorship.
The others are “Por las plumas,” a deadpan dramedy from Costa Rica’s Neto Villalobos; docu-feature “La once,” from Chile’s Maite Alberdi, and “Reimon,” from Argentina’s Rodrigo Moreno, the best-known of the six after winning Berlin’s Alfred Bauer Award in 2006 with “The Custodian.”
Upcoming next year is another international partnership aimed at enhancing the creativity and raising the profile on new films from Latin America and BAL. In this partnership, the Valdivia Festival’s Australab in Chile and the Rotterdam Festival’s Cinemart market will partner on a year-round Latin American project development program.

Source: Latam Film, Variety

Latin American Films selected by the ‪#‬Cinéfondation for ‪#Cannes2013‬ via @cine_en_cannes 1st entry for Chile @cinemachile

latamfilm — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:04:19 +0000

The Cinéfondation Selection selected 18 films (14 fiction films and 4 animated films) among the 1,550 submitted this year from 277 schools from all around the world  By focusing on the quality of work submitted by lesser-known institutions, the Selection is a true reflection of the diversity of film schools. This year sees a particularly significant broadening of scope, with a third of the schools being selected for the first time and one country – Chile – which has never previously been selected.  The three Cinéfondation Prizes will be awarded at a ceremony prior to the screening of the winning films on Friday 24th May in the Buñuel Theatre.
Latin American Films selected:
CONTRAFÁBULA DE UNA NIÑA DISECADA (Fable of a Blood-Drained Girl) by Alejandro IGLESIAS MENDIZÁBAL – CCC – Mexico
ASUNCIÓN by Camila LUNA TOLEDO – Pontificia Universidad Católica – Chile
MAÑANA TODAS LAS COSAS (Tomorrow All the Things) by Sebastián SCHJAER – UCINE – Argentina
THE MAGNIFICENT LION BOY by Colombian born Ana CARO – NFTS – United Kingdom
For full selection click here.

Source: Latam Film

More NEWS from #cannes la @semainecannes selects Brazilian Short Film “Pátio” by Ali Muritiba @ALYMURITIBA

latamfilm — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:31:10 +0000

The 52e Semaine de la Critique 2013 has announced the short films that will compete for the Discovery Award which will be awarded to one of the short films in Competition by the Jury.
Just one film will run in this category representing the Latin American Cinema with the Brazilian Short Film “Pátio” by Aly Muritiba.
Winner will be announced next May 24th at the award ceremony that will take place during the 2013 Cannes Film Festival that this year will take place from the 15th until the 26th May.
Source: Latam Film

Latest NEWS from #cannes la @semainecannes selects Argentine Film Los Dueños by Agustin Toscano & Ezequiel Radusky

latamfilm — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:59:05 +0000

The 52e Semaine de la Critique 2013 has announced the films that will compete for the Nespresso Grand Prize awarded to one of the seven feature films in Competition by the Jury.
Just one film will run in this category representing the Latin American Cinema with the Argentine Film Los Dueños by Agustin Toscano and Ezequiel Radusky.
Winner will be announced next May 24th at the award ceremony that will take place during the 2013 Cannes Film Festival that this year will take place from the 15th until the 26th May.
Source: Latam Film

2ND ARGENTINE FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCHES 17TH APRIL WITH SPECIAL GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE

latamfilm — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:21:45 +0000

The 2nd Argentine Film Festival will launch this coming April 17th and will run through to April 21st across three London venues: Ritzy Cinema, Hackney Picturehouse and Cineworld Haymarket.
The festival, which presents the best contemporary features from and about Argentina, will commence with a special Malbec Day Preview Screening of Nicolás Carreras´ The Ways of Wine (El camino del vino), before it’s official opening on April 18th with the hit comedy All In (La suerte en tus manos) by acclaimed Argentine director Daniel Burman, and starring the Oscar-winning musician and actor, Jorge Drexler.

SPECIAL GUESTS

The Argentine Film Festival is delighted to announce that the following guests will be in attendance:

Charlie Arturaola, leading sommelier and star of The Ways of Wine. – 17th & 18th April screenings

Lorenzo Garzella and Filippo Macelloni, directors, The Lost World Cup (Il mundial dimenticato) – 20th and 21st April screenings

Dario Nardi, director, Sadourni’s Butterflies (Las mariposas de Sadourni), winner Best Director Award at Guadalajara Film Festival 2013 – 19th and 21st Aprilscreenings

The festival also confirms an additional film as part of its programme:

ADDITIONAL FEATURE

Gone Fishing (Días de pesca, Argentina 2012, 77 min) by Argentina’s renowned director Carlos Sorín (Bombón The Dog, Intimate Stories) has also been added to the selection for the 2nd Argentine Film Festival. The programme now includes a total of 11 contemporary features, each of which will be introduced by a short music film at the screenings at the Ritzy and Hackney Picturehouse.

Source: Latam Film

Film Review: “Cerro Bayo” by María Soledad Montañez, the film will be showing at the ‏@ARGFilmFest next week

latamfilm — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:11:52 +0000

Latam Film reviewer María Soledad Montañez writes about this Argentine Film that will be showing at The London Argentine Film Festival from next week.For tickets and full program find link below.

Cerro Bayo (Victoria Galardi, Argentina, 2010)

By María Soledad Montañez

From Carlos Sorín’s Minimal Stories and Bombon, the Dog to Pablo Trapero’s Born and Bred, or the more confusingly titled, Liverpool directed by Lisandro Alonso, the photogenic region of Patagonia has been widely portrayed in recent Argentinean film productions. Victoria Galardi follows the trend by setting a family drama that intertwines emotional and economic instability in her native town in Villa La Angostura.

Written and directed by Victoria Galardi, Mount Bayo tells the story of two sisters’ reunion after their mother’s attempt to commit suicide leaves her in a coma. Mercedes (Verónica Llinás), the youngest sister, who lives in Buenos Aires, reluctantly returns to her hometown to see her mother Juana (Adela Gleijer) and support her sister Marta (Adriana Barraza).

Set in a small town in the stunning Andean mountains of Patagonia, the tragic episode occurs just before the start of the ski season at the resort named Cerro Bayo. While the mother lies in bed, the whole town awaits the arrival of the touristic season and hopes for the first signs of snow. Marta’s youngest daughter, Inés (Inés Efron, XXY, The Fish Child) has decided to enter a beauty competition to become the new queen for the festive season, as her aunt was in the past. More worried about her own looks than her grandmother’s condition, Inés believes that she needs to have an orgasm to look prettier. She assumes that her friend and closest competitor, Romina (Marcela Kloosterboer) has a better skin because she has a new boyfriend. Inés is determined to do anything she can to succeed. In contrast, Inés’ brother, Lucas, dreams of going to Andorra, but he struggles to save enough money for the trip.

Rumours spread about the possibility that Juana had won a big sum of money by betting at the local casino. Lucas discovers the place where his grandmother hid the money and quickly books his flight tickets. He has no idea that someone else knows the secret location.

Meanwhile, Mercedes sees the opportunity to use the cash to pay her debts and starts searching for the money too. Things get even more complicated when Marta’s husband, who is an estate agent, receives a tempting offer to sell a plot of land, which is the property of the comatose mother. Tensions between the two sisters grow when decisions about money, inheritance and their mother’s future come into play.

Superbly performed by an international cast, Mount Bayo is a tender film that captures the family conflicts as well as the cosiness and claustrophobic atmosphere of growing up and living in a small, remote town. In this, the film shares much more common ground with other Argentinean women filmmakers such as Lucrecia Martel’s The Swamp or Ana Katz’s Musical Chairs.

If the film appears autobiographical, eagle eyed viewers will spot that the director disowns her own project by playing a subtle trick on the audience. The name on the grandfather’s gravestone reads: Jose A. H. Smithee, an official pseudonym widely used by directors to detach themselves from their own productions.

For tickets to this film click here.

Source: María Soledad Montañez for Latam Film

Film@ARGFilmFest is less than 2 weeks away, check new trailer and bit the “spring” blues with a film from Argentina

latamfilm — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:45:57 +0000

The Argentine Film Festival is taking place this year from the 17th until the 21st April.No one can believe spring is here as London hasn’t been this cold for years but we hope with the amazing program you might bit those spring blues with a fantastic film from Argentina.
Don’t miss out and book you tickets now.
You can find full program here.
And a taste of what is in store here.

Source: Latam Film

Polvo by Julio Hernández Cordón ‏@melindrosafilms triumphs in Toulouse @cinelatinofest Latin American Cinema France

latamfilm — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:50:00 +0000

The 25th Cinélatino Festival in Toulouse ended with the victory of Polvo by Julio Hernández Cordón (photo), coproduced with Guatemala and Chile by the Spanish company Tic Tac producciones. A Special Mention went to Las lágrimas, the first feature film by Mexican director Pablo Delgado Sánchez.
Hernández Cordón, to whom we owe Marimbas from Hell, the very first film to be distributed in several European countries via the EDEN network, here delivers a raw drama about the wounds of the Guatemalan people, still fresh after the civil war. The hero is Juan who, behind a correct appearance, is in fact a profoundly tormented man, trying to end his suffering with several suicide attempts and plans to obtain revenge from those who sequestrated his father, who has now passed away. Cordón shows how a small and humble people has been destroyed by proceeding like a documentary filmmaker within his fictional story.
In the documentary section, the winning title was the Colombian-Brazilian film La eterna noche de las doce lunas by Priscila Padilla. Toulouse’s local television channel, which actively participates in funding and broadcasting Ibero-American documentaries and contributes towards stimulating the local cultural industry, awarded its prize to the Argentinean movie Civilización by Rubén Guzmán, who was also distinguished by a second prize from the TLT for his next project, presented in the Cinéma en développement section: Lejos de la locura del mundo. The BrLAB Prize in the eighth edition of this event went to Donde sueñan los salvajes by Peruvian director Adrián Saba.
Finally, the 23rd edition of Cinéma en construction, which filled the theatre with industry professionals at each of its sessions presenting projects in post-production and looking for a final little boost towards their completion, rewarded Marcela Said for the coproduction between Chile and France (Cinemadefacto), El verano de los peces voladores. An intriguing exercise in the creation of a tense atmosphere in the midst of Nature, through the conflict between a big landlord and a small Mapuche community, this project also won the Ciné+ Special Prize. The prize awarded by European distributors and exhibitors went to Climas by Enrica Pérez.

Source: by Gonzalo Suárez López for Cineuropa

“Gravity” by Alfonso Cuarón makes it to the @indiewire Cannes @FdC_officiel Wish List via @LatAmFilm

latamfilm — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:56:08 +0000

Cannes is a sort of annual cinematic Olympics, with almost every country vying for spots in the official selection. But with the official 2013 Cannes Film Festival announcement a little over a month away, Indiewire is offering its annual Cannes wish list.

Indiewire’s annual Cannes wish list isn’t so much about officially predicting the lineup, but rather a roster of films we hope are finished in time, good enough and invited to the festival. Thus we’re not including films basically confirmed not to be heading to Cannes — like Lars von Trier’s “The Nymphomaniac,” Xavier Dolan’s “Tom at the Farm” and Pedro Almodovar’s “I Am Excited.” Or the one film we officially know — Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby,” which will open the festival.
Among the candidates are celebrated filmmakers like Woody Allen, Catherine Breillat, Joel & Ethan Coen, Sofia Coppola, Claire Denis, Atom Egoyan, James Grey, Jim Jarmusch, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Terrence Malick, Steve McQueen, Roman Polanski and Steven Soderbergh (for a TV movie!), among many others.
Films that don’t get a spot in Cannes (and there will definitely be a few) will immediately become hot topics for a fall fest berth in Venice and/or Toronto. Either way, let the guessing games begin:

“Gravity”
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Certainly one of the most anticipated films of the year, Alfonso Cuarón’s $80 million-budgeted 3D space film “Gravity” would be a huge catch for Cannes and high atop the to see list of everyone attending. Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as surviving astronauts in a damaged space station, the film’s October release date is much more suggestive of Venice and/or Toronto — but this is a wish list. [Peter Knegt]

Full List here.

Source: Latam Film / IndieWire