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IFFI 51, Goa, 16-24 January 2021, 04: Pablo Cesar to Chair International Jury
The 51st edition of International Film Festival of India announced its five-member International Jury today, with eminent film-makers from across the world. The Jury will comprise Pablo Céésar (Argentina) as Chairman, Prasanna Vithanage (Sri Lanka), Abu Bakr Shawky (Austria), Priyadarshan (India) and Ms. Rubaiyat Hossain (Bangladesh).
Pablo César is an Argentinian film-maker. He has the critica...
"terroir" has been selected from over 430 entries to participate in the 25th anniversary of the Videopoesia Videobardo Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina during dates to be determined in 2021.
"terroir" is a musical documentary about the mother-child relationship and how it can influence our perceptions of very capable female leaders in all sectors of society. Helmed, written and produced by Dawn Westlake under her Ron de Cana Prods, Inc. shingle, "terroir" was fi...
"terroir" has been selected to the 2020 Invicines Film Festival out of Cordoba, Argentina for September 2-5, 2020. Due to the pandemic, the festival will be held online for four consecutive days.
"terroir" is a musical documentary about the mother-child relationship and how it can sometimes influence our perceptions of very capable female leaders in all sectors of society. Helmed/written and produced by Dawn Westlake under her Ron de Cana Prods, Inc. shingle, the film was sh...
En la Quebrada de Humahuaca, la familia del músico Ricardo Vilca continúa organizando un evento cultural; tradición iniciada por el artista años antes de su muerte. Basado en este evento, el documental reconstruye su personalidad, el valor artístico de su trabajo y sus enseñanzas, que nunca fueron lo suficientemente reconocidos; y el mundo de un músico que interpreta magistralmente los sonidos y silencios de la Quebrada.
En Humah...
(Michael Stütz, © Lindsay Bellinger)
by LINDSAY R. BELLINGER
The new head of the Panorama Section of Berlinale Michael Stütz welcomed the packed house to the opening of the Panorama and led us with a moment of silence for the victims of the far-right extremist mass shooting that occurred in Hanau, Germany late Wednesday evening. Shortly thereafter Stütz introduced Argentinian director Clarisa Navis who presented the world premiere of her film Las Mil y U...
"terroir" will be the sole representative of the USA at the 10th Festival de Cortometrajes Ernesto Esteban Etchenique at the Museo de la Reconquista in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 21st, 2019. This is the 9th festival acceptance for "terroir" since it was released on September 9th. Written/helmed and produced by Dawn Westlake under her Ron de Cana Prods, Inc. shingle, "terroir" explores the mother-child relationship and how it can cloud our perceptions of ver...
Diego Maradona, Review: Feet of gold, hand of God
Amy got him the Academy Award. Senna got him the BAFTA. And now, Diego Maradona has raked in £ 2.2 mn, since its release in June, which is a welcome collection for any docu-feature. Asif Kapadia has now won three matches in a row. And by convincing margins, at that.
By definition, a documentary appeals to niche audiences only. Though football is the most popular team sport in the world, it is not the numero uno sport in India, unlike Ar...
"Pooling" will represent the USA & Catalunya in a field of just 11 films selected to be presented at the 2019 Invicines Festival de Cine Social in Cordoba, Argentina on September 5, 2019. Written and helmed by Dawn Westlake and produced under her Ron de Cana Prods, Inc. shingle, "Pooling" features the dancing and choreography of Marc Carrizo Vilarroig of Brodas Bros. The animated opening and closing segments were done by Dismas & GrissyG Lizarraga of GrisDismation. Th...
FROM ON HIGH has been selected to the Festival Internacional de Corto ESMI in Buenos Aires, Argentina, sponsored by the Alianza Francesa de Bella Vista. The film plays March 28-April 16, 2019.
FROM ON HIGH is about a Syrian refugee girl who finds a better life in Europe. It has been accepted to over 50 festivals and won 12 awards, in Italy (8), the US, the UK, France and Brazil.
Written/helmed and produced by Dawn Westlake under her Ron de Cana Productions, Inc. shingle, FROM ON HIGH was shot/...
SCRAPPY has been accepted to Muestra Otros Cines in San Nicolas, Argentina for September 19-23, 2018. Based on the Studs Terkel Award-winning poem by Donald G. Westlake, SCRAPPY was adapted for the screen and directed by Westlake's daughter, Dawn. It tells the story of a child's ability to stand up to an adult who has a momentary lapse in judgment. The film was shot on location in Pine Mountain, CA, USA by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona. An original score was provided by compo...
FROM ON HIGH has been selected to play Invicines Film Festival in Cordoba, Argentina from September 1-8, 2018. Written and helmed by Dawn Westlake, FROM ON HIGH is about a Syrian girl who finds a better life in Europe. It was filmed on location in Barcelona, Collsuspina and La Sala de Sant Llogari, Catalunya, Spain by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona. An original score was composed by GC Johnson of Acoustic Labs.
The film marked the professional acting debut of 11-year-olds Zoe Pinell ...
"From On High" has been selected to play out of competition in the 8th annual Festival Internacional de Cine Politico in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 17-23, 2018. Written and helmed by Dawn Westlake, the film is about a Syrian refugee girl who finds a better life in Europe. It marks the professional acting debut of 11-year-olds Zoe Pinell Lopez and Esteve Serra Coll.
"From On High" was shot on location in Barcelona, Collsuspina and La Sala de Sant Llogari in the Catalunya pr...
"Scrappy" will be presented in French as a nominee for the Concurso FIC ESMI, sponsored by the Alianza Francesa de Bellas Artes, at the Festival Internacional del Cortometraje FIC in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 27, 2017.
Based on the Studs Terkel Award-winning poem by Donald G. Westlake, "Scrappy" was adapted for the screen and helmed by Dawn Westlake. Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona shot and edited and did visual effects. 2016 Peer Raben Music Award nominee...
"Scrappy" has been selected to Invicines Film Festival in Cordoba, Argentina for September 6th, 2017. This is the South American premiere for "Scrappy".
The film was helmed and produced by Dawn Westlake under her Ron de Cana Productions, Inc. shingle. It is based on the Studs Terkel Humanities Award-winning poem by her father, Donald G. Westlake. Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona shot the film on a C300 provided by Canon USA, Inc. He also edited and did VFX. The film...
FIDBA is the first International Documentary Film Festival in Argentina, a space where cinema of the real, films with the same vocation, dialogue with one another and address the diversity of forms and particular tasks that take reality as material. From this premise, the FIDBA is planned as an annual event in which they will present a selection of new directors, revisit the films of prominent authors and will recover works and films unknown to mainstream audiences.
FIDBA also aims to be a meeting place for authors to widen our perception of reality and ways of expressing it and thinking it out through film, but also the arts, new media formats and new narratives ranging from photography to instalations, from documentary theater to transmedia storytelling, not to mention the intersections between reality and fiction. The Festival is open, in short, to all documentary works that are a reflection and an effort to understand reality.
Facing a market that prevails and makes all relations a part of a great show, documentary film maintains and reaffirms its character, for making every moment and letting rule for things not easily controlled, must necessarily invent forms for always unresolved issues: the documentary is unable to reduce the world to a previous device. And though the procedures are provided, and by nature, insecure, unstable and fragile, that is exactly their strength and driving force: to be there to allow the construction of new maps and to explore over those that are not entirely known to us yet.
IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, III
Diary pages have got juggled, inadvertently, so, though numbered III, this page should have been IV. Please excuse the oversight and treat this as IV. Although posted earlier, IV is actually III.
Austerity is the name of the game, mismanagement is the characteristic and continuing hostility towards media, and, in some cases, delegates too, are factors that dominate IFFI Goa 2015. A circus called the Film Bazaar, organised by the National Film Development Co...
by Carlos SAURA
With the participation of: Soledad Pastorutti, Chaqueño Palavecino, Dino Saluzzi, Roxana Amed
Live performance – Argentina / Spain / France – 2015 – Spanish
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By Adrienne Papp
Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 87th Academy Awards®. Eighty-three films had originally been considered in the category.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:
Argentina, “Wild Tales,” Damián Szifrón, director;
Estonia, “Tangerines,” Zaza Urushadze, director;
Georgia, “Corn Island,” G...
Relatos Salvajes (Wild Tales), reached 1.108.804 spectators within 2 weeks from its release becoming one the biggest opening in Argentina.
Relatos Salvajes (Wild Tales) is a 2014 Hispano-Argentine black comedy-drama film written and directed by Damián Szifrón and starring an ensemble cast consisting of Ricardo Darín, Óscar Martínez, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Érica Rivas, Rita Cortese, Julieta Zylberberg and Darío Grandinetti. Featuring six different ...
If the clues to a crossword puzzle answer are: "Titular character of the drama The German Doctor set in 1960 Argentina," and you don't promptly put:
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As ambitious as it is unforgettably bold, shnit International Shortfilmfestival unfolds simultaneously in multiple cities on five continents, bringing together more than 30,000 filmmakers and film lovers in ways rarely experienced elsewhere on the festival circuit. Over its 12 days, shnit celebrates more than 200 short films of all genres and styles and gives away US$100,000 in cash prizes.
Information, registration and regulations:
www.shnit.org
The Critic -El Critico by Pablio Udenio -Film Synopsis:
Téllez is a severe and prestigious film critic, totally weary of Hollywood romantic comedies and certain that best of cinema already died. Maybe because of its work, suffers from what he calls the 'maladie du cinema': He sees the world like if it was a big movie he can't avoid criticizing. He unexpectedly meets Sofía, a young, attractive woman that has little in common with his good taste.'Elemental, constr...
Director: Hernán Guerschuny.
Tellez is a severe and prestigious film critic, totally weary of Hollywood romantic comedies and certain that best of cinema already died. Maybe because of its work, suffers from what he calls the 'maladie du cinema': He sees the world like if it was a big movie he can't avoid criticizing. He unexpectedly meets Sofia, a young, attractive woman that has little in common with his good taste. 'Elemental, constructed on a basis of cliches' he would describe her. Random bring them together over and over in strangely idyllic situations. He tries to escape from a staging that he loathes, but suspects that the movie genre that he hates is taking revenge.
Director: Damián Leibovich.
Patagonia Outlaws it's an adventure movie with western elements but in present time.
PANCHO it's a Buenos Aires movie maker searching finance for his third independent movie. Pancho travels to the Patagonia, drived by Fausto, his grandfather, searching for the millionaire booty left behind by Butch Cassidy in 1905.
There's a fundamental key for finding the booty: A painting painted by Cassidy himself, pointing que place where the treasure it's buried.
On the road, he meets NANCY, a young Cultural Patrimony Official, who's needed to guide him, as she's the one who found the painting and she knows the historical events. Anibal joins them, who's unique purpose is to seduce Nancy.
Pursued by Commisioner Galvez, they must compete against eht powerfull Dimitre (a cruel treasure hunter), who also knows about the painting and the existence of the hiding booty.
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