They are Stage, at the Borges Cultural Center; Seret, dedicated to Israeli cinema, at the Cinépolis Recoleta, and Cine en Grande, in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego
Two very specific film festivals begin today in Buenos Aires, and another, binational, since yesterday in Rio Grande, in the center of Tierra del Fuego, which in other times was almost the end of the world.
Free, at the Borges Cultural Center, the 5th appears Festival Stage, dedicated to music documentaries. To note, the premiere of “Rada. The movie” (Luis AraUruguay, portrait of Ruben Radahis work of musical fusion and his 80 years of life), accompanied by “The Blue Star” (Javier MacipeSpain, biopic of the rocker Mauricio Aznar and his journey of enlightenment within the family Carabajal in Santiago del Estero), “Fito’s Havana” (Juan Pin VilarCuba, about Fito Paezhis love story with the Cubans and his criticism of the regime), “Ashes and diamonds” (Ricky Piterbargabout Don Cornelio and the Zone) and “Fuck You! The last show” (José Luis Garciarecord of the group’s historic farewell Sumo at the Obras Stadium).
Before each performance, a short preview of “Almond by Alcira Luengas” (Iván Wolovik and Rodrigo Alabart), tip of the iceberg of a work that aspires to a feature film based on material from 1970. That material (talks, a recording, the closing recital of a stage) was recorded by Alcira Luengasthen a student at the Film School of the Universidad del Litoral. Over time it dispersed, but many years later, and little by little, it was able to recover. Now we are thinking of a feature length that brings together that period of Almond with the history of longwhich after several adventures ended up becoming the mainstay of Channel 9 in La Rioja. Today a street in that city bears his name.
Seret
With a comedy of entanglements, the 3rd begins today at Cinepolis Recoleta Seret in Argentina. It is an Israeli film festival that has been presented for 10 years in more than 16 cities in England, Chile, Germany and the Netherlands. Here, from 2022, and in Barcelona from this year.
There are four comedies on the program: “Running on the sand” (Adar Shafran), which inaugurates the exhibition, “Bliss” (Shemi Zarbin), with Sasson Gabaybittersweet look at current life, and “Matchmaker” (Erez Tadmor), the highest grossing film of last year in Israel. It is also the most awarded, “Seven blessings” (Ayelet Menachemi)where, just on the eve of her wedding, the bride wants to discuss certain family secrets, wrapped in a Moroccan Jewish tradition.
There are two dramas: “Delegation” (Asaf Saban), about young people who travel to Poland to tour Holocaust memorial sites, and “Valeria came to get married” (Michal Vinik), already released. And a couple of documentaries: “Six Thirty” (Alon Daniel), where survivors of terrorist attacks contribute to a serious look at the current situation, and “The European Dream” (Mooly Ladesman), which continues the fight of Julius Klausner and Roberto Graetz to recover the works of art looted by Nazism from their respective grandparents. represents them Fritz Enderleinoctogenarian lawyer, war veteran. Interesting fact, Roberto Graetz He is Argentine and will chat with the audience after the screening on Saturday afternoon.
Large Cinema
Yesterday the 7th started Large Cinemaso called because it took place in Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego. It is organized by Culture of the Province and includes 42 works, including Argentine and Chilean feature films, shorts and video clips. The opening and closing films are national: “Fuck you! The last show” (José Luis García), presented by the producer Roberto Esmorisand “Once upon a time there was a magician” (Oscar Frenkel and María Salomé Jury), evocation of Leonardo Favio in his daughter’s eyes. In between there are works that make up the southern identity, such as “Patagonia Ensemble”by the Chilean architect Valentina Cardenas Espinozaemotional description of the wooden constructions born on the island of Chiloé and expanded to Magallanes. Added to this are several talks on technical matters and the exhibition of the mural of Andy Riva “Tribute to Argentine cinema”. Better said, the mural is at the headquarters of the directors’ association, DAC, but the entity decided to make a copy in a format of 32 panels of 45×50 cm. each one, baptized “the mobile mural”, to be assembled and displayed throughout the country. An example of how to spread art and encourage memory, because in that painting there are dozens of characters from national movies from the last 50 years almost to the present.
Source: Ambito
