The Argentine film meeting parallel to the Mar del Plata International Festival confirmed its return. The call for Argentine films is already open.
“Countercampus” changed its name, but its Proposal remains the same: defend Argentine cinema. Now renamed as “Outside the field” announced its second edition which will take place in November in parallel to the Mar del Plata International Festival. This is no accident, since this self -managed space was born to oppose the management of the National Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA). “We meet again in Mar del Plata to discuss in community and face the hostile policies of this government,” They highlighted through their social networks where they confirmed their return.
Based again in Mar del Plata, specifically at the Enrique Carreras Theater, for the first time “On field” he opened his call for national films. “At that time the event did not exist, so it was difficult for a person to trust you a movie for its world premiere. But Now that ‘outside the field’ can eventually settle in the film calendar, we will give us the possibility of having many more varied films “reflect Lautaro García Candela, Festival organizer in dialogue with Scope.
“Out of countryside”, a festival that opposes the cultural cuts of Milei
“The expectations of this year are bittersweet, because we would not be making ‘off field’ if Mar del Plata worked well, But we see that the Mar del Plata Festival is on a path that we consider that it is not the harmonic with the rest of the Argentine cinema, “explains García Candela. Last year this initiative emerged by the audiovisual community against the progress of policies that threaten cultural sovereignty. Now consolidated, they propose to continue expanding their encounter and reaffirm their fight.
The national call for films is not the only novelty. In this second edition, the “off -field” organizer tells that They seek to integrate talks into their programming that not only focus on cinema financing, but also in other aspects such as aesthetics, distribution or education. “Try to find all the legs that make cinema and give an honest discussion, intellectually, about how we came and what we want to do “, Add.
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Defending the Argentine cinema does not only mean the doors to new national proposals, but also to claim what already exists. Changing the name does not mean abandoning the essence. As in its first edition, he proposes to rethink films of the past. “It seems to us that it is essential to understand why Argentine cinema is as it is and how it can be, seeing what our colleagues have also done. Our idea is that the ‘old’ films and the new dialogue with each other “García Candela concludes.
They say that what is not known is not chosen and, even so, last year the alternative festival monopolized all eyes and filled the rooms. In its second edition, which will take place in November at the Enrique Carreras Theater, returns with new name and a fight that remains firm. “Outside field” not only proposes to become a space where new directors premiere their films, but also a meeting in which Argentine cinema is claimed and celebrated. Something that in these times not only needs Mar del Plata, but also the whole country.
Source: Ambito
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