“That is why my expectations are very high at this festival, to see if it is possible to think differently about the future of audiovisual narrative,” said the author of the award-winning feature films “La Ciénaga” (2001), “La Niña Santa” (2004), “La Mujer Sin Cabeza” (2008) and “Zama” (2017).
The invitation for Argentine cinema to star in this cultural event that will allow it to spread its culture in the Asian giant is given within the framework of the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations and the Year of Friendship between both nations, declared by their heads of state last February, on the occasion of President Alberto Fernández’s visit to Beijing.
An official communication detailed that “since then, the organizers of the Beijing Festival have been working with the Argentine ambassador to China, Sabino Vaca Narvaja, with his team and with the authorities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Culture of the national government to promote the dissemination of Argentine cinema in the market. Chinese”.
As a background to the passage of Argentine cinema through the Beijing event, it is worth remembering that in 2016 “The Duck”of Santiago Miterwon the Tiantan Awards for best film, best screenplay and best actress (Dolores Fonzi) and last year “A school in Cerro Hueso”of Bethany Cappatowas among the fifteen shortlisted for the award.
And regarding the presence of the national filmography in China, in October 2021 and with the active participation of the Argentine Embassy in promotional activities, “The theft of the century”by Ariel Winograd, became the first premiere of an Argentine film in the Chinese commercial circuit and was screened in more than 3,000 theaters in the country.
In addition, several local distributors, promoted by the Argentine Embassy, promote an Argentine Film Series, an activity that is currently postponed due to the local health situation.
Source: Ambito
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