The 37th edition of the Mar del Plata Film Festival begins

This edition is dedicated to Leonard Favio on the tenth anniversary of his death, and for this reason “Juan Moreira” (1973), “El dependent” (1969), and “Nazareno Cruz y el lobo” (1975) will be screened.

Two months after his death, in addition, Mar del Plata pays tribute to the famous French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard with his famous debut feature, “Breathless” (1960), chosen as the opening film of the festival and, in addition to this, as part of the tribute will be shown “Godard seul le cinema”, the recent documentary by Cyril Leuty that traces the life and work of more than 120 works by the French filmmaker through interviews and archive images.

Among the guests who will be part of the cycle of Talks with Teachers, without a doubt the most outstanding presence in terms of popularity is John McTiernandirector of two emblematic films that have already entered the category of action classics such as “Predator” (1987) and, above all, “Die Hard” (1988), with Bruce Willis.

There will also be the French filmmaker Patricia Mazuywho will accompany a retrospective of his work, Mark Uzalcurrent editor-in-chief of Cahiers du cinema magazine, the Portuguese cinematographer Rui Pocas and the Argentine producer and director Lita Stantic.

On the other hand, at the local level there will be two stellar figures of Argentine cinema who will receive a distinction for their career, such as Cecilia Rothwhich will accompany “Las fiestas”, by Ignatius Rogerwhere he shares a cast with Dolores Fonz Y daniel hendler; Y Ricardo Darinwhich will present “Argentina, 1985” in a special open-air function at the Victoria Ocampo Cultural Center (Villa Victoria).

The work of Paula Felix-Didiera researcher committed to the preservation of audiovisual heritage and the history of the Cine Club Núcleo, a traditional space for cinephiles in Buenos Aires.

This year the exhibition will have seven competitive sections and in the International Competition there are also seven world premieres: “Cambio Cambio” (Lautaro Garcia Candela), “The Face of Medusa” (Melissa Liebenthal), “The Uruguayan” (Ana Garcia Blaya), “The ones below” (Alexander Quiroga), “Reduit” (Leon Schwitter), “Saudade purple fez here inside” (Harold Borges) and “Three Brothers” (Francisco J Paparella).

In the Latin American Competition there will be three national films, among which “Friends on a country road” stand out, santiago lozaand “Trenque Lauquen”, by Laura Citarella (of recent passage through Venice). In addition, you can see works from Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Costa Rica.

In the Argentine Competition, the names of Mara Pescio, Nicanor Loreti, Leandro Listorti Y Maximilian Schonfeldwhich in 2021 won the Latin American section with “Jesús López”.

Outstanding titles of the 37th. edition of the Festival of Mar del Plata

Among the strongest titles that will be seen in the different sections are “Un beau matin” (Mia Hansen-Løve), “Waitress” (Lucrecia Martel), “No Bears” (Jafar Panahi), “Walk Up” ( Hong Sang Soo), “Pinocchio” (Guillermo del Toro), “Alcarràs” (Carla Simón), “Empire of Light” (Sam Mendes), “SINFON14” (Raúl Perrone) and “The Prodigy” (Sebastián Lelio)

In addition, “Pacifiction” (Albert Serra), “Le pupille” (Alice Rohrwacher), “The naked queen” (José Celestino Campusano), “Coma” (Bertrand Bonello), “Boy from Heaven” (Tarik Saleh), “Un year, one night” (Isaki Lacuesta), “As bestas” (Rodrigo Sorogoyen), and “Matadero” (Santiago Fillol), among others.

Also within the Panorama, in the Galas section, titles such as “The Tangalanga Method” (Mateo Bendesky), “Ardiente Patience” (Rodrigo Sepúlveda), “Sublime” (Mariano Biasin), “Las fiestas” (Ignacio Rogers) and ” A Bit of Light” (Stephen Moyer).

The premieres of the miniseries “December 2001” (Benjamín Ávila) and the films “Once upon a time in Qatar” (Federico Rotstein, Ignacio Ceroi), “The memory we inhabit” (Diego Ercolano) and “Maelström 2001” (John Pollio).

To the rescue of “A dream like colors” (Valeria Sarmiento) is added the celebration of the eightieth anniversary of the premiere of “La Guerra Gaucha” (Lucas Demare) and the twenty-five of “Plaga zombie” (Hernán Sáez, Pablo Parés) .

Another of the axes that make up the 37th. edition is the special event “How long is a century? Silent cinema with live music”, which celebrates one hundred years of mythical films in screenings set to music by contemporary artists, where “Nosferatu” (FW Murnau) set to music by María Ezquiaga; “Häxan” (Benjamin Christensen), with soundscapes by the band Die Krabben; a program of short films by Lotte Reiniger and Germaine Dulac, set to music by Atacama – Ensemble of improvisers; and the recovered films of Renée Oro, accompanied live by the band Tremor.

Another of the outstanding retrospectives is the one dedicated to the actress and director Kinuyo Tanaka, of whom “The moon rises” and “Eternal breasts” will be screened, two of her most representative feature films as director, and films that had her as the protagonist of authors Featured as Kenji Mizoguchi, Heinosuke Gosho, Keisuke Kinoshita and Mikio Naruse.

There will also be a spotlight dedicated to the German filmmaker Heinz Emigholz, who will present to the public his last three feature films on the relationship between architecture and cinema. Already on the centenary of his birth, a program of short films by Jonas Mekas, an occasion in which “Beauty Flashes” will be presented, a book of his authorship recently published by the Caja Negra publishing house.

Finally, the VHS Generation section will present a spotlight dedicated to stainless British Comedies, which will include modern classics such as “Wanda’s Entanglements”, “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “The Return of the Pink Panther”, along with the well-remembered “Funny Bones” and “Local Hero”, and Monty Python’s “And Now for Something Completely Different”.

Outdoor screenings are also back in Villa Victoria, in which the filmmakers and their casts will present the year’s major national premieres to the public, such as the aforementioned “Argentina, 1985” (Santiago Mitre), “30 nights with my ex ” (Adrián Suar), “The Substitute” (Diego Lerman), “The Red Ones” (Matías Lucchesi) and “The KEOP/S System” (Nicolás Goldbart).

Also in this edition will be the fifth edition of the Cinema and Gender Perspective Forum, and the Experimentation Workshop for film and acting students, by the director Ana Katz.