Argentine cinema at festivals during February

Attendable presence is having Argentine cinema at the February International Festivals. As soon as the month began, the Spanish-platense co-production “The crying”of Pedro Martín Calerohe received the awards of critics and the young jury of the Fantastic Festival of Gérardmer, France, where he now opens with the title of “Les Maudits”.

In informative sections of the Global de Santo Domingo, which ended yesterday, they stood out “What we wanted to be”by Alejandro Porti, “The major tones”by Irene Pokropek, “The hell of the living”by Alberto Gieco, and four other titles, between short and long. And in the 26th Islaimia of Cairo, dedicated to documentary cinema and short films, now competing a singular title film, “Where trees give meat”co -production with Spain and the US in the latter country, its director, the architect Alexis Franco lives, but the film takes place in the Mendoza of his elders, and speaks of climatic changes, rural exodus and old legends.

Tomorrow “The exile of musicians”of Ivan Cherjovskyinaugurates in Punta del Este the 22nd Jewish Film Festival, Ficja. Is the story of Ljerko Spiller, Dajos Bela, Victor Schlichter And many others that fleeing from Nazism took refuge in Argentina and here they made a career and sat down (one of them was precisely Wilhelm Graetzerfounder of Collegium musicum).

Also in program are “I never wanted to be famous,” from Alvarez, from Cata and Ostrovsky, “Hitler’s denture”Martha Wolf’s short, and “The incredible story of the Chinese Jews of Shanghai”by Pablo Levinton, which expands the topic open years ago by Marlene Lievendag in “818 Tong Shan Road” (The house where his father, then a child, and other escaped during the war).

The jury presides over the Argentine producer and director Walter Lablum (“Shalom Taiwan”, adventures of a Buenos Aires rabbi). Without moving from the city, the 15 begins in the Cantegril on the 27th International of Punta del Este, where they compete “The aroma of freshly cut grass”, from Celina Murga, and “Printing”by Lorena Vega and Gonzalo Zapico. In this case, the opening film is Brazilian, “I’m still here”by Walter Salles, triple Oscar candidate (Best Film, Best Actress and Foreign Film).

Two days earlier, on Thursday 13, opens the most important in February, the 75th International Berlin, with two good novelties: director Rodrigo Moreno integrates the official jury chaired by Todd Haynes, and “The message”by Ivan Fund, with Marcelo Subiotto and Mara Bestelli, participates in the official contest.

There is also another Argentine, Gaspar Noah, this time as an actor of “The Glace Tour”Lucile Hajanavicius’s new film, his wife. And in the co -production market the new Ingrid Pokropek project, “Las Ilusions” (there are 37 projects from 27 countries) is selected.

More titles: “Reas”, by Lola Arias, in the Docfilm of Helsinki, “Fuck you! The last show ”, by José Luis García, about Sumo, at the point of view of Pamplona,“ Album de Familia ”, by Laura Casabé, in the True/False Film Fest of Columbia, Missouri,” El Jockey “, by Luis Ortega, in the Glasgow Film Fest, Scotland (the catalog describes it as “elegant prank of criminal and fluid gender”) and, almost lost, an amateur film worthy of box: “Resilient”, by Emiliano Rodríguez, about Leo Martínez, Pioneer of adapted skiing, and his adventure of lowering with friends the Lanin volcano from the summit, two years ago. It will be seen in the 4th Pyrenees Mountain Film Fest in Huesca, which begins on Monday.