Against all odds and low budget, the 2nd FIC UBA, International Film Festival of the University of Buenos Airesstarts tomorrow with functions in the main hall of the Gaumont, two halls of the Cultural San Martín, the Cosmos, and the Aula Magna, the Feldman Hall and other parts of the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, in Ciudad Universitaria.
The official opening in the Aula Magna has an additional attraction: for its contributions to national cinema (and its defense of public education). Mirtha Legrand and the director and producer Hector Olivera They will receive the title of honorary doctors from the National University of Buenos Aires.
There is an observation: Mirtha She already had a doctor’s degree. It was in 1949, in “The doctor wants tangos”where he was paired with Mariano Mores. A pity that this delicious comedy could not be programmed. At the Gaumont they will only give their dramatic pieces, among them “Under the same face”where he changed roles with his sister Silvia (one was a nun, the other was not). Of Olive will be seen, among others, “The rebellious Patagonia”a classic that is now 50 years old, and in one of whose functions Luis Brandoni He will receive recognition for his career.
Another figure was going to receive the honorary title, the Iranian exiled in France Marjane Satrapi. He couldn’t come, but he will give a talk online. All of her work will be seen from her, from the drawing “Persepolis”acid memory of his childhood, until the recent “Paradis Paris”with Monica Bellucci and André Dussolier.
Without an academic doctorate at the moment, Demián Rugna (“When evil lurks”) also has a small retrospective. It is in Ciudad Universitaria, under the open sky, and includes a coven night with cosplayers, makeup and FX workshops and other attractions.
Somewhat more seriously, there will also be a seminar by local and European authors, workshops, competitions for national, international and student feature films and short films, talks on current techniques and eternal problems of Argentine audiovisuals, various special presentations, a concert of music from films performed by the City Symphonic Band and, especially, the classic “Rosaura at ten” (Mario Soffici1958, with Juan Verdaguer and Susana Campos) in the restored version that was presented this year in Cannes, that is, a new copy, better sound and widescreen thanks to the AlexScope, the cinemascope created in Argentina by the remembered company Alex.
Something about the main competition. 12 films participate, from the German romantic “Falling into place” (Aylin Tezel) filmed in the British Isles. to china “Arsleng” (debutante Ulaannars) filmed in the steppes of Mongolia, about a widower and a dog. To point out, “The sound of the night” (Eva PereiraBrazil), northeastern drama with a more attractive original title: “O barulho da noite”, where a girl perceives the possible adultery of her mother.
For Argentina, “What we wanted to be” (Alejandro Agresti, with Eleonora Wexler and Luis Rubio, sentimental story), “Life in a tornado” (Vanesa Farabellaabout ML Attinger of Schwarzkopfvaluable researcher of these pampas), “Legerin, in search of Alina” (María Laura Vázquezabout Alina Sanchezdoctor from Córdoba turned heroine of Kurdistan) and “Brothers” (Sebastián Suárez and Diego Morel, sentimental comedy about the unexpected bond of a man who believes himself to be “normal” with a down-and-out boy who tends a bar). The entire festival, with free entry.
Source: Ambito
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