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‘Puán’: the comedy that foresaw Argentina’s public education crisis

26.04.2024 20

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Argentine government shuts down national film institute mid-film festival

The Milei administration shut down Argentina’s National Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA) on Monday. Three days into one of the...

22.04.2024 6

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Four Argentine Films Selected for Cannes’ Sidebar Programs

Despite government cuts, Argentina cinema continues to enjoy international recognition in top film festivals, with four national films selected in the...

17.04.2024 20

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Argentine author Selva Almada shortlisted for International Booker Prize

Argentine author Selva Almada’s novel Not a River has been named to the International Booker Prize’s short list, it was revealed on Monday. Almada...

10.04.2024 10

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Oscar winner Juan José Campanella to adapt ‘Mafalda’

Argentine writer-director Juan José Campanella, a 2010 Oscar winner for The Secret in Their Eyes, confirmed via Instagram on Friday that he will helm...

06.04.2024 20

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Buenos Aires Film Festival 2024 lineup features slew of Argentine premieres

The Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) unveiled the full program of its 25th anniversary edition, which features an array of Argentine...

06.04.2024 3

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Argentine writer Magalí Etchebarne wins prestigious literary award

Argentine writer Magalí Etchebarne’s La vida por delante has won the eighth Ribera del Duero Award, a renowned contest for Ibero-American...

20.03.2024 10

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The death of Carlitos Menem Jr.: an accident or Argentina’s third terrorist attack?

“It’s been 27 years, and I think it’s time for the truth to come out.”  Zulema Yoma is talking to the camera about the death of her only son,...

16.03.2024 30

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Government slashes Argentine film institute’s operational funds

President Javier Milei’s administration officially suspended the operational funding of the National Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA...

13.03.2024 40

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Argentina’s 2022 World Cup win: 4 documentaries to relive the glory

It might seem a lifetime ago in the time warp that is Argentine daily life, but it was just barely a year ago when the entire country basked in the...

29.02.2024 20

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Argentina’s long history of economic chaos: a film tutorial

Argentine cinema has been depicting the country’s unique and frenzied economic woes since its very beginning. It has taken the form of social...

27.01.2024 30

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Oscars: Chile makes history with two nominations

Chilean cinema secured two Oscar nominations on Tuesday, an all-time first for the country. Maite Alberdi’s The Eternal Memory was nominated for...

23.01.2024 4

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Pedro Almodóvar, Diego Luna, Andy Muschietti defend Argentina’s Film Institute

Pedro Almodóvar, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Andy Muschietti, Juan Antonio Bayona, and four-time Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu are...

23.01.2024 50

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From ‘Alive’ to ‘Society of the Snow,’ the true story behind the Andes flight disaster

In 1972, a plane carrying a group of Uruguayan teenage rugby players from the Old Christians team crashed in the Andes en route to Chile to play a...

11.01.2024 10

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J.A. Bayona on the Uruguayan plane crash and empathy through fiction: ‘The mountains dominated’

15.12.2023 10

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Inside a lifelong struggle to preserve Argentina’s film memory

Film historian and archivist Fernando Martín Peña’s (58) passion for movies is on full display in his house. He lives amidst cans of 35mm film...

19.11.2023 9

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Three stand-out Argentine movies from the Mar del Plata International Film Festival 

Sold-out shows, a long-lost film featuring Juan Domingo Perón, and a presidential candidate in the homestretch of his campaign. These were just a few...

14.11.2023 6

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Peru’s ‘Kinra’ tops Mar del Plata Film Festival

Marco Panatonic’s debut film Kinra won the Golden Astor for Best Film in the international competition of the International Mar del Plata Film...

12.11.2023 20

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Long-lost Perón film found in hidden compartment of wardrobe

A film print of a landmark documentary about Juan Domingo Perón has been discovered in a hidden compartment of an old wardrobe in an empty house.  ...

06.11.2023 7

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Massa promises ‘more and better state funding’ for Argentine cinema

Economy minister and Union por la Patria (UxP) presidential candidate Sergio Massa pledged “more and better state funding” for Argentine cinema on...

03.11.2023 10

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Argentina 2023 elections: Intellectuals call to vote for Massa

Some of the country’s most renowned intellectuals, artists, and cultural figures have issued a statement calling to vote for Unión por la Patria...

01.11.2023 7

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Mar del Plata Film Festival unveils 38th edition

The Mar del Plata International Film Festival unveiled the programming for its 38th edition, which will take place from November 2 to 12. With a more...

28.10.2023 10

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Argentina approves its first COVID-19 vaccine

The National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) approved the first COVID-19 vaccine entirely developed in Argentina: the...

19.10.2023 10

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Argentina picks heist film ‘The Delinquents’ for Oscars bid

The Argentine Film Academy selected Rodrigo Moreno’s heist film The Delinquents as the country’s bid for an Oscar in the International Feature...

03.10.2023 10

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ESMA Museum celebrates UNESCO World Heritage listing

The ESMA Museum and Site of Memory on Tuesday hosted a celebration of its recent inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Officials and human...

27.09.2023 4

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ESMA Museum declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site 

Argentina’s Navy School of Mechanics was the largest clandestine torture and extermination center during the country’s last dictatorship. On...

19.09.2023 20

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Monsignor Oscar Ojea responds to Milei, calls for ‘dialogue’

Monsignor Oscar Ojea, head of the Argentine Episcopal Conference, published a series of opinions on “this particular time in Argentina” after...

13.09.2023 10

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Tom Morello goes to Chile for 50th anniversary of Pinochet coup

“For those of us who stand for peace, equality and against fascism, this is a very important day. The CIA-backed coup in 1973 was one of the great...

11.09.2023 4

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New restoration of ‘The Battle of Chile’ to premiere in US

When documentary director Patricio Guzmán began filming political unrest in the streets of Santiago in 1972, he had no idea he would capture the...

07.09.2023 20

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