Mubi's retrospective New Argentine Cinema is playing from August 7 - September 28, 2017 in most countries around the world. La CiénagaBeginning in the mid-1990s, young directors, the majority of whom had graduated from one of many film schools in Argentina, began producing low-budget, independent films in a style that earned this group the classification of the New Independent Argentine Cinema.Part of this upsurge had to do with a small grants program that was initiated by the National Film Institute (Incaa) in the mid-1990s. These recent graduates have made short films (cortometrajes), and then have gone on to raise funds through co-production funding (Hubert Bals Fund at the Rotterdam film festival, the Visions Sud Est program from Switzerland, among others). They have relied on their own networks of like-minded young people rather than depend on the traditional film sector structure (the film union, established director’s associations, and the few...
- 9/6/2017
- MUBI
Madrid -- The 58th San Sebastian Festival will showcase contemporary non-fiction cinema in its thematic sidebar called .doc, organizers announced Monday as they unveiled this year's official poster.
Festival organizers said the retrospective will reflect "on the growing importance of the documentary genre throughout the world movie scene in recent years, the cycle will include some of the most representative examples of non-fiction cinema: auto-documentaries on individual and private subjects, essay cinema, fake documentaries, contributions from video-artists and moviemakers."
San Sebastian poster The showcase will include films like: My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007), "The Five Obstructions" (Lars von Trier and Jorgen Leth, 2003), "Le souvenir d'un avenir" (Chris Marker and Yannick Bellon, 2001), "Auge/Maschine"-Parts 1, 2, 3 (Harun Farocki, 2002), "Los Rubios" (Albertina Carri, 2003) and "The Wild Blue Yonder" (Werner Herzog, 2005).
Organizers said the Official Section will run 15 features this year.
The festival's poster was revealed at an event in the city's Science Kutxaespacio Museum.
Festival organizers said the retrospective will reflect "on the growing importance of the documentary genre throughout the world movie scene in recent years, the cycle will include some of the most representative examples of non-fiction cinema: auto-documentaries on individual and private subjects, essay cinema, fake documentaries, contributions from video-artists and moviemakers."
San Sebastian poster The showcase will include films like: My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007), "The Five Obstructions" (Lars von Trier and Jorgen Leth, 2003), "Le souvenir d'un avenir" (Chris Marker and Yannick Bellon, 2001), "Auge/Maschine"-Parts 1, 2, 3 (Harun Farocki, 2002), "Los Rubios" (Albertina Carri, 2003) and "The Wild Blue Yonder" (Werner Herzog, 2005).
Organizers said the Official Section will run 15 features this year.
The festival's poster was revealed at an event in the city's Science Kutxaespacio Museum.
- 5/10/2010
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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