20TH EDITION OF THE MAR DEL PLATA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALThe 20th edition of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival will be held on March 10 to 20. The AWARD will be the ASTOR for the second time, according to the name of one of the most famous people from the city. This year the film fest have a new logo (see image). It combines the blue colour of sea and a sea lion, two elements characteristics of the place.The film TURTLES CAN FLY by Bahman Ghobadi is set to open the film festival....

Eduardo "Quintín" Antín has been removed from the direction of the Buenos Aires International Film Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI). In the last days "Quintín" was named director of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival of Independent Cinema (MARFICI), that it is a version of the BAFICI but it has private contributions. The authorities of the Government of Buenos Aires, who organize the BAFICI, considered that the attitude of Eduardo Antín does not correspond with the profile ...

Mar del Plata International Film Festval, the last days.In CompetitionIn the last days, we have been able to watch movies coming from Japan, Peru, Croatia, Italy and Iceland. The Domingo last two movies of the Official Competition has been projected. On one hand, “The Blue Light", of Yukio Ningawa, coming from Japan. The movie tries on a family drama where a son kills his father, with the purpose of to come undone of him and to liberate to his family of the anguish that this causes them. The f...