The 25th edition countdown is on. A silver edition that will count with the presence of two prolific directors: Bruce Beresford and Hal Hartley. Australia and the United States will be represented by these filmmakers who marked world cinematography with their different styles and narratives.

Bruce Beresford's presence will provide vital support for a powerful retrospective of Australian films including a number of major titles such as Wake in Fright, by Ted Kotcheff (1971), Proof, by Jocelyn Moorhouse (1991) and Cars That Ate Paris, by Peter Weir (1974).

Naturally, Beresford will have his own place in this focus, with the monumental blockbuster epic known as Breaker Morant (1980) and the disturbing Money Movers (1978).

Hal Hartley’s work behind the camera may be enjoyed in a complete retrospective of the great American filmmaker, key figure in independent film and cinematographic authorship.

Beresford and Hartley. Two big names, a sign of everything that has to offer the 25th Mar del Plata International Film Festival.

Mar del Plata International Film Festival reminds you that the entry films  deadline for its  25° edition is next  August 31st.
To entry your film, for any of our Competitions, feature or short films, you just need to complete this form.

Mar del Plata International Film Festival, organized by the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA), the Municipality of General Pueyrredon and the Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires Province, informs that its 25º edition will be held from 13th to 21st of November, 2010, and not from 20th to 28th as it was previously announced.

The rescheduling responds to the fact that the XX Ibero-American Summits of Heads of States and Governments will take place in Mar del Plata from December 1st to 4th, 2010. For this major event 24 Presidents will be arriving to the City and the security measures that will be displayed as well as the spaces that will be used, would hamper the normal development of our Festival.

As we had said earlier, our Festival attended the 63rd Cannes Festival. The delegation was formed by General Producer Bárbara Keen and the Programmers Marcelo Alderete and Pablo Conde. Many films were seen, several meeting were held and many proposals were made. There are a lot of surprises in the pipeline. After all a Festival doesn´t turn 25 every year.

Mar del Plata International Film Festival informs its presence at the 63rd Cannes Festival, to be held from 12 to 23 May, 2010.

The General Producer Bárbara Keen and the Programmers Marcelo Alderete and Pablo Conde will be present throughout the event. Anyone interested in communicating with them or handing screeners for our Festival, can do so at the stand of INCAA, National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts, Argentine Pavillion - #129 - Village International Riviera - Marché du Film.

The 25th edition of Mar del Plata International Film Festival will be held from 20th to 28th November, 2010. The call for film entries and the official announcement will be made soon. 

All the information will be available here, in our Web Site.

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Silver Astor to Jury's Special Award: cast of The Horn of Plenty, by Juan Carlos Tabío