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All the winners and juries in the 39th Festival closing ceremony
In a day full of emotions, the closing ceremony of the 39th Mar del Plata International Film Festival took place with the winners of the different competitions being announced. The gala took place at the Auditorium Theatre...
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International Competition
Astor Piazzolla Award for Best Feature Length Film - «Au bord du monde» by Sophie Muselle and Guérin Van de Vorst
Jury Statement: "A unanimous decision that celebrates a cinematographic work that transcends the mundane, revealing the delicate topography of human feelings with a subtlety that penetrates the soul of the viewer".
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International Competition
Astor Piazzolla Special Jury Award - «The Most Precious of Cargoes» by Michel Hazanavicius
Jury Statement: "An interesting work that unfolds a sensitive narrative like a canvas of emotions, in which each frame beats with the intensity of a heart that resists silence, accompanied by a musical score that whispers...
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International Competition
Astor Piazzolla Award for Best Direction - Matías Lucchesi for «El casero»
Jury Statement: "The film is about the connection between two brothers, navigating with a bold and lyrical gaze somewhere between the fragility and strength of family ties. The direction unravels an emotional landscape in...
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International Competition
Astor Piazzolla Award for Best Acting - Mara Taquin in «Au bord du monde»
Jury Statement: "Mara Taquin for Au Bord du monde, who transmutes each frame into a visual poem. Her performance is an archaeological journey into the depths of the human soul, unearthing the complexity of a nurse whose...
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International Competition
Astor Piazzolla Award for Best Screenplay - Gil Kenan and Jason Reitman for «Saturday Night»
Jury Statement: "A work that unravels the chaos of existence in a single night. A script that unfolds like a labyrinth of human connections, in which each dialogue is an unexplored territory of encounters, disagreements...
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International Competition
Second Honorable Mention - «Rita» de Paz Vega
Jury Statement: "A film that exposes domestic violence as a landscape of destruction. The director weaves a story that exposes the fragility of childhood innocence, revealing how the walls of a home can become prisons...
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Official International Competition
First Honorable Mention - «There Was, There Was Not» by Emily Mkrtichian
Jury Statement: "A work that is erected as a living memorial, a testimony that challenges oblivion and reconstructs the memory of an erased territory, turning each image into a cry of resistance and recognition".
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Latin American Competition
Astor Piazzolla Award for Best Feature Length Film - «A procura de Martina» by Márcia Faria
Jury: Gonzalo Calzada, Alberto Ponce, Lucía Sapena Jury Statement: "For its narrative and aesthetic strength in addressing memory and the search for truth".
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Argentine Competition
Astor Piazzolla Award for Best Feature Length Film - «La llegada del hijo» by Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato
Jury: Guillermo Courau, Juan Pablo Russo, Soledad San Julián Jury Statement: "For its deep exploration of the emotional and symbolic complexities of motherhood and female desire, addressed with a sensitive and bold narrative,...
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Competencia Argentina
José Martínez Suárez Award for Best Direction - Mariano González for «Adulto»
Jury: Guillermo Courau, Juan Pablo Russo, Soledad San Julián Jury Statement: "For its ability to tell a story without embellishments or artifice through an intimate and dynamic camera setup, which manages to connect directly...
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Argentine Competition
Astor Piazzolla Award for Best Short Film - «El ascenso y caída de Zara Zilverstein» by Brian Kazez
Jury: Guillermo Courau, Juan Pablo Russo, Soledad San Julián Jury Statement: "For its sharp look at society, and its creative execution in addressing the fleeting nature of fame and the impact of the media on the life...
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Argentine Competition
Second Honorary Mention - Lautaro Bettoni and Benicio Mutti Spineta for his acting in «No corre el viento»
Jury: Guillermo Courau, Juan Pablo Russo and Soledad San Julián Jury Statement: "For the excellent example of acting working in the construction of an honest and sincere bond of great empathy, in the face of a harsh reality...
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Argentine Competition
First Honorable Mention - «El Ariston» by Gerardo Panero
Jury: Guillermo Courau, Juan Pablo Russo, Soledad San Julián Jury Statement: Ç "For vindicating the memory of our people with a narrative and aesthetic approach in which sensitivity predominates, without giving up exhaustive...
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Altered States Competition
Astor Piazzolla Award for the Best Film - «We Are Inside» by Farah Kassem
Jurado: Fernando Brenner, Ramiro Navarro, Guillermina Rosales Jury Statement: "We are aware of the connection between the personal and the political in a deeply autobiographical context. Addressing the complexity of family...
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Altered States Competition
Honorable Mention - «Nuestra sombra» by Agustina Sánchez Gavier
Jury: Fernando Brenner, Ramiro Navarro, Guillermina Rosales Jury Statement: "The imperatives of nature have the power to transform our beliefs, traditions, customs and our daily human life. It has generated a deep concern...
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In Transit Competition / WIP
Astor Piazzolla Award to the Best Project - «76 89 23» by Federico Benoit
Jury: Miguel Monforte, Eva Padró, Alejandro Sammaritano Jury Statement: "For its dialogue between an older film that had an impact on Argentine Cinema at the beginning of the century, and that today is reinterpreted...
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Presenting the highlights of the sixth day of the Festival
The 39th edition of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival continues to be a vibrant event for encountering cinema in its diversity. The day was marked by powerful screenings and tributes to key figures and films from...
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This is what happened on the 5th day of the Mar del Plata International Film Fest
The fifth day of the 39th Mar del Plata International Film Festival was marked by a wide variety of films, from titles in competition to retrospectives and special events that reaffirmed the diverse and inclusive nature of...
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Special screening of“100 years of The Nibelungs”and“100 years of the Teatro Colón in Mar del Plata”
During the 39th Festival, a special screening of Fritz Lang’s The Nibelungs will be presented at the Teatro Colón in Mar del Plata (Hipólito Yrigoyen 1665). On Tuesday, November 26 at 9:30 pm, you can enjoy Siegfried’s...
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The Opening Ceremony of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival was held
The 39th edition of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival was officially inaugurated last night with a ceremony held at the city's Teatro Auditorium. The event was attended by representatives of authorities such as...
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Five films which are being considered to participate in the Oscars are part of the program
Francis Ford Coppola's «Megalópolis» to screen for the first time in Argentina at the Festival
The Mar del Plata International Film Festival revealed part of the international programming that can be enjoyed from November 21 to December 1 in the festival’s Panorama section, which offers a broad view of Argentine...
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He collaborated with Spielberg, Scorsese and Lucas
Oscar-Nominated visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman, to receive the Astor de Plata Award for Lifetime achievement at the Festival
Following his work on Universal Pictures’ new cinematic event, the film adaptation of the beloved stage musical, “Wicked,” three-time Academy Award® nominee will return to his native Argentina to receive the prestigious...
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The Festival took part in Argentina’s most important International Tourism Fair (FIT) in “La Rural”
Jorge Stamadianos, one of the co-directors of the Film Festival, held a publid conversation with Bernardo Martín, President of the Mar del Plata Department of Tourism and Culture. During the conversation, he announced that...
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