Mar del Plata International Film Festival unveils fill lineup November 9, 2013 - 16:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Mar del Plata International Film Festival announced its full line up Thursday, November 7 at a press conference in Buenos Aires held at the Cine Gaumont, and led by fest president Jose Martinez Suarez, general producer Fernando Spiner, and the head of the Argentine Film Institute (INCAA) Liliana Mazure, The Hollywood Reporter said. Moises Sepulveda’s Illiterate, starring Paulina Garcia and Valentina Muhr, will be the fest’s Opening Film and part of the International competition, together with other 6 LatAm films within a total of 14. According to Martinez Suarez, the festival will screen 425 features (247 films and 168 short films), with three main competitions (International, Latin American, and Argentine feature-length films) as well as genre-driven programs, retrospectives (Juan Antonio Bardem, Miklos Jancso, among others) and Focuses that include Portuguese avant-garde cinema, works by Spanish video-artist Maria Cañas, and a selection of films by festival guests John Landis and Pierre Étaix. The announcement included the full line-up, as well as the guest and jury list. The International competition jury will be composed of Mexican Cineteca head Paula Astorga Riestra, writer Guillermo Martinez, Italian producer and former Cinecitta official Luciano Sovena, Spanish filmmaker and critic Javier Angulo, and renowned South Korean helmer Bong Joon-ho. Bong Joon-ho's attendance to the festival was confirmed yesterday, together with a retrospective program consisting in Barking Dogs Never Bite, The Host, Memories of Murder, and Mother. The Latin American competition jury will be formed y filmmakers Lúcia Murat, Juan Bautista Stagnaro, and Portuguese helmer Joao Canijo, while the Argentine one will include Valdivia fest programmer Isabel Orellana Guarello, Uruguayan writer and critic Carlos María Domínguez, and Kino Latino fest programmer Sven Pötting. Producer Vanessa Ragone (The Secret in Their Eyes), will join sound designer Julio Artucio and Fantaspoa fest creator Joao Fleck at the Work in Progress jury. The Mar del Plata International Film Festival runs Nov. 16 – 24. Related links:   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
