Buenos Aires International Film Festival (BAFICI)
Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente
Avenue Corrientes 1530 - 7° Piso
C1042AAO Buenos Aires
Argentina
phone +54-11-43 72 95 85
fax +54-11-43 74 03 20
http://festivales.buenosaires.gob.ar/2019/bafici/es
email: info@bafici.gov.ar
Artistic Director
Mr. Javier Porta Fouz
Programmer
Ms. Paloma Dema
Year of Foundation 1999
Event Date from 15 April 2020 till 26 April 2020
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
International Competition
Sections International Official Competition (Fiction and Documentary), Human Rights Competition, Avant Garde & Genre Competition, Retrospectives, Thematic sections
Terms of Entry feature film competition: first, second and third film of a director, productions must have been completed after January 2018, no prior screening in Argentina (preferably international premiere)
Subtitles English subtitles necessary Spanish subtitles recommended
Format 16 mm, 35 mm, DCP, Digital File
Registration Deadline 20 December 2019
Fees none
Attendance Figures 390,000
Participants of the Film Industry national and international directors, producers, distribution companies, press, critics, institutions
Prizes/Awards Best Fiction Feature Film, Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Actor/Actress, Special Jury Award
2019
International Official Competition
MONOS by Alejandro Landes (CO/AR/NL/DE/UY/FR, Pandora Filmproduktion)
MUSIC AND APOCALYPSE (WEITERMACHEN SANSSOUCI) by Max Linz (Amerikafilm)
Argentine Official Competition
THE EXCUSE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM by Florencia de Mugica, Laura Mara Tablón (AR/DE, weltfilm Berlin)
BRIEF STORY FROM THE GREEN PLANET by Santiago Loza (AR/DE/BR/ES, Autentika Films)
Human Rights Official Competition
KABUL, CITY IN THE WIND by Aboozar Amini (ZA/KE/FR/LB/NO/NL/DE, Razor Film)
Careers
AQUARELA by Victor Kossakowsky (DE/GB/DK, Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktion)
MEETING GORBACHEV by Werner Herzog, André Singer (GB/US/DE, MDR, ARTE)
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT by Lars von Trier (DK/FR/DE/SE, Zentropa Köln)
Comedy
SMUGGLING HENDRIX by Marios Piperides (CY/DE/GR, Pallas Film)
VOLCANO (VULKAN) by Roman Bondarchuk (UA/DE, elemag pictures)
Passions (Dokumentary)
FLY ROCKET FLY (MIT MACHETEN ZU DEN STERNEN) by Oliver Schwehm (DE/BE, Lunabeach TV und Media)
Number of Films Shown 500 in 1,100 screenings
Media Coverage all national media, Latin American media and foreign press
Evaluation The festival has its focus on young independent filmmakers, who are innovativ and show new directions. It is a meeting point for the new generation, workshops and seminars offer excellent contact opportunities. The recent festival editions not only attracted a huge number of spectators, also a large number of distributors attended the screening looking for new films.
