Exclusive negotiations are underway to relocate this year’s edition of Ventana Sur to Uruguay, marking the first time in 16 years the premier Latin American market would not take place in Argentina as the country wrestles with an arts funding crisis.
Ventana Sur director Bernardo Bergeret, Marché du Film executive director Guillaume Esmiol, and Facundo Ponce de Leon of Uruguay Audiovisual made the announcement at a reception in Cannes on Monday evening (May 20).
The parties expect an official agreement to be finalised by the end of June, when further details are expected to emerge around the event in Montevideo, the...
Ventana Sur director Bernardo Bergeret, Marché du Film executive director Guillaume Esmiol, and Facundo Ponce de Leon of Uruguay Audiovisual made the announcement at a reception in Cannes on Monday evening (May 20).
The parties expect an official agreement to be finalised by the end of June, when further details are expected to emerge around the event in Montevideo, the...
- 5/20/2024
- ScreenDaily
Carlos Pirovano, the recently appointed head of Argentina’s cash-strapped national film body Incaa is said to be considering a proposal to host the annual Ventana Sur market with Uruguay, as the arts funding crisis continues to rock the country’s entertainment sector.
According to a press release issued on Thursday by producers trade group Caic [Camara Argentina De La Industria Cinematografica], who met with Pirovano on Wednesday, the Incaa president said he believed Ventana Sur should continue to exist and added he was evaluating the feasibility of alternating between Argentina and Uruguay each year.
It was unclear where in Uruguay Pirovano proposed the event might occur.
According to a press release issued on Thursday by producers trade group Caic [Camara Argentina De La Industria Cinematografica], who met with Pirovano on Wednesday, the Incaa president said he believed Ventana Sur should continue to exist and added he was evaluating the feasibility of alternating between Argentina and Uruguay each year.
It was unclear where in Uruguay Pirovano proposed the event might occur.
- 3/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
The new head of Argentina’s cash-strapped national film body Incaa is said to be considering a proposal to host the annual Ventana Sur market with Uruguay as the arts funding crisis continues to rock the country’s entertainment sector.
According to a press release issued on Thursday by producers trade group Caic [Camara Argentina De La Industria Cinematografica], who met with Carlos Pirovano on Wednesday, the Incaa president said he believed Ventana Sur should continue to exist and added he was evaluating the feasibility of alternating between Argentina and Uruguay each year.
It was unclear where in Uruguay Pirovano proposed the event might occur. Buenos Aires,...
According to a press release issued on Thursday by producers trade group Caic [Camara Argentina De La Industria Cinematografica], who met with Carlos Pirovano on Wednesday, the Incaa president said he believed Ventana Sur should continue to exist and added he was evaluating the feasibility of alternating between Argentina and Uruguay each year.
It was unclear where in Uruguay Pirovano proposed the event might occur. Buenos Aires,...
- 3/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
Argentinian filmmakers are uniting under the banner Cine Argentino Unido to gather in Berlin on Tuesday to raise awareness of the unfolding public funding crisis in the country.
National film and TV institute Incaa, which funds most of the country’s local productions, has been unable to allocate money since Nicolas Batlle resigned as head last December in protest over the election of far-right president Javier Milei.
Milei has promised a programme of deep cuts to help fix the country’s ravaged economy and the industry fears cultural funding is high up his list.
“The far-right government is attempting to...
National film and TV institute Incaa, which funds most of the country’s local productions, has been unable to allocate money since Nicolas Batlle resigned as head last December in protest over the election of far-right president Javier Milei.
Milei has promised a programme of deep cuts to help fix the country’s ravaged economy and the industry fears cultural funding is high up his list.
“The far-right government is attempting to...
- 2/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
Spanish Screenings on Tour, video games section among anticipated highlights.
Ventana Sur organisers anticipate a record number of participants to descend on Buenos Aires for the in-person return of Latin America’s leading audiovisual market running November 28–December 2.
This year’s edition is loaded with animation and genre, a profusion of works in progress as well as video game projects and the arrival of Spanish Screenings On Tour.
Ventana Sur is heading towards a record attendance this year as organisers said more than 2,500 participants including 400 from Europe, 100 from North America and 400 from Latin America (excluding Argentina) have registered so far.
Ventana Sur organisers anticipate a record number of participants to descend on Buenos Aires for the in-person return of Latin America’s leading audiovisual market running November 28–December 2.
This year’s edition is loaded with animation and genre, a profusion of works in progress as well as video game projects and the arrival of Spanish Screenings On Tour.
Ventana Sur is heading towards a record attendance this year as organisers said more than 2,500 participants including 400 from Europe, 100 from North America and 400 from Latin America (excluding Argentina) have registered so far.
- 11/27/2022
- by Emilio Mayorga
- ScreenDaily
Spanish fest has more Latin American films and projects than ever before.
This year’s San Sebastian InternationaI Film Festival has the highest number of Latin American films across its official selection and marketplaces than ever before, according to festival director José Luis Rebordinos.
The line-up includes three titles in official selection: two from Argentinian directors - Manuel Abramovich’s Pornomelancolia and Diego Lerman’s The Substitute – and The Wonder from Chilean director Sebastian Lelio.
“It’s a very good moment for Latin America cinema for both quantity and the high quality of the proposals,” says Rebordinos.
Argentina in focus...
This year’s San Sebastian InternationaI Film Festival has the highest number of Latin American films across its official selection and marketplaces than ever before, according to festival director José Luis Rebordinos.
The line-up includes three titles in official selection: two from Argentinian directors - Manuel Abramovich’s Pornomelancolia and Diego Lerman’s The Substitute – and The Wonder from Chilean director Sebastian Lelio.
“It’s a very good moment for Latin America cinema for both quantity and the high quality of the proposals,” says Rebordinos.
Argentina in focus...
- 9/21/2022
- by Emilio Mayorga
- ScreenDaily
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