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Five films to see at the Argen­tine Film Fes­ti­val 2015

19 Nov 2015

Words by Little White Lies

Arid landscape with red and white benches, a person sitting on one bench, and a dog beside them.
Arid landscape with red and white benches, a person sitting on one bench, and a dog beside them.
A feel-good foot­ball com­e­dy and a Patag­on­ian road movie are among the high­lights of this year’s programme.

The 4th Argen­tine Film Fes­ti­val will take place in Lon­don between 26 – 29 Novem­ber at the Ritzy Cin­e­ma and Hack­ney Pic­ture­house. Here are our top picks from this year’s fes­ti­val, which boasts an impres­sive spread of films from emerg­ing and estab­lished tal­ents from the South Amer­i­can cul­ture hotspot.

Writer/​director Fran­cis­co Varone sends Motor­cy­cle Diaries star Rodri­go de la Ser­na on anoth­er road trip with Argen­tine vet­er­an Ernesto Suárez rid­ing shot­gun. This Open­ing Gala screen­ing will con­clude with a Q&A with Fran­cis­co Varone.

Patag­on­ian cult hero Car­los Sorín will be in town to reflect on his remark­able career, with two of his best-loved films, Inti­mate Sto­ries (His­to­rias Mín­i­mas) and Bom­bón: El Per­ro being pre­sent­ed as part of a new retrospective.

This infec­tious music doc from direc­tor San­ti­a­go Char­rière arrives on the crest of a con­sid­er­able wave of hype that has been gath­er­ing pace since the film picked up the Audi­ence Award at this year’s Buenos Aires Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val. In it, Argen­tine pop rock sen­sa­tions Ban­da de Tur­is­tas attempt to nav­i­gate main­stream com­mer­cial suc­cess while stay­ing true to their musi­cal ethos.

Adrián Biniez’s Clos­ing Night film fol­lows a new­ly retired pro­fes­sion­al foot­baller (Este­ban Lamothe) look­ing for pur­pose amid an acute post-career come­down. UK Pre­mière of this feel-good comedy.

Sev­en short films show­cas­ing the wealth of new tal­ent mak­ing up Argentina’s next gen­er­a­tion of filmmakers.

For full pro­gramme info and to book tick­ets vis­it argen​tine​film​fes​ti​val​.com

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