Argentine Film Awards - Mar del Plata Film Festival, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Diamond Konex Award Winners (Paperback)

Chapters: Mar Del Plata Film Festival, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Diamond Konex Award Winners, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina Awards, Honour Konex Award Winners, Mercosur Konex Award Winners, Clar n Awards. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Spanish: ) is a prestigious international film festival that takes place every year, during the month of November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is the only competitive feature festival recognized by the FIAPF in Latin America and the oldest in this category in the Americas. Created in 1954, it was not considered to be a competitive festival, it was more of a display of selected international movies; during this stage the event was named Festival Cinematogr fico Internacional (International Cinematographic Festival). During the early years, famous international guests concurred to the event, such as Gina Lollobrigida and Errol Flynn. The festival continued until 1959 when the Asociaci n de Cronistas Cinmetograficos took charge of running it, and during this time the festival was approved and recognized by FIAPF. In 1964 the festival took a temporary move to Buenos Aires and the name was changed to Festival Cinematogr fico Internacional de la Rep blica Argentina (International Cinematographic Festival of the Argentine Republic). In the year 1966 a coup occurred in Argentina, and in the years 1968 and 1970 the Instituto de Cine took charge of the festival. During 1967 1969 the festival was cancelled because other festivals occurred in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During the 1960s several well-known guests appeared, including: Paul Newman, Alberto Sordi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vittorio Gassman, Toshir M...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=602773