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100 years of Argentine animation at the US Museum of the Moving Image

The past and present of the Argentine animation film industry — which pioneered the genre in the earliest years of the 20th century — is now the...

31.10.2024 20

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Top animation festival BitBang kicks off in Buenos Aires 

One of Latin America’s top animation festivals, BitBang, kicks off on Monday featuring animation short films, conferences, and workshops. The event...

28.10.2024 20

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Abuelas boost donation campaign as Argentine gov’t cuts funding

“Please help us, because we can’t do this alone.”  Estela de Carlotto, the 94-year-old president of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers...

24.10.2024 90

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UNI Omakase: high-end Japanese dining in Buenos Aires

“Irasshaimase!” Coziness is not the first thing most people have in mind when they think of a Japanese restaurant. But the traditional greeting...

10.10.2024 10

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Bringing justice to victims worldwide, one bone fragment at a time

“Every skeleton we find, every skull with a bullet hole in it, adds a little more knowledge of how this system of repression and mass murder...

26.09.2024 50

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Lost in translation, dollars, and desire: the films of Francisco Lezama

Viewing the short-films trilogy of 36-year old Argentine director Francisco Lezama might be compared to the experience of observing static objects...

14.09.2024 50

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Arteba exhibit aims to boost Argentina’s art market

More than 400 local artists will be showcased in Argentina’s biggest art fair Arteba, set to take place between August 30 and September 1 in Centro...

24.08.2024 50

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‘Los Simuladores’ film postponed amid Argentina’s ‘chaotic’ cultural policies

The long-awaited film version of cult Argentine TV series Los simuladores has been postponed due to production delays and the country’s “rather...

21.08.2024 60

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Netflix film about Argentine paranormal reporter to compete in San Sebastian 

“Follow me, Chango!” Argentine news reporter José de Zer didn’t just chase stories. He chased gnomes, UFOs, chupacabras, and whatever...

03.08.2024 60

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Rosa Báez, grandmother of Plaza de Mayo, dies at 94

Grandmother of Plaza de Mayo Rosa Báez de Duarte has passed away at 94, the human rights organization reported on Monday. Báez passed away without...

16.07.2024 60

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Get Out! Arepas, art vans, and all-time classic films this weekend

Saturday, July 13 – 12 p.m.Fundación Santander (Av. Paseo Colón 1380) There’s a lot more to La Boca than El Caminito and the Bombonera stadium....

12.07.2024 50

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Argentine films to hit Max streaming after Warner Bros acquisition

Five highlights of recent Argentine independent cinema have been picked up by Warner Bros. Discovery and will soon be available for Latin American...

05.07.2024 50

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Get Out! Chocolate and farewell films to face the cold

Temperatures are expected to drop heavily this weekend in Buenos Aires, so today’s recommendations are focused on two classic weapons of choice to...

28.06.2024 50

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BA Publishers’ Fair 2024 announces participants and activities

The Publishers’ Fair (FED) has announced its line-up of activities, guests and participants, including more than 330 publishing houses from Latin...

27.06.2024 60

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‘Un buen día’: the awful Argentine film everyone loves

The movie Un buen día premiered in 2010 and lasted only one week in theaters. Critics slammed it and considered it, hands down, the worst movie in...

15.06.2024 60

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Get Out!: the Herald’s weekend recommendations

Murder on the Orient Express by The Suburban Players June 7 to 9 and 14 to 16 Fridays and Saturdays at 9 p.m., Sundays at 7 p.m. The Playhouse —...

08.06.2024 50

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Get out!: the Herald’s weekend recommendations for Buenos Aires

1. Las Cautivas Sundays at 5 p.m. in Teatro Metropolitan (Av. Corrientes 1343) One of the riveting productions on offer in Buenos Aires right now,...

01.06.2024 50

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Get Out! – A weekend of Argentine films

The classic Herald section Get Out! with weekend recommendations is back with a first installment devoted to Argentine movies as a tribute to National...

24.05.2024 60

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‘Puán’: the comedy that foresaw Argentina’s public education crisis

26.04.2024 50

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Argentine government shuts down national film institute mid-film festival

The Milei administration shut down Argentina’s National Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA) on Monday. Three days into one of the...

22.04.2024 50

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Four Argentine Films Selected for Cannes’ Sidebar Programs

Despite government cuts, Argentina cinema continues to enjoy international recognition in top film festivals, with four national films selected in the...

17.04.2024 60

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Argentine author Selva Almada shortlisted for International Booker Prize

Argentine author Selva Almada’s novel Not a River has been named to the International Booker Prize’s short list, it was revealed on Monday. Almada...

10.04.2024 50

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Oscar winner Juan José Campanella to adapt ‘Mafalda’

Argentine writer-director Juan José Campanella, a 2010 Oscar winner for The Secret in Their Eyes, confirmed via Instagram on Friday that he will helm...

06.04.2024 50

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Buenos Aires Film Festival 2024 lineup features slew of Argentine premieres

The Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) unveiled the full program of its 25th anniversary edition, which features an array of Argentine...

06.04.2024 60

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Argentine writer Magalí Etchebarne wins prestigious literary award

Argentine writer Magalí Etchebarne’s La vida por delante has won the eighth Ribera del Duero Award, a renowned contest for Ibero-American...

20.03.2024 50

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The death of Carlitos Menem Jr.: an accident or Argentina’s third terrorist attack?

“It’s been 27 years, and I think it’s time for the truth to come out.”  Zulema Yoma is talking to the camera about the death of her only son,...

16.03.2024 50

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Government slashes Argentine film institute’s operational funds

President Javier Milei’s administration officially suspended the operational funding of the National Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA...

13.03.2024 60

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Argentina’s 2022 World Cup win: 4 documentaries to relive the glory

It might seem a lifetime ago in the time warp that is Argentine daily life, but it was just barely a year ago when the entire country basked in the...

29.02.2024 60

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Argentina’s long history of economic chaos: a film tutorial

Argentine cinema has been depicting the country’s unique and frenzied economic woes since its very beginning. It has taken the form of social...

27.01.2024 30

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Oscars: Chile makes history with two nominations

Chilean cinema secured two Oscar nominations on Tuesday, an all-time first for the country. Maite Alberdi’s The Eternal Memory was nominated for...

23.01.2024 60

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Pedro Almodóvar, Diego Luna, Andy Muschietti defend Argentina’s Film Institute

Pedro Almodóvar, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Andy Muschietti, Juan Antonio Bayona, and four-time Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu are...

23.01.2024 70

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From ‘Alive’ to ‘Society of the Snow,’ the true story behind the Andes flight disaster

In 1972, a plane carrying a group of Uruguayan teenage rugby players from the Old Christians team crashed in the Andes en route to Chile to play a...

11.01.2024 50

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J.A. Bayona on the Uruguayan plane crash and empathy through fiction: ‘The mountains dominated’

15.12.2023 60

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