The 13 th edition of the Independent Film Festival came to an end and leave a very positive balance. First as a space dedicated to a different film, away from the trends that dominate the screens during the year and whose ultimate goal is the dissemination of works, but its commercial exploitation. So the BAFICI is important, because they put an aesthetic-which may be discussed or not, but it is definitely clear and solid-to mere business, becoming one of the bodies most powerful cultural media of Argentina. It is important to understand that this is the priority and not welcome at the box office success. The BAFICI, as the Festival de Mar del Plata, are phenomena that should be supported with conviction, even if not convened as do so many spectators. Encourage and propagate the culture has to be a vocation in which should not influence any cash counts, and that the benefits of a society as rich stimulated with proposals how are you, always go far beyond economics. programming this year represented a high-level aesthetic challenge, convened in the main section 19 films covering a broad spectrum of proposals. Among them, there are at least seven titles at the highest level and a second group of eight or nine who have graced the public and the competition with their participation. Not to mention the rest of the sections and the different samples and non-competitive focus.
In the group of elite international competition have Attemberg , the Athina Greek Tsangari, the Uruguayan The life of Frederick Veiroj; The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye , Marie Losier, the national The student , Santiago Mitre and documentary Yatasto , Hermes Paralluelo ; Le quattro volte, Michelangelo Frammartino, and the big winner of the festival, the documentary qu'ils reposent in révolte (Les guerres figures of ), Sylvain George French, who in addition to obtaining the top prize was awarded that provided by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI). It is still striking that these two jurors, one comprised of filmmakers and producers and the other film critics have agreed on their choice. Although it was not unfair to any of the above will take the prize. Merit Sergio Wolf, director of BAFICI four years, and his team of programmers.
That caveat aside, there are a number of reasons why qu'ils reposent in révolte has been chosen. First, because it is still remarkable that a film that follows the itinerary of illegal immigrants from Africa, suspended without certainties transit through Europe, is awarded at the City of Buenos Aires during the administration of Mauricio Macri , shortly after the unfortunate events of the Parque Roca. Because it portrays an original way an issue that needs to be reviewed urgently and that is no stranger to reality throughout Argentina. Because it does so in a raw and heartbreaking, but above all a formal punctiliousness final. Efficient because it uses the tools and resources that cinema offers, photography, sound, editing, for example, not only to present his subject, but to do it with a superlative beauty. Because it gets hard to sustain a narrative rhythm over more than two hours of film, and even from there, move the viewer the feeling of waiting indefinitely to which its characters are doomed. Why not be a political film is allowed to drop pamphlet into temptation or cause a trend in public, but provides the elements that everyone can develop their own views. Because I do not condescend or show sympathy for his characters, but not handled, but leaves the conclusions are the natural outcome of a story that you can not make objections. It represents a declaration of principles made loudly, against a world in which human rights are no longer universal, to become a class privilege. Because this is a film produced from an independence activist and, therefore, represents a comprehensive manner in this spirit that holds the last 13 years, with ever greater strength, this festival is part of the cultural heritage of Buenos Aires and throughout Argentina. Beyond any management, government or political short-lived.
Article originally published in the Culture section Argentine Time.
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