Reviewing the names of the ones that were in those classrooms, we get a catalogue of essential directors of the history of cinema of our time.
I think of a tiger. A sparkling fire. A lion. A labyrinth. The origin of stories. How Argentinian cinema became in the late 90’s a place where stories, images and sounds took a new form. How that new cinema amazed film festivals around the world, in the same way as a tiger, a fire, a lion looking at the camera could amaze us.
Now, the primary question: Where did all this come from?
There is never one unique door, there are a lot, as Borges described labyrinths. And one of the main windows to the new Argentinian cinema, to its origin and expansion, was and still is the Universidad del Cine de Buenos Aires, founded in 1991 by Manuel Antín.
Reviewing the names of the ones that were in those classrooms, we get a catalogue of essential directors of the history of cinema of our time.
PABLO TRAPERO / ANA KATZ / LISANDRO ALONSO / ANDRÉS DE NEGRI / ARIEL ROTTER / CELINA MURGA / JUAN VILLEGAS / MARIANO LLINÁS / RODRIGO MORENO / ALBERTINA CARRI / PAZ ENCINA / DAMIÁN SZIFRÓN / INÉS BRAUN / MILAGROS MUMENTHALER / JAZMÍN LÓPEZ / TEDDY WILLIAMS / GASTÓN MARGOLIN / VALERIA FERNÁNDEZ / MARTÍN MORGENFELD / JERÓNIMO QUEVEDO / KIRO RUSSO / AGOSTINA GUALA / PABLO LAMAR / FLORENCIA PERCIA / VLADIMIR DURÁN / NELSON CARLO DE LOS SANTOS ARIAS / FLORENCIA ROMANO
Universidad del Cine (Buenos Aires). First part
January 6, Saturday, 18:00, Mundo grúa, Pablo Trapero, Argentina, 1999, 82’
January 14, Sunday, 18:00, La libertad, Lisandro Alonso, Argentina, 2001, 73’
January 28, Sunday, 18:00, Sólo por hoy, Ariel Rotter, Argentina, 2001, 100’
February 4, Sunday, 18:00, Sábado, Juan Villegas, Argentina, 2001, 72’
February 9, Friday, 19:00, Cortometrajes I / Teddy Williams (88’).
February 16, Friday, 19:00, El juego de la silla, Ana Katz, Argentina, 2002, 93’
February 18, Sunday, 18:00, Balnearios, Mariano Llinás, Argentina, 2002, 81’
February 22, Thursday, 19:00, Ana y los otros, Celina Murga, Argentina, 2003, 80’
February 23, Friday, 19:00, Los rubios, Albertina Carri, Argentina, 2003, 90’
February 28, Wednesday, 19:00, Cortometrajes II / Universidad del Cine en el Encuentro Internacional de Estudiantes de Cine del Festival de San Sebastián (99’).
March-April/ Second part
SHORT FILMS III (110’)
Negocios, Pablo Trapero, Argentina, 1995, 17’
Derecho viejo, Mariano Llinás, Argentina, 1998, 12’
Hamaca paraguaya, Paz Encina, Paraguay, 2000, 9’
Bajo figuras, Inés Braun, Argentina, 2000, 7’
Cuando vuelvas vamos a ir a comer a Cantón, Andrés de Negri, Argentina, 2001, 2’
El patio, Milagros Mumenthaler, Argentina, 2004, 16’
Parece la pierna de una muñeca, Jazmín López, Argentina, 2006, 9’
Contracorriente, Agostina Guala, Argentina, 2008, 8’
Ahendu nde sapukai (Oigo tu grito), Pablo Lamar, Paraguay, 2008, 11’
Minimercado Champion, Florencia Percia, Argentina, 2010, 19’
El fondo del mar, Damián Szifrón, Argentina, 2003, 92’
Hamaca Paraguaya, Paz Encina, Paraguay, 2006, 72’
Historias Extraordinarias, Mariano Llinás, Argentina, 2008, 245’
Leones, Jazmín López, Argentina, 2012, 85’
Santa Teresa y otras historias, Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias, MexiCo, 2015, 65’
La última tierra, Pablo Lamar, Paraguay, 2016, 77’
Adiós entusiasmo, Vladimir Durán, Argentina-colombia, 2017, 79’
La noche polar, Florencia Romano, Argentina, 2016, 61’
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Secret session
This seasons was curated in collaboration with Mariángela Martínez Restrepo from Universidad del cine (Buenos Aires).