Three feature-length films and a short film will compete at the Directors’ …
Agustín Mango
Agustín Mango is a translator and cultural journalist at the Buenos Aires Herald. His work focuses on the audiovisual industry. A former correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter, he also works at the ESMA Museum and Site of Memory. His articles and reviews have been published in local and international media such as Indiewire, Clarín, and elDiarioAr.
The 25th BAFICI comes as film festivals across the country fight devastating funding cuts
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‘In these times when memory, truth and justice are facing looming dangers, this place is now more protected,’ said museum director Mayki Gorosito.
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The Museum and Site of Memory was the country’s main clandestine center of detention, torture and extermination center during the military dictatorship
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The Rage Against the Machine guitarist met President Gabriel Boric and played songs by disappeared artist Victor Jara at the National Stadium in Santiago
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Culture & IdeasFilm & SeriesLatin America
New restoration of ‘The Battle of Chile’ to premiere in US
Patricio Guzmán’s renowned documentary about Augusto Pinochet’s coup against president Salvador Allende will be screened as part of a retrospective series in New York
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Based in Edinburgh, the independent publisher translates some of the region’s most vital contemporary authors
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Seven retired military officers were convicted in Chile for the singer-songwriter’s kidnapping and execution in the early days of the Pinochet dictatorship
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Santiago Mitre’s Oscar-nominated film won 11 Sur Awards, including Best Fiction Film, Director, and Screenplay
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A comprehensive exhibition at the Buenos Aires Fine Arts Museum features the work of Argentina’s renowned contemporary artist, celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth
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BooksCulture & IdeasWhat to do in Buenos Aires
Publishers’ Fair 2023: longer hours and over 300 publishing houses
International guests to one of BA’s major literary events include US writer Peter Rock and Brazilian feminist author Djamila Ribeiro
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The subtle and powerful talent of the ‘Trenque Lauquen’ lead can be seen across Buenos Aires these days, in hit plays like ‘Las cautivas’ and ‘Petróleo’.