Festival In Focus: San Sebastian Ramps Up Support For Argentina’s Film Industry For 72nd Edition
deadline.comIn keeping with its historical support of Latin American cinema throughout the years, the San Sebastian International Film Festival will this year make an extra push for Argentina’s cinema industry, which has been in a state of crisis since March after its newly-elected far-right leader Javier Milei moved ahead with plans to withdraw all state funding from its film body, the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA).
The state body backs most Argentinian films, festivals and events – including major Latin American festival Ventana Sur (which has now been relocated from Buenos Aires to Montevideo, Uruguay) – and the impact the lack of funding will have on the country’s sector will be, according to many industry insiders, devastating.
As a result, San Sebastian is hosting a day of action on September 24 and has teamed up with the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences and producer Gabriel Hochbaum along with a raft of Argentinian production companies, filmmakers and journalists for the event.
That day will see the world premiere of Official Selection title The Man Who Loved UFOs (El Hombre Que Amaba Los Platos Voladores) from Argentine filmmaker Diego Lerman as well as an international premiere of Nicolás Gil Lavedra’s non-fiction title Traslados.
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