Anna Marie de la Fuente In what has become a regular event at major film festivals since January, members of the Argentine film community and its supporters from across the world, came together for a protest led by the San Sebastian Film Festival in support of the South American country’s flailing audiovisual industry.
The protests have been in response to the draconian measures taken by its right-wing government, led by Javier Milei, who took over as president in December last year amid a galloping 200% inflation rate.
Soon after he took over, Milei’s administration defunded the country’s film-TV institute INCAA, which adversely impacted its national film festivals such as the Mar del Plata and federal aid for national film releases, state-run cinemas and film schools, among others.
It also jeopardized the prominent Buenos Aires-based film and TV market, Ventana Sur, jointly organized by INCAA and Cannes’ Marché du Film, that will take place this year in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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