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Screened at Sundance Dramatic Competition . Dir: Henry Bean. US. 2001. 99 mins.The most provocative feature in competition at this yea
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The new artistic head of South American s leading film festival, Mar del Plata March 6-15 , unveiled his competition line-up in Berlin with a promise to redefine its identity as a festival created by film-makers for film-makers . The line-up features a number of films that deal with globalisation, xenophobia and a search for identity. The festival will also showcase the explosion of talent in Argentina itself and neighbouring Brazil.Artistic co-ordinator Miguel Pereira, pictured a film director himself who was a Berlinale Silver Bear winner in 1987 with L
stanley cup a Deuda Interna, said This has been a critical year for not just Argentinian society but film as well. All the film institutions in Argentina were until recently in the hands of people who were not film-makers, who were appointed for political reasons; the festival was run by film critics. They have now been replaced. This festival will be a festival made by film-makers for film-makers. Already lined up for competition at the FIAPF accredited event
stanley cup are Yong-Gyun Kim s Wanne Junah South Korea ; Domingos De Oliveira s Separacoes Brazil ; Damian Szifron s El Fondo Del Mar Argentina ; Phil Hay And Matt Manfredi s Bug US ; David Ofek and Joseph Madmoni s The Barbecue People Israel ; Antonio Chavarria s Volveras Spain ; Alejandro Agresti s Valentin Argentina/Netherlands ; Jeff Erbach s The Nature Of Nicholas Canada
stanley canada ; Ebrahim Hatamikia s Low Heights Iran ; Nils Malmros Facing The Truth Denmark ; and Daniel Maci
