Argentine Film Festival Returns To London

By 02 April, 2013

The Argentine Film Festival returns to London for it’s second year, expanding into three venues and once again offering a wide variety of Argentine cinema and cultural events.

The festival will start on Wednesday 17th April with a Malbec Day-themed screening of The Ways Of Wine before building up to the official Opening Night on Thursday 18th April where All In (La Suerte En Tus Manos), the latest by acclaimed director Daniel Burman which also boasts the acting talent of Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler, will be the film of the evening.

Other highlights during the 5-day festival will be Gonzalo Tobal’s excellent Villegas, a music-driven road movie which got a great reception at Cannes last year; The Dead Man and Being Happy, another road movie though this one’s all about deadpan humour and quirky narrative; White Elephant, which once again teams director Pablo Trapero with Ricardo Darín and Martina Gusmán; and a couple of very different documentaries in the shape of Sofia Turns 100 and Lost World Cup about a football world cup that may have happened in South America during the Second World War.

All events will take place at Ritzy Brixton, Picturehouse Hackney and Cineworld in Haymarket. In addition to the films there will also be a music event at Ritzy Brixton, a football fever party, discussions with some of the film-makers as well as great Argentine music videos from Sonido Ambiente to introduce many of the films.

The full programme information and details for buying tickets can be found at argentinefilmfestival.com

Quick Listing

Wednesday 17th April

6pm – Malbec Day Preview Screening: The Ways Of Wine (El Camino Del Vino) – Cineworld Haymarket [With guest Charlie Arturaola, leading sommelier and star of The Ways of Wine]

Thursday 18th April

1pm – Silver Screen: Sofia Turns 100 (Sofia Cumple 100 Años) – Picturehouse Hackney
6.30pm – The Ways Of Wine (El Camino Del Vino) – Ritzy Brixton [With guest Charlie Arturaola, leading sommelier and star of The Ways of Wine]
9.00pm – Opening Film: All In (La Suerte en Tus Manos) – Ritzy Brixton

Friday 19th April

4.20pm – Mount Bayo (Cerro Bayo) – Ritzy Brixton
6.45pm – Gone Fishing (Días De Pesca) – Ritzy Brixton
9pm – Rock’n Rollers Music EventRitzy Brixton
9.15pm – White Elephant (Elefante Blanco) – Ritzy Brixton
6.45pm – Sadourni’s Butterflies (Las Mariposas de Sadourni) – Picturehouse Hackney [With guest Dario Nardi, director of Sadourni’s Butterflies]
7pm – All In (La Suerte en Tus Manos) – Cineworld Haymarket

Saturday 20th April

4pm – Nuevos Talentos: Short Films from Argentina’s most exciting new directors – Picturehouse Hackney
6.45pm – Dead Man And Being Happy (El Muerto y Ser Feliz) – Picturehouse Hackney
5pm – Sofia Turns 100 (Sofia Cumple 100 Años) – Ritzy Brixton
7pm – VillegasRitzy Brixton
9.15pm – The Man Next Door (El Hombre de al Lado) – Ritzy Brixton
6.30pm – The Lost World Cup (Il Mundial Dimenticato) – Cineworld Haymarket [With guests Lorenzo Garzella and Filippo Macelloni, directors of The Lost World Cup]

Sunday 21st April

3pm – Sofia Turns 100 (Sofia Cumple 100 Años) – Picturehouse Hackney
5pm – VillegasPicturehouse Hackney
7pm – The Man Next Door (El Hombre de al Lado) – Picturehouse Hackney
1.30pm – Football Fever PartyRitzy Brixton
3.00pm – Dead Man And Being Happy (El Muerto y Ser Feliz) – Ritzy Brixton
5.30pm – The Lost World Cup (Il Mundial Dimenticato) – Ritzy Brixton[With guests Lorenzo Garzella and Filippo Macelloni, directors of The Lost World Cup]
8.10pm – Closing Film: Sadourni’s Butterflies (Las Mariposas de Sadourni) – Ritzy Brixton [With guest Dario Nardi, director of Sadourni’s Butterflies]


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