The singular 4+1 Film Festival MAPPFRE FOUNDATION- that will be held
simultaneously in Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Ciudad de México, Madrid and São
Paulo from November 11th to the 14th of 2010- will have 12 movies from 12
countries in its first edition’s competitive section. Prestigious filmmakers
such as Gus Van Sant, Jane Campion or Agnes Varda and new top directors
as Filipino Raya Marin, Cambodian Rithy Pann or Argentinean Pablo Agüero,
among others, will be competing for the Best Film Award accompanied with
20.000€, given by the vote of the attending audience. The philosophy
behind this festival in to gather significant author cinema films that, in spite
of their cinematic value, having participated in prestigious festivals, have
yet to access commercial circuits.
In this first edition of the 4+1 Film Festival the movies competing for the
Best Film Award will be: Huacho by Alejandro Fernández Almendras;
Sweetgrass by Ilsa Barbashm and Lucien Castaing-Taylor; Eastern Plays by
Kamen Kalev; Independencia by Raya Martin; Irène by Alain Cavalier; Le
Roi de L’Evasion by Alain Guiraudie; Salamandra by Pablo Agüero; Le Pere
de Mes Enfants by Mia Hanson-Løve; Les Plages d’Agnès by Agnès Varda;
Treeless Mountain by So-Yong Kim; Un Barrage Contre le Pacifique (The
Sea Wall) by Rithy Pann and 8 by Abderrahmane Sissako (Tiya’s Dream);
Gael García Bernal (The Letter); Gaspar Noe (Sida); Mira Nair (How can it
be?); Jane Campion (The Water Diary); Gus Van Sant (Mansion on the Hill);
Jan Kouen (The Story of Panshin Beka) and Wim Wenders. Also, the
Honorary Section will be dedicated to the Honored Guest hosted by the
Festival in its official venue, this year being the MALBA-FUNDACIÓN
COSTANTINI of Buenos Aires. The 4+1 Film Festival will also be held at the
Cinemateca Distrital de Bogotá and the Cine Colombia (Bogotá), the Museo
de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires-Fundación Costantini (Buenos
Aires), the Cine Palafox (Madrid), the Cineteca Nacional de México (México
City) and the Cinemateca Brasileira (São Paulo).
11.10.2010 | Festival 4 mas 1's blog
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