FUNCTIONS
Thursday, 10 April: Frank Henenlotter
17 hours. Frankenhooker (1990)
19 hours. Master Class by Frank Henenlotter. Moderator: Axel Kuschevatzky.

Saturday, April 12: New Romanian Cinema: Tudor Giurgiu
17 hours. Everybody in our family (2012), Radu Jude – tickets available only BOW -
19 hs.Of snails and men (2012), Tudor Giurgiu, with the presence of the director.

Sunday, April 13: New Romanian Cinema: Tudor Giurgiu
17 hours. I’m and old communist hag (2013), Stere Gulea
19 hs.Of snails and men (2012), Tudor Giurgiu (2012), with the presence of the director.

Press Kit

Frank Henenlotter

This time, Proa will host celebrated American director Frank Henenlotter cult. Master Class B horror film, directed classic movies of the genre, as the saga Basket Case (1982, 1990 and 1991) Brain Damage (1988). This year, Bafici dedicated a complete retrospective of his work, a series of blown, hilarious and terrifying films.

On Thursday, April 10, at 17 pm., May be Frankenhooker (1990) A bizarre rewriting of Frankenstein is considered his most successful film. After the screening, moderated by Axel Kuschevatzky, the director will provide a Master Class for the audience.

New Romanian Cinema: Tudor Giurgiu

On Saturday 12 and Sunday, April 13 will be the turn of the New Romanian Cinema. A 17 pm. can be seen that two recent productions filmography: Everybody in our family, and I’m Radu Jude and old communist hag, Stere Gulea.

Both days, at 19 pm, with the presence of its director Tudor Giurgiu, will present Of snails and men, a portrait of the nineties in Romania noted filmmaker, also creator of Transylvania Film Festival and one of the leading names held renovation of Romanian cinema.

Frankenhooker (1990 ) , De Frank Henenlotter .

SYNOPSIS After an accident with a lawn mower , Elizabeth Shelley literally transforms into a puzzle which some pieces disappear. His feverish boyfriend, Jeffrey Franken, keeps with devotion, determined to restore life . In a friendly session self trepanation ( !), The idea appears clear: a selection of pieces, involuntary courtesy of Fox, the ” pimp ” in turn, serve to reassemble his beloved. Although , yes , it may fail …

Besides being probably his best film , Frankenhooker is the highest point in the silent and passionate quest to achieve the perfect Henenlotter film exploitation , without missing a single element: the sex as the main axis, the nocturnal underworld a mad scientist who reevaluates his dubious morality , visual violence, bad jokes , exploding bodies , porn stars , cameos of worship, and so on . An unforgettable fable uncontrolled , with the best of the bad taste. (Source : Pablo Conde, BAFICI)

BIOGRAPHY Frank Henenlotter . Born in 1950. Writer , director and film historian . Despite being known for his horror comedies , he prefers to be classified as a genre filmmaker ” explotaiton ” . “I never felt I was doing horror movies. I always felt it was ` films ` exploitation ( exploitation films ) . The ‘ exploitation films ‘ have more attitude than anything else, an attitude that is not in the mainstream Hollywood productions. They’re a little ruder , a little lewd, they deal with material people do not usually play either sex drugs or rock and roll . “

Films Henenlotter are inspired by the films exploitation and sexploitation I loved watching as a kid , the kind of films which were projected on 42nd Street in New York during the 60s and 70s. Their films , low budget and full of gore and special effects , were considered by many B-movie best known are The Basket Case , Brain Damage and Frankenhooker .

ENLACES DE PRENSA

Mondo Bizarro, por Mariano Kairuz (Radar – Página 12)
Exploitation: An Interview with Frank Henenlotter, por Alan Bett (The Skinny)
A fist in the face of god meets… frank henenlotter, por Dylan Hughes (Vice)
Is Frank Henenlotter a horror genius or a sick man?, por Simon Abrams (Indiewire)

OF SNAILS AND MEN (2012), TUDOR GIURGIU
(Of Snails and Men )

SYNOPSIS A group of desperate workers comes up with the crazy idea of donating sperm to save his car factory from bankruptcy and therefore it is privatized . The official story is that some French investors are going to take the floor and become a factory of canned snails. But the hard truth is that the plan is to sell the huge machines for a lot of money and disappear . What follows is a hilarious ending crusade leaving no room for dreams . Which is ironic because, in the early nineties and having just come out of Communist rule , Romanians believed that anything was possible. This bittersweet comedy with several points in common with The Full Monty is based on a true story of that era, at the exact moment the King of Pop visited Romania , made a huge show and never returned , which implies the absence of an American Dream feasible to support the faith of those who tried to succeed in those years. (Source: Lincoln Center Film Library – http://www.filmlinc.com/films/on-sale/of-snails-and-men )

BIOGRAPHY Tudor Giurgiu born in 1972 in Cluj- Napoca , Romania, and graduated from the Film Academy of Bucharest in 1995. Worked as first assistant director directors like Lucian Pintilie and Mihaileanu . He founded and directs the International Film Festival of Transylvania. Member of the European Film Academy from 2005 to 2007 was the director general of the Romanian national TV . His first feature, Love Sick ( 2006) , was selected for the Berlinale Panorama section in 2006 and received numerous awards in international festivals.

His second feature , Of Snails and Men , was the highest grossing film in Romania in 2012 and won the Special Jury Prize at the International Film Fesival Warsaw ( Poland) , Best Picture of the Meeting Point section of the Festival of Valladolid and Best Film at SEE Film Festival of Los Angeles (U.S.) .

ENLACES DE PRENSA
¿Será este el tan esperado éxito de taquilla rumano?, por Stefan Dobroiu (Cineuropa Film Focus)
Entrevista con Tudor Giurgiu: “Rumanía es un territorio extraño”,por Stefan Dobroiu (Cineuropa Film Focus)
Of Snails and Men: Film Review, por Neil Young (The Hollywood Reporter)

I‘ M COMMUNIST AND OLD HAG (2013 ) , DE STERE Gulea

SYNOPSIS Starring Luminita Gheorghiu (Child ‘s Pose) , Stere Gulea film (Weekend with My Mother ) tells the story of Emilia , a woman of 60 who lives alone with her husband Tucu , in a small town . The couple is happy to receive a call from Canada: her daughter , Alice, go to visit with Alan , her American fiance. Things could not be better for Emilia , who hopes to enjoy the happiness of the young couple. Furthermore, Emilia, famous in the neighborhood for his communist nostalgia, they asked to be part of a documentary about the extensive festivities held on August 23 , prior to the Revolution of ’89 national holiday. The family reunion gets complicated when questions about memory and history demand answers . Adaptation of the novel published in 2007 by author Dan Lungu .

BIOGRAPHY Stere Gulea born in Constanta , Romania, in 1943 he directed the feature film The Green Grass of Home ( 1978) , Castle of the Carpathians (1981 ) , The Bear’s Eye ( 1983) , The Moromete Family (1988 ) – . Their work better known – Fox – Hunter (1993) State of Things (1996 ) , Weekend with My Mother ( 2009) , Roots (2013 ) and the documentary University Square – Romania (1991 ) .

EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY ( 2012) , Radu Jude

SYNOPSIS Marius wakes up in his apartment. There seems to be a great awakening . From there it goes to their parents , there seems to be great harmony. But Marius shorts as a child will be nothing compared to what is to come : the arrival of his former home Marius looking for Sofia , his daughter, who lives with his ex-wife, his mother and ex boyfriend of his ex-wife. The intention is to bring Marius Sofia the sea. But sometimes plans collide with the relationships between people. Everybody in Our Family is a film that builds tension to levels (such as nervous laughter ) that are usually associated only with a few thrillers or police . Well , strictly speaking, this is a familiar suspense film , and if the director Radu Jude manages to build tension and never lose your stake is nothing arbitrary, real time, fluid handling spaces, capacity their actors to play the most difficult and the household , these apparent heights of contemporary Romanian cinema capacity for starkest fights everyday realism . (BAFICI – 2012 )

AWARDS

2012: Sarajevo Film Festival , The Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Film
2012: CinEast , Grand Prix CinEast
2012: Anonimul film festival, Grand prix award for best feature film

BIOGRAPHY Radu Jude was born in Bucharest , Romania, in 1977. Graduated as filmmaker Media at the University of Bucharest. He directed the short Wrestling (2003 ) , The Black Sea (2004 ) , The Tube with a Hat (2006 ) , In the Morning and Alexandra (both 2008), in addition to the feature film The Happiest Girl in the World (2009 , ’10 Bafici ) .

ENLACES DE PRENSA

Entrevista: “La relación entre niños y padres divorciados”, por Stefan Dobroiu (Cineuropa)
Everybody In Our Family, por Vladan Petkovic (Cineuropa)

With the support of the Romanian Embassy in Argentina

Tickets only available online or  in puntos de venta del BAFICI.

For the third year, Proa hosts the BAFICI Film Festival -Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival- with the screening of “Three Sisters” (2012, 153 min.), the latest film by Wang Bing, one of the most prominent documentary maker of the contemporary cinema.

Synopsis
Winner of the award for Best Film at the Venice Biennale and DocLisboa in 2012 and the Fribourg International Film Fest in 2013, Three Sisters shows the life of a small and very poor family in the mountain valley of Yunnan, a remote region of rural China. There, three sisters of 10, 6 and 4 years living practically alone, accompanied only by a grandparent, an aunt and a father who has to be away for months on business. Despite the cold and absolute scarcity, the three built a silent brotherly bond that will provide shelter to a childhood plagued by loneliness and poverty.

Dijo la crítica
“Un triunfo del cine de observación, Three Sisters abre una ventana a un mundo desconocido, y transforma lo cotidiano en algo extrañamente mágico”.
Giovanna Fulvi – Toronto International Film Festival

“La obra de Wang Bing tiene una importancia capital”.
Roger Koza – Festival Internacional de Cine de la UNAM

“Three Sisters ofrece una mirada esclarecedora y profundamente humana sobre una familia pobre cuyas rudimentarias condiciones de vida son una réplica punzante a la ilusión del boom económico chino”.
Variety

“Wang Bing juega entre dos polos, la visión de una China antropológica y las texturas de los recuerdos, las imágenes del día a día de estos niños, un material totalmente cinematográfico”.
Alberto Moreno – Contrapicado

Three Sisters
China/France, 2012, 153 min.
Direction: Wang Bing
Direction of photography: Wang Bing, Huang Wenhai, Li Peifeng
Edition: Wang Bing, Adam Kerby
Sound: Fu Kang
Production: Mao Hui, Sylvie Faguer
Produced by Chinese Shadows, ALBUM Productions

About the director
Wang Bing was born in Shaanxi Province in China. He studied at the LuXun Art Academy in Shenyang  and the Beijing Film Academy. His first experience as a documentarist was “Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks” (2003), a nine hours feature film presented at the Toronto Film Festival and  internationaly acclaimed. His other achievements were “He Fengming: A Chinese Memoir” (2007), “A Journal of Crude Oil” (2008), “The Ditch” (2010) and “Three Sisters” (2012), his last film.

For more information and reservations, please contact auditorio@proa.org / +54 11 4104-1001

Press:

Download Press kit in English (pdf)

Ariel Magnus. Página 12 / Radar. 15.04.2012
Alejandro Lingenti. La Nación. 21.04.2012
Federico Lisica. Página 12. 21.04.2012
Juan Pablo Russo. Escribiendo Cine. April 2012
Quintín. Perfil / Cultura. 07.05.2012

Patience (After Sebald)
United Kingdom, 2011, 82 minutes
Filmed and Directed by Grant Gee
Edited by Jerry Chater, Grant Gee
Produced by Gareth Evans, Di Robson, Sarah Caddy

Featuring Tacita Dean / William Firebrace / Dan Gretton / Barbara Hui / Arthur Lubow / Robert Macfarlane / Christopher MacLehose / Jeremy Millar / Katie Mitchell / Rick Moody / Andrew Motion / Chris Petit / Adam Phillips / Iain Sinclair / Bill Swainson / Lise Patt / Marina Warner / Christopher Woodward

Synopsis
A richly textured essay film on landscape, art, history, life and loss, Patience (After Sebald) offers a unique exploration of the work of internationally acclaimed writer W.G. Max Sebald (1944 – 2001) via a walk through East Anglia tracking his most  influential book, The Rings of Saturn.
The much anticipated new feature by  the Grierson Award-winning Director of Joy Division, Patience… is the first film about Sebald internationally, marking ten years since the writer’s untimely death, and with contributions from major writers, artists and film-makers.

Notes towards a film. By Grant Gee
W.G. Sebald has, in the ten years since his sudden death in a car crash (14.12.2001), begun to exert an almost uncanny influence over contemporary art and writing. He’s become one of those rarest of writers: the adjectival author, in the shortest possible time. ‘Sebaldian’ has entered the language. I wanted to find out why this is, and trace his influence through the zeitgeist.

Both my previous major long-form works – Radiohead’s Meeting People Is Easy and Joy Division – as well as the recent short film The Western Lands, examined iconic contemporary artists in the context of the landscapes they inhabited, respectively the ‘non-places’ of international touring, the post-industrial wreckage of late 1970s Manchester and the lethal cliff faces of the Orkney Islands. These artists could not be understood fully without an understanding of the landscapes and locations they occupied. The dialogue between personality and place is thus central to my own artistic investigations.

Rarely has the idea and importance of place been more prominent in culture and thought than it is at the moment. There are many reasons for this, not least the effect of globalization, with its spread of ‘sameness’ and the subsequent alienation and lack of belonging people feel. As things are erased, so they become even more significant.

This destruction of ‘place’ is a kind of catastrophe in our imaginative lives. It doesn’t have to take the form of explicit environmental or topographic change. Perhaps even more pernicious is the long-term psychological effect. Sebald’s body of work is profoundly aware of this and offers the richest statement I have come across about the importance of attention to place and the histories it holds and has made.

Properly to honour the associative nature of the book and the themes discussed, the ‘essay film’, a ‘genre’ employed to great effect by the likes of Chris Marker, Harun Farocki, Patrick Keiller and Chris Petit, seems a very helpful and productive means to explore such material. Such a form allows for multiple tones and textures, essential when considering Sebald and place. It is also a personal form, not governed by pre-ordained structures and templates. I am extremely glad to have had the opportunity to work with this approach, and hope in a small way to have done justice, on film, to the remarkable work of this most important and influential writer.

Biography

Grant Gee is a prolific cinematographer and film-maker, best known for directing definitive studies of music and musicians. He has been Grammy-nominated twice, for Meeting People Is Easy – about Radiohead – in 2000 and Demon Days – about Gorillaz – in 2006.
His recent feature length work Joy Division premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival in 2007 and won the Sound and Vision award for ‘Best Music Film 2007’ at the CPH:DOX festival in Copenhagen, and the Audience Awards for Best Film at the Gdansk film festival 2008 and ‘In-Edit’ festival in Barcelona 2008. It also won the prestigious Grierson Award 2008 for Best Cinema Documentary.
He also films and directs short, artists’ moving image works including City Symphony, 400 Anarchists and Mr. Fred Zentner’s. These have been shown internationally by the British Council, onedotzero and others. The most recent, The Western Lands, about climber and writer Jim Perrin’s climb of The Old Man of Hoy won best short film awards at the Banff and Vancouver film festivals.
He also shot, edited and made motion graphics for the acclaimed feature documentary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, for director Stephen Kijak in 2006.
Gee was born in 1964 in Plymouth. He studied Geography at the Universities of Oxford and Illinois. He has worked in film / video since 1990. He lives in Brighton with his wife and son.

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With the support of Tenaris – Organización Techint

For the first time, Fundación Proa participates in BAFICI - Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival. In its 13th edition, premieres in Argentina the documentary film Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today (1948/2009), the greatest courtroom drama of all time – the 1945 Nuremberg trial of top Nazi war criminals.

Sandra Schulberg and Josh Waletzky have masterfully restored this historic movie (after U.S. officials suppressed the film and the negative and soundtrack were lost or destroyed), originally directed by Schulberg’s father and commissioned by Pare Lorentz.  The negative was struck from the best quality extant print, borrowed from the German National Film  Archive, and not one picture frame was removed or changed in the restoration. The restoration team also reconstructed the musical score and Liev Schreiber re-recorded the narration.

The International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg (Nov 20, 1945 – Oct 1, 1946), the first major trial to  prosecute crimes against humanity, addressed questions of guilt and complicity in unimaginable atrocities. The film captures the defendants in their own words, admitting only to “certain excesses” and “abuses.”  Intended as an historical endpoint, an object lesson for future generations, Nuremberg has since become, tragically, a prototype for tribunals convened to prosecute genocides around the world.

NUREMBERG (1948/2009, 78 mins.)
Original version Written & Directed by Stuart Schulberg. Editor: Joseph Zigman. Producers: Stuart Schulberg & Pare Lorentz. Production Supervisor: Eric Pommer, U.S. Office of Military Government. Musical Score: Hans-Otto Borgmann. Restoration by Sandra Schulberg & Josh Waletzky.  Executive Producer: Leon Constantiner. Narrator: Liev Schreiber. Senior Archival Researcher: Elisabeth Hartjens. Score Reconstruction: John Califra. A production of Schulberg Productions and Metropolis Productions. USA. In English & German with English subtitles.

PRESS:
Entrevista a Sandra Schulberg, hija del realizador de Nuremberg. El Intransigente. 31.05.2011
Sandra Schulberg: “La película combate el negacionismo”. Revista Veintitrés. 18.05.2011
El juicio en Nüremberg. Cine Buho. 05.05.2011
Sin escenas de Justicia en la sociedad del espectáculo. Clarín. 04.05.2011
La memoria y la propaganda. Revista Noticias. 22.04.11
Los crímenes nazis en un tribunal histórico. Clarín. 18.04.2011
Documental sobre el juicio de Nuremberg revive horror nazi. El Día (La Plata). 18.04.2011
Nüremberg: Its Lesson for Today. Reseñas de cine y vida (Blog). 17.04.2011
Un documental sobre el juicio de Nuremberg revive el horror nazi. Terra Colombia; La Segunda (Santiago, Chile); Emol (Santiago, Chile); Información (Alicante); La Nueva España; La Opinión A Coruña; Info7 (México); Univisión (EEUU); Yahoo! En Español; Levante EMV; Diario de Ibiza; Faro de Vigo; Noticiero Legal; Terra España; Periódico 7 Días (Rep. Dominicana); La Opinión de Granada; Caracol Radio (Colombia); Diario de Mallorca; Miami Diario; Canarias 7; Informativos Telecino (España); La Opinión de Zamora; El Economista (España); La Información; Pasito; Orange (España); Panamá América; 20 Minutos (España). 15.04.2011
Mostrar lo indecible: el impactante filme sobre el juicio de Nüremberg. Clarín. 12.04.2011
Tras 62 años de censura, llega la película del Juicio de Nuremberg. Tiempo Argentino. 12.04.2011
“Nüremberg” y Sandra Schulberg en Telenoche. ProaTV. 11.04.2011
Un documento para la historia. Página 12. 09.04.2011
BAFICI “Nüremberg”. “Nüremberg”- Un documento para la historia. DIsonancias Blog. 09.04.2011
BAFICI “Nüremberg”. Leedor. 09.04.2011
El juicio en Nüremberg, la historia detrás de la película. Revista Ñ. 08.04.2011