For the fourth consecutive year, Proa Foundation will host the BAFICI – International Independent Film Festival of Buenos Aires, which takes place in different locations from 2 to 13 April.

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