Mar del Plata International Film Festival
Location | Mar del Plata, Argentina |
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Founded | 1954 |
Awards | Ástor Award |
Language | International |
Website | www |
The Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata) is an international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is the only competitive feature festival recognized by the FIAPF in Latin America, and the oldest in this category in the Americas. The festival is organized by the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA).
History[]
Created in 1954 by Jesus Miller, it was not considered to be a competitive festival, it was just an exhibition of selected international movies; during this stage the event was named Festival Cinematográfico Internacional (International Cinematographic Festival).
In the early years famous international guests such as Mary Pickford, Gina Lollobrigida, Edward G. Robinson and Errol Flynn attended the event. The festival continued in this way until 1959, when the Argentine Film Critics Association took charge of running it; during this time the festival was approved and recognized by FIAPF.
In 1964 the festival moved temporarily to Buenos Aires, and the name was changed to Festival Cinematográfico Internacional de la República Argentina (International Cinematographic Festival of the Argentine Republic). In 1966 there was a military coup d'état in Argentina; in 1968 and 1970 the Instituto de Cine took charge of the festival.
From 1967 to 1969 the festival was cancelled because there were other festivals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During the 1960s several well-known guests appeared, including: Paul Newman, Alberto Sordi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vittorio Gassman, Toshirō Mifune, François Truffaut, Karel Reisz, Catherine Deneuve, Juan Antonio Bardem, Anthony Perkins, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Maria Callas, Cantinflas, Andrzej Wajda, Jacques Tati, Lee Strasberg, George Hamilton.
After the 1970 edition, the festival was canceled when Argentina entered an unstable sociopolitical period that culminated in the highly repressive military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983. There were some attempts to reactivate it, but none succeeded until 1996, when the festival returned with new renovations. Since then there have been several changes. In the first years the event was not held in March; from 2001 to 2007 it returned to that month, and since 2008 it has been held in November. During this stage the festival was granted a 'Category A', the highest class assigned by FIAPF, making it the most important film festival of Latin America. Nowadays, after a history marked by unstable political situations in Argentina, the festival is in constant growth and slowly regaining its historical reputation.
Awards[]
The main prize of the International Competition had different names throughout the history of the festival, but in 2004 it was definitely changed to Ástor in honor of the Argentine musician Ástor Piazzolla. The twenty-second Mar del Plata Film Festival, held in March 2007, introduced a new competition specifically for Latin American film-makers. Now days, the festival helds four main competitions organised in various sections of the official selection: International Competition, Latin American Competition, Argentine Competition and, the more experimental one, Altered States Competition.
Currently, the awards given by the jury at the International Competition are: Golden Ástor for Best Film, Silver Ástor for Best Director, Silver Ástor for Best Actress, Silver Ástor for Best Actor, Silver Ástor for Best Script, and a Special Jury Award.
Golden Ástor Winners[]
Year | Film | Original Title | Director | Country |
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1954 | No awards given | |||
Awarded as "Great Jury Prize" | ||||
1959 | Wild Strawberries | Smultronstället | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden* |
1960 | The Bridge | Die Brücke | Bernhard Wicki | West Germany* |
1961 | Saturday Night and Sunday Morning | Karel Reisz | United Kingdom* | |
1962 | His Days Are Numbered | I giorni contati | Elio Petri | Italy* |
1963 | Angyalok földje | György Révész | Hungary* | |
1964 | The Organizer | I compagni | Mario Monicelli | Italy |
1965 | Time of Indifference | Gli Indifferenti | Francesco Maselli | Italy |
1966 | Long Live the Republic | ¡At' Zije Republika! | Karel Kachyňa | Czechoslovakia* |
1967 | Festival Not Held | |||
Awarded as "Great Condor Prize" | ||||
1968 | Bonnie and Clyde | Arthur Penn | United States* | |
1969 | Festival Not Held | |||
1970 | Macunaíma | Joaquim Pedro de Andrade | Brazil* | |
1971-1995 | Festival Cancelled | |||
Awarded as "Golden Ombú" | ||||
1996 | The Dog in the Manger | El Perro del Hortelano | Pilar Miró | Spain* |
1997 | The Tango Lesson | Sally Potter | United Kingdom | |
1998 | The Cloud and the Rising Sun | Abr-O Aftaab | Mahmoud Kalari | Iran* |
1999 | God's Wedding | As Bodas de Deus | João César Monteiro | Portugal* |
2000 | Festival Not Held | |||
2001 | It's Me, the Thief | To ja, Zlodziej | Jacek Bromski | Poland* |
2002 | Bolivar Is Me | Bolívar Soy Yo | Jorge Alí Triana | Colombia* |
2003 | Breaking Up | Separações | Domingos de Oliveira | Brazil |
Awarded as "Golden Ástor" | ||||
2004 | Good Life Delivery | Buena Vida (Delivery) | Leonardo Di Cesare | Argentina* |
2005 | Le grand voyage | Ismaël Ferroukhi | France* / Morocco* | |
2006 | News from Afar | Noticias Lejanas | Ricardo Benet | Mexico* |
2007 | Fiction | Ficció | Cesc Gay | Spain |
2008 | Still Walking | 歩いても 歩いても / Aruitemo aruitemo | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan* |
2009 | Nora's Will | Cinco Días Sin Nora | Mariana Chenillo | Mexico |
2010 | Essential Killing | Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland | |
2011 | Back to Stay | Abrir Puertas y Ventanas | Milagros Mumenthaler | Argentina |
2012 | Beyond the Hills | Dupa dealuri | Cristian Mungiu | Romania* |
2013 | The Golden Dream | La Jaula de Oro | Diego Quemada-Díez | Mexico |
2014 | Come to my Voice | Were Dengê Min | Hüseyin Karabey | Turkey* |
2015 | Embrace of the Serpent | El Abrazo de la Serpiente | Ciro Guerra | Colombia |
2016 | People That Are Not Me | Anashim shehem lo ani | Hadas Ben Aroya | Israel* |
2017 | Wajib | واجب | Annemarie Jacir | Palestine* |
2018 | Isaki Lacuesta | Spain | ||
2019 | Fire Will Come | O que arde | Óliver Laxe | Spain |
- * Denotes first win
Complete list of winners[]
Year | Winners |
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1954 | No awards given out |
1959[1] | Best Film: Smultronstället, by Ingmar Bergman (Sweden) Best Director: Rolf Thiele, for (Germany) Best Actor: Victor Sjostrom, for Smultronstället (Sweden) Best Actress: Susan Hayward, for I Want to Live! (United States) Best Spanish Film: , by Fernando Ayala (Argentina) |
1960 | Best Film: Die Brücke, by Bernhard Wicki (West Germany) Best Director: Pietro Germi, for Un maledetto imbroglio (Italy) Best Actor: Paul Muni, for The Last Angry Man (United States) Best Actress: Eleonora Rossi Drago, for Estate Violenta (Italy) |
1961 | Best Film: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, by Karel Reisz (United Kingdom) Best Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot, for La Vérité (France) Best Actor: Albert Finney, for Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (United Kingdom) Best Actress: Susan Strasberg, for Kapò (Italy) Best Spanish Film: Shunko, by Lautaro Murua (Argentina) |
1962 | Best Film: I Giorni Contati, by Elio Petri (Italy) Best Director: François Truffaut, for Jules et Jim (France) Best Actor: Paul Newman, for The Hustler (United States) Best Actress: Nadezhda Rumyantseva, for The Girls (Soviet Union) Best Spanish Film: , by César Fernández Ardavín (Spain) |
1963 | Best Film: , by (Hungary) Best Director: Dino Risi, for Il Sorpasso (Italy) Best Actor: Tom Courtenay, for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (United Kingdom) Best Actress: , for (Poland) |
1964 | Best Film: I compagni, by Mario Monicelli (Italy) Best Director: Karel Kachyňa, for (Czechoslovakia) Best Actor: Vittorio Gassman / Ugo Tognazzi, for I Mostri (Italy) Best Actress: Natalie Wood, for Love with the Proper Stranger (United States) Best Spanish Film: El Demonio en la Sangre, by René Múgica (Argentina) |
1965 | Best Film: Gli Indifferenti, by Francesco Maselli (Italy) Best Director: Claude Lelouch, for Une fille et des fusils (France) Best Actor: Martin Held, for (Germany) Best Actress: Nuria Torray, for (Spain) |
1966 | Best Film: Long Live the Republic!, by Karel Kachyňa (Czechoslovakia) Best Director: Antonio Pietrangeli, for Io la conoscevo bene (Italy) Best Actor: Yevgeni Lebedev, for (Soviet Union) Best Actress: Mireille Darc, for (France) Best Spanish Film: , by Enrique Cahen Salaberry (Argentina) |
1968 | Best Film: Bonnie and Clyde, by Arthur Penn (United States) Best Director: , for (Hungary) Best Actor: Tony Musante, for The Incident (United States) Best Actress: Annie Girardot, for Vivre pour vivre (France) |
1970 | Best Film: Macunaíma, by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (Brazil) Best Director: Frank Perry, for Last Summer (United States) Best Actor: Ugo Tognazzi, for Il Commissario Pepe (Italy) Best Actress: Liza Minnelli, for The Sterile Cuckoo (United States) Best Spanish Film: , by Raúl de la Torre (Argentina) |
1996 | Best Film: El Perro del Hortelano, by Pilar Miró (Spain) Best Director: Zhang Yuan, for East Palace, West Palace (China) Best Actress: Renée Zellweger, for The Whole Wide World (United States) Best Actor: Silvio Orlando, for (Italy) Best Script: Zhang Yuan and Wang Xiaobo, for East Palace, West Palace (China) Best Iberoamerican Film: Buenos Aires Vice Versa, by Alejandro Agresti (Argentina) Special Jury Award: , by Heiner Stadler (Germany) Special Mention: , for the photography of East Palace, West Palace (China) Special Mention: Pierre Louis Thevenet, for the Arts Direccion of |
1997 | Best Film: The Tango Lesson, by Sally Potter (United Kingdom) Best Director: Ricardo Franco, for La Buena Estrella (Spain) Best Actress: , for (Germany) Best Actor: Antonio Resines / Jordi Molla, for La Buena Estrella (Spain) Best Script: Thom Fitzgerald, for The Hanging Garden (Canada) Best Iberoamerican Film: Plaza de Almas, by (Argentina) Special Jury Award: Mrs. Brown, by John Madden (United Kingdom) Special Mention: Star Maps, by Miguel Arteta (United States) |
1998 | Best Film: , by (Iran) Best Director: Paolo y Vittorio Taviani, for Tu Ridi (Italy) Best Actress: Yelda Reynaud, for Yara ("The Wound", Germany/Turkey) Best Actor: , for Lautrec (France) / , for (Greece) Best Script: Pablo Torre, for La Cara del Ángel (Argentina) Best Iberoamerican Film: Amor & Cia, by Helvécio Ratton (Brazil) Special Jury Award: Inquietude, by Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal) Special Mention: Mala Época, by , Rodrigo Moreno, Salvador Roselli and Nicolás Saad (Argentina) Special Mention: , by Miguel Albaladejo (Spain) |
1999 | Best Film: , by João César Monteiro (Portugal) Best Director: Giuseppe Bertolucci, for Il dolce rumore della vita (Italy) Best Actress: , for (United States) Best Actor: Matthew Lillard, for SLC Punk (United States) Best Script: and José Pablo Feinmann, for Angel, la diva y yo (Argentina) Best Iberoamerican Film: Ángel, la diva y yo, by (Argentina) Special Jury Award: , by Matti Ijas (Finland) Special Mention: El mar de Lucas, by Víctor Laplace (Argentina) |
2001 | Best Film: , by Jacek Bromski (Poland) Best Director: Jean-Pierre Denis, for Les Blessures assassines (France) Best Actress: Julie-Marie Parmentier, for Les Blessures assassines (France) Best Actor: Ulises Dumont and Federico Luppi, for Rosarigasinos (Argentina) Best Script: , by Jacek Bromski (Poland) Best Iberoamerican Film: Anita no pierde el tren, by Ventura Pons (Spain) Special Jury Award: , by Special Mention: for the work of Rosa María Sardá, for Anita no pierde el tren (Spain) |
2002 | Best Film: Bolívar Soy Yo, by Jorge Alí Triana (Colombia) Best Director: István Szabó, for Taking Sides (Germany/Hungary) Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst, for The Cat's Meow (United States) Best Actor: Stellan Skarsgård, for Taking Sides and Libero de Rienzo, for Santa Maradona (Italy) Best Script: Caryl Phillips, for The Mystic Masseur (United Kingdom/India) Best Iberoamerican Film: Bolívar soy yo, by Jorge Alí Triana (Colombia) Special Jury Award: Caja Negra, by Luis Ortega (Argentina) Special Mention: , by Jeanine Meerapfel (Germany) Special Mention: , by Tim McCann (United States) |
2003 | Best Film: , by (Brazil) Best Director: Antonio Chavarrías, for (Spain) Best Actress: Zooey Deschanel, for All the Real Girls (United States) Best Actor: , for (Brazil) Best Script: //, for (Israel) Best Iberoamerican Film: El Fondo del Mar, by Damián Szifron (Argentina) Special Jury Award: Valentín, by Alejandro Agresti (Argentina) Special Mention: At kende sandheden, by Nils Malmros (Denmark) Special Mention: Tristán Ulloa, for his work in (Spain) |
2004 | Best Film: Buena Vida Delivery, by Leonardo Di Cesare (Argentina) Best Director: Benedek Fliegauf, for (Hungary) Best Actress: Nicoletta Braschi, for (Italy) Best Actor: Luis Tosar, for El lápiz del carpintero (Spain) and Alejandro Urdapilleta, for Adiós querida luna (Argentina) Best Script: Leonardo Di Cesare and , for Buena Vida Delivery (Argentina) Best Iberoamerican Film: O Outro Lado da Rua, by (Brazil) Special Jury Award: , by Francesca Comencini (Italy) Special Mention: , by Benedek Fliegauf (Hungary) Special Mention: Touching the Void, by Kevin Macdonald (Great Britain) |
2005 | Best Film: Le grand voyage, by Ismaël Ferroukhi (France/Morocco) Best Director: Yasmine Kassari, for (Morocco/Belgium) Best Actress: Emmanuelle Devos, for La Femme de Gilles (Belgium) and Laura Linney, for P.S. (United States) Best Actor: , for Le grand voyage (France/Morocco) Best Script: Bernd Eichinger, for Der Untergang, by Oliver Hirschbiegel (Germany/Italy) Best Iberoamerican Film: Quase Dois Irmaos, by (Brazil) Special Jury Award: , by Mohsen Amiryoussefi (Iran) |
2006 | Best Film: , by (Mexico) Best Director: Marco Martins, for Alice (Portugal) Best Actress: Justine Clark, for Look Both Ways (Australia) Best Actor: William Macy, for Edmond (United States) Best Script: Sarah Watt, for Look Both Ways (Australia) Best Iberoamerican Film: Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus, by (Brazil) and Derecho de familia, by Daniel Burman (Argentina) Special Mention: Be with Me, by Eric Khoo (Singapore) Special Mention: Café Transit, by Kambozia Partovi (France/Iran) |
2007 | Best Film: Ficció, by Cesc Gay (Spain) Special Jury Award: Gardens in Autumn, by Otar Iosseliani (France-Italy-Russia) Best Director: , for (Italy) and Hong Sang-soo, for Woman on the Beach (South Korea) Best Actress: Sandra Hüller, for Madonna (Germany-Switzerland-Belgium) Best Actor: , for (Argentina) Best Script: Zaza Rusadze and Dito Tsintsadze, for (Germany) Special Mention: The Greatest Love in the World, by Carlos Diegues (Brazil) |
2008 | Best Film: Still Walking, by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan) Special Jury Award: Involuntary, by Ruben Östlund (Sweden) Best Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, for Tokyo Sonata (Japan) Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert, for Home, by Ursula Meier (Switzerland/France /Belgium) Best Actor: Ulrich Thomsen, for Fear Me Not, by Kristian Levring (Denmark) Best Script: Kristian Levring and Anders Thomas Jensen, for Fear Me Not Special Mention: Regreso a Fortín Olmos, by Patricio Coll and Jorge Goldenberg (Argentina) Best Iberoamerican Film: , by Amat Escalante (Mexico/France/USA) |
2009 | Best Film: Cinco días sin Nora, by Mariana Chenillo (Mexico) Special Jury Award: , by Juan Carlos Tabío (Cuba) Best Director: Elia Suleiman, for The Time That Remains (Palestine) Best Actress: Allison Janney, for Life During Wartime, by Todd Solondz (United States) Best Actor: Gary Piquer, for Mal día para pescar, by Alvaro Brechner (Spain/Uruguay) Best Script: Cesc Gay, for V.O.S. (Spain) Special Mention: El Cuerno de la Abundancia, by Juan Carlos Tabío (Cuba) Best Iberoamerican Film: , by (Argentina) Best Short Film: , by (Argentina) 2º Best Short: "Marcela", by Gastón Siriczman (Argentina) |
2010 | Best Film: Essential Killing, by Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland) Special Jury Award: , by (Serbia) Best Director: , for Silent Souls (Russia) Best Actress: Mirela Oprisor and Maria Popistasu, for Tuesday, After Christmas (Romania) Best Actor: Vincent Gallo, for Essential Killing Best Script: , for Silent Souls Special Mention: , by Otar Iosseliani (France) |
2011 | Best Film: Abrir puertas y ventanas, by Milagros Mumenthaler (Argentina) Special Jury Award: Tyrannosaur, by Paddy Considine (United Kingdom) Best Director: Milagros Mumenthaler, for Abrir puertas y ventanas (Argentina) Best Actress: , for Without (United States) Best Actor: Olivier Gourmet, for L'Exercise de L'État (Belgium/France) Best Script: Paddy Considine, for Tyrannosaur (United Kingdom) Special Mention: Girimunho, by and (Brazil) Special Mention: , by Tatiana Huezo Sánchez (Mexico/El Salvador) Best Iberoamerican Film: Las malas intenciones, by (Peru/Argentina/Germany) |
2012[2] | Best Film: Dupa dealuri, by Cristian Mungiu (Romania) Best Director: , for Night of Silence (Turkey) Best Actress: Soko, for Augustine (France) Best Actor: Ilyas Salman, for Night of Silence (Turkey) / Pablo Pinto, for De martes a martes (Argentina) Best Script: Alice Lowe, Steve Oram and Amy Jump, for Sightseers (United Kingdom) Special Mention: , by (China) Argentine Official Competition: Best Film: , by (Argentina) Best Director: , for Fango (Argentina) Best Short Film: Ojos, by Pablo Gonzalo Pérez (Argentina) Best Short Film Director: , for Hotel Y (Argentina) |
2013[3] | Best Film: La jaula de oro, by (Mexico-Spain) Best Director: Mariana Rondón, for Pelo malo (Venezuela) Best Actress: Marian Álvarez, for La herida (Spain) Best Actor: Vincent Macaigne, for Age of Panic (France) Best Script: Mariana Rondón, for Pelo malo (Venezuela) Special Mention: The Bright Day, by Hossein Shahabi (Iran) Argentine Official Competition: Best Film: , by (Argentina) Best Director: , for Escuela de sordos (Argentina) Best Short Film: , by (Argentina) Best Short Film Director: , for Sociales (Argentina) |
2014[4] | Best Film: , by (Turkey/France/Germany) Best Director: Mathieu Amalric, for La Chambre bleue (France) Best Actress: Negar Javaherian, for Melbourne (Iran) Best Actor: Park Jung-bum, for Alive (South Korea) Best Script: Alice Rohrwacher, for Le meraviglie (Italy) Special Mention for Cinematography: Cavalo Dinheiro, by Pedro Costa (Brasil) Argentine Official Competition: Best Film: , by (Argentina) Best Director: , for El 5 de Talleres (Argentina) Best Short Film: Zombies, by (Argentina) Best Short Film Director: Gastón Siriczman, for Nueve segundos (Argentina) |
2015[5] | Best Film: Embrace of the Serpent, by Ciro Guerra (Colombia/Venezuela/Argentina) Best Director: , for Koza (Slovakia/Czech Republic) Best Actress: Érica Rivas, for Incident Light (Argentina) Best Actor: Alfredo Castro, Roberto Farías, Alejandro Goic, Jaime Vadell for The Club (Chile) Best Script: Pablo Larraín, Guillermo Calderón, for The Club (Chile) Audience Award: Remember, by Atom Egoyan (Canada) Argentine Official Competition: Best Film: , by (Argentina/South Korea) Best Director: , for (Argentina) Best Short Film: Fantástico, by (Argentina) Best Short Film Director: , for Gomorra (Argentina) |
2016[6] | Best Film: , by (Israel) Best Director: Radu Jude, for Scarred Hearts (Romania) Best Actress: Sonia Braga, for Aquarius (Brazil) Best Actor: Mahershala Ali, for Moonlight (United States) Best Script: Andrei Konchalovsky, for Paradise (Russia/Germany) Special Mention for Cinematography: Nocturma, by (France) Audience Award: Aquarius, by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil) Argentine Official Competition: Best Film: El Aprendiz, by (Argentina) Best Director: , for (Argentina) Best Short Film: , by (Argentina) Best Short Film Director: , for Al Silencio (Argentina) |
2017[7] | Best Film: Wajib, by Annemarie Jacir (Palestine) Best Director: Valeska Grisebach, for Western (Germany) Best Actress: Eili Harboe, for Thelma (Norway) Best Actor: Mohammad Bakri, for Wajib (Palestine) Best Script: Kim Dae-hwan for The First Lap (South Korea) Audience Award: Primas, by Laura Bari (Canada) Argentine Official Competition: Best Film: El Azote, by (Argentina) Best Short Film: , by (Argentina) |
2018 | Best Film: , by Isaki Lacuesta (Spain) Special Jury Award: Chuva É Cantoria Na Aldeia Dos Mortos, by & João Salaviza (Portugal) and , by Iván Fund (Argentina) Best Director: Roberto Minervini, for What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? (Italy) Best Actress: , for What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? (Italy) Best Actor: , for (Spain) Best Script: Federico Veiroj for Belmonte (Uruguay) Audience Award: If Beale Street Could Talk, by Barry Jenkins (United States) Argentine Official Competition: Best Film: , by & (Argentina) Special Mention: , by (Argentina) Best Short Film: , by (Argentina) and , by D. Gavaldá & C. Rivoira (Argentina) |
2019 | Best Film: O que arde, by Óliver Laxe (Spain) Best Director: Pedro Costa, for Vitalina Varela (Portugal) and Angela Schanelec, for I Was at Home, But (Germany) Best Actress: , for (Argentina) Best Actor: , for Vitalina Varela (Portugal) Best Script: Óliver Laxe for O que arde (Spain) Audience Award: The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, by Karim Aïnouz (Brazil) Argentine Official Competition: Best Film: , by (Argentina) Best Director: Laura Citarella and , for Special Mention: , by (Argentina) Best Short Film: , by (Argentina) Latin American Official Competition: Best Film:A febre, by Maya Da-Rin (Brazil) and , by Ignacio Agüero (Chile) Special Mention: , by José Luis Torres Leiva (Chile) Best Short Film: , by (Brazil) |
References[]
- ^ "2º Mar del Plata International Film Festival".
- ^ "27º Mar del Plata International Film Festival".
- ^ "28º Mar del Plata International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ "29º Mar del Plata International Film Festival".
- ^ "Award Ceremony 2015".
- ^ "Award Ceremony 2016". Archived from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ "Award Ceremony 2017". Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
External links[]
- 1954 establishments in Argentina
- Film festivals in Argentina
- Argentine film awards
- Tourist attractions in Mar del Plata
- Film festivals established in 1954
- Spring (season) events in Argentina