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With the return to theaters as the predominant activity, the weekend ended the edition 22 of the BAFICI, one of the most important meetings of the Seventh Art in the City of Buenos Aires.

As detailed from the organization, more than 70 percent of face-to-face functions were sold out, in each of the 27 headquarters and also had more than 105 thousand viewers virtually from their homes or electronic devices.

During the 12 days that the festival lasted were screened 92 feature films and 143 short films, in addition to a large number of activities and special workshops that complemented the prestigious meeting.

As for the closing of the Festival - which took place on Sunday-, It was produced with the double function of "No va más", film by Rafael Filippelli that was screened first in the Sala Lugones of the San Martín Theater and then in the Gaumont cinema.

During closing, Enrique Avogadro - Buenos Aires Minister of Culture- highlighted that "BAFICI is the most important film festival in Latin America" ​​and added: “It seemed very important to us to do it because of the great symbolic value that it entails. Even in a pandemic context that continues to face great challenges. We are very happy to have been able to develop it and to continue working to reactivate the sector by living culture safely ".

Meanwhile, Javier Porta Fouz, artistic director of the festival, He remarked that “a unique edition of the BAFICI, a version of the festival faithful to its principles and that at the same time took into account the context to enhance. The variety of movies, arranged in a menu far from homogeneous, face-to-face functions and online availability, made this Bafici a true celebration of cinema and of an unusual scope. Thanks to everyone who helped us make it happen ".

All competition winners

OFFICIAL AMERICAN COMPETITION

The jury was composed of Kristyna Balaban (Canada), Ilaria Chiesa (Italy), Kim Krizan (U.S), J from The Planets (Spain) and Camila Sosa Villada (Argentina).

BEST PERFORMANCE: Ex aequo award for Ayla Gresto for his work en We still have the immensity of the night, by Gustavo Galvão (Brazil / Germany) y for Simone Spoladore por su labor en The book of pleasures, by Marcela Lordy (Brazil / Argentina).

BEST SHORT FILM: Blanes corner Müller, by Nicolás Botana (Uruguay)

BEST DIRECTOR: Eduardo Giralt Brun and Emmanuel Massú for Los plebes (Mexico)

SPECIAL MENTION IN FEATURE FILM: The book of pleasures, by Marcela Lordy (Brazil / Argentina)

The award for BEST FEATURE FILM is sponsored by the Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires, which grants an exhibition award for the commercial premiere at the Sala Leopoldo Lugones and is for Vacío, by Paul Venegas (Ecuador / Uruguay)

The GRAND PRIZE of the American Competition is awarded by HD Argentina, which awards the winner with 2K post-production services, the generation of a (1) 2K DCP master from a digital master and 2 do you copy. The winning film is Things We Don't Do, by Bruno Santamaría Razo (Mexico).

ARGENTINA OFFICIAL COMPETITION

The jury was composed of Elise Labbe (Canada), Jaime Manrique (Colombia), Chris Nicklison (Argentina), The Redford Team (France) e Ilda Santiago (Brazil).

BEST PERFORMANCE: Ana Katz for her work in Fabián canta, by Diego Crespo

The awards for BEST SHORT FILM were two of the same category.

First, sponsored by Pomeranec and Lahaye Media, it's for Fabián sings, by Diego Crespo. Pomeranec rewards the winner with the sound design and assembly of bands, including original music production, from a short film up to 30 minutes and Lahaye Media with a DCP encoding for short films up to 30 minutes.

The second, sponsored by ZUB Sound and Lahaye Media, is for Ob Scena, by Paloma Orlandini Castro. ZUB Sonido rewards the winner with the sound design and assembly of bands of a short film of up to 30 minutes and Lahaye Media with a DCP encoding for short films up to 30 minutes.

The award for BEST DIRECTION went to Jonathan Perel for his film Corporate Responsibility, and obtained an economic award of $100.000 granted by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.

The award for BEST FEATURE FILM, jointly sponsored by HD Argentina, CUBIC Post, INCAA-RECAM “30 years of Mercosur” and the Buenos Aires Theater Complex, it was for what will be of the summer, by Ignacio Ceroi.

HD Argentina grants the winner a 4K equipment service for FOUR weeks of FIVE shooting days each. CUBIC Post awards an award of FIVE days of color correction with a colorist and FIVE days of sound mixing with operator and authorship of DCP. The National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA) awards the INCAA-RECAM Award "30 years of Mercosur", which consists of the subtitling into Portuguese or English of the winning feature film and the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS ($100.000) for the acquisition of exhibition rights in the MERCOSUR Network of Digital Rooms. Meanwhile, the Buenos Aires Theater Complex awards an exhibition award for the commercial premiere at the Leopoldo Lugones Hall.

The GRAND PRIZE of the Argentine Competition is sponsored by La Burbuja Sonido, Cinecolor Argentina and the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires. La Burbuja Sonido presents an award for professional and technical sound editing advice for 80 hours. Cinecolor Argentina grants the winner services of 3 conforming days, 5 color correction days and 3 art days for visual effects: with editor, colorist and art director, together with the DCP generation with 10 braces and the insertion of the subtitles for the winning feature film. By last, the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires awards a prize of $200.000.

The GRAND PRIZE winning film is Implosion, the Javier Van de Couter (Argentina / Chile).

OFFICIAL INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

The jury was composed of Ricardo Bedoya (Peru), Anahi Berneri (Argentina), Olivia Cooper-Hadjain (France), Gonzalo Garcia Pelayo (Spain) and Cristián Sánchez (Chile).

SPECIAL MENTION IN PERFORMANCE: Amalia Ulman and Ale Ulman for their work on the film The Planet, by Amalia Ulman (Spain)

BEST PERFORMANCE: Elisa Carricajo for her work in Bahía Blanca, by Rodrigo Caprotti (Argentina)

SPECIAL MENTION IN SHORT FILM: Hide, the Daniel Gray (France / Hungary / Canada)

BEST SHORT FILM: Wind vane, by João Rosas (Portugal)

BEST DIRECTOR: Amalia Ulman for the movie The Planet (Spain)

SPECIAL MENTION IN FEATURE FILM: Love inside the camera, de Jamille Fortunato and Lara Beck Belov (Brazil)

The award for BEST FEATURE FILM is sponsored by Kabinett and the Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires. cabinet, streaming platform for art-house works, independent and cult, awards the winner an acquisition prize for the platform catalog for USD 1500, and the Buenos Aires Theater Complex awards an exhibition award for the commercial premiere at the Leopoldo Lugones Hall. The best feature film in the International Competition is The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks, by Andrei Khzhanovsky (Russia).

The GRAND PRIZE of the International Competition is also sponsored by the Buenos Aires Theater Complex, which awards an exhibition award for the commercial premiere in the Leopoldo Lugones Room of the General San Martín Theater. The GRAND PRIZE winning film is My Last Adventure, directed by Ezequiel Salinas and Ramiro Sonzini (Argentina).

UNOFFICIAL AWARDS:

The FLOW Award for Argentine Cinema went to A house without curtains, by Julián Troksberg, in the feature film category, and for Fabián he sings, by Diego Crespo, in short film. Flow, Telecom's entertainment platform, develops these initiatives as part of its support strategy for the development of quality local productions. The selected films will be incorporated into the content catalog of the Flow platform, that has more than 5 millions of connected devices. In this first opportunity, the jury was made up of Paula Hernández, Iair Said and Antonio Álvarez.

The Gong Producciones Argentina Award for the best national first film goes to Rancho, by Pedro Speroni. Gong Producciones Argentina was born in the year 2021 to promote, produce and develop independent film projects, with a radical aesthetic proposal, that are outside the traditional institutions of contemporary Argentine cinema.Gong awards an economic prize of USD 2000. The Jury was made up of Violeta Uman, Maria Valdez, Juan Jose Vidal, Lucas Granero and Pablo Piedras.

FEISAL (Federation of Schools of Image and Sound of Latin America)

The jury was made up of Marcelo Trotta, Anabella Speciale and Rodrigo Cepeda.

Special mention: Things we don't do, by Bruno Santamaría Razo (Mexico).

Best feature film by Latin American directors up to 35 years of all competencies: The planet, by Amalia Ulman.

ACCA (Film Critics Association of Argentina)

The jury was made up of Alejandra Quevedo, Jesica Taranto and Mercedes Orden.

Best Film in the Argentine Competition: Something turns on, de Luciana Gentinetta

SO (Argentine Association of Audiovisual Soundists) + Equaphone

The jury was made up of Germán Sánchez, Marilina Gimenez and María Celeste Palma.

Special mention: Moacir and I, by Tomás Lipgot, with the work of Ana Mouriño in sound.

Better sound design: Canal 54, by Lucas Larriera, with sound by Mercedes Gaviria.

ADF (Argentine Association of Authors of Cinematographic Photography)

The jury was made up of Carla Lucarella, Christian Cottet and Delfina Margulis Darriba.

Best Cinematography Direction in Feature Film of the International Competition: Laura Imery Almario for her work on Dopamine, by Natalia Imery Almario (Colombia / Uruguay / Argentina).

signis (World Catholic Association for Communication)

The jury was made up of: Pamela Aleman, Oscariny Hennig and Marcelo Fernández.

Special mention: Love inside the camera, de Jamille Fortunato and Lara Beck Belov (Brazil)

Best Feature Film of the International Competition: Big, by Adriana Yurcovich and Mariana Turkieh (Argentina)

SAE + EDA (Argentine Society of Audiovisual Editors + Argentine Association of Audiovisual Editors)

The jury was made up of Laura Palottini, Martín Sappia and Cecilia Almeida, who officially licensed Avid Media Composer.

Best Feature Film Editing of the Argentine Competition: Clara Frías and Benjamín Ellenberger for their editing work on the film When spring escapes, sleep is released, by Eugenia Alonso (Argentina)

AADA (Argentine Association of Directors of Art of the Industry and Audiovisual Media)

The jury was integrated by Eugenio Zanetti, Alejandra Isler and Ana Cambre, who distinguished the best Argentine film art direction in all competitions.

Best Art Direction: Guillermo Beluzo, Cecilia Taybo and Renata Montalbano for their joint work in the film Bahía Blanca, by Rodrigo Caprotti.

BAFC + APPLAA (Buenos Aires Film Commission + Association of Producers and Producers of Audiovisual Locations in Argentina)

The jury was made up of Valeria Pérez Delgado, Eugenia D’Alessio, Alejandra Vardé, Sebastian Cerezo, Mariano Cukar and Marcelo Martínez.

Best Feature Film Location Design in Argentine Competition: Implosion, the Javier Van de Couter (Argentina / Chile).

FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Press)

The jury was made up of Federico Karstulovich, José Antonio Teodoro and Neusa María Barbos.

Best Film in the American Competition: Directly for video, by Emilio Silva Torres (Uruguay / Argentina).