The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI, Spanish: Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) is an international festival of independent films organized each year in the month of April, in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The festival is managed by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Buenos Aires City. It is not officially affiliated with FIAPF, but it has become well known internationally.
History
The festival had its first edition in April 1999 and it was organized by the Secretaryship of Culture of the Government of Buenos Aires City. The festival is held in the most important movie theatres of Buenos Aires, but also feature free open-air screenings in parks and squares all over the city.
In the first year the festival had 146 guests, among them Francis Ford Coppola, Todd Haynes, Paul Morrissey and others. That year the festival screened more than 150 national and international films and had approximately 120,000 spectators. Since then the festival has been growing, reaching an audience of 1.1 million spectators in the 2013 edition.[citation needed]
Nowadays the BAFICI feature more than 400 films, several activities were added over the years and many conferences and workshops are held every year. With a great number of spectators and guests, the festival is permanently added into the Buenos Aires list of cultural events.
Awards
The festival has several competitive sections of which the "International Competition" and the "Argentinian Competition" are the most important ones. Inside each competitive section a jury evaluates the films and select the winners of several awards, including: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Special Mentions. In the BAFICI the audiences vote, the feature-length film with the highest ratings given by the audience receives the Audience Award.
Since the third festival there have been awards given to Short films, which include Best Short Subject Film and Best Director.
Best Film: Niñato, by Adrián Orr (Spain) Best Director: Carla Simón, for Estiu 1993 (Spain) Best Individual Acting: Daniela Castillo, for Reinos (Chile) Best Cast: Hoy partido a las 3, by Clarisa Navas (Argentina) Special Jury Award: Viejo Calavera, by Kiro Russo (Bolivia) Special Mention: Arábia, by Affonso Uchoa and João Dumans (Brazil) Best Argentinian Film: La vendedora de fósforos, by Alejo Moguillansky (Argentina) Best Latin-American Film: A Cidade do Futuro, by Marília Hughes Guerreiro and Cláudio Marques (Brazil) Audience Award for Foreign Film: Estiu 1993, by Carla Simón (Spain) Audience Award for National Film: Las cinéphilas, by María Álvarez (Argentina)
2016
Best Film: La Larga Noche de Francisco Sanctis, by Francisco Márquez and Andrea Testa (Argentina) Best Director: Tamer El Said, for Akher ayam el madina (Egypt) Best Actor: Diego Velázquez, for La Larga Noche de Francisco Sanctis (Argentina) Best Actress: Liliana Trujillo, for Rosa Chumbe (Peru) Special Jury Award: La noche, by Edgardo Castro (Argentina) Special Mention: Rosa Chumbe, by Jonatan Relayze (Peru) Special Mention: John From, by João Nicolau (Portugal) Best Argentinian Film: Primero enero, by Darío Mascambroni (Argentina) Best Latin-American Film: Inmortal, by Homer Etminani (Colombia) Audience Award for Foreign Film: Not awarded Audience Award for National Film: Raídos, by Diego Marcone
2015
Best Film: Best Director: Best Actor: Best Actress: Special Jury Award: Special Mention: Best Argentinian Film: Audience Award for Foreign Film: Audience Award for National Film:
2014
Best Film: Best Director: Best Actor: Best Actress: Special Jury Award: Special Mention: Best Argentinian Film: Audience Award for Foreign Film: Audience Award for National Film:
2013
Best Film: Best Director: Best Actor: Best Actress: Special Jury Award: Special Mention: Best Argentinian Film: Audience Award for Foreign Film: Audience Award for National Film:
2012
Best Film: Best Director: Best Actor: Best Actress: Special Jury Award: Special Mention: Best Argentinian Film: Audience Award for Foreign Film: Audience Award for National Film:
2011
Best Film: Best Director: Best Actor: Best Actress: Special Jury Award: Special Mention: Best Argentinian Film: Audience Award for Foreign Film: Audience Award for National Film:
2010
Best Film: Best Director: Best Actor: Best Actress: Special Jury Award: Special Mention: Best Argentinian Film: Audience Award for Foreign Film: Audience Award for National Film:
2009
Best Film: Best Director: Best Actor: Best Actress: Special Jury Award: Special Mention: Best Argentinian Film: Audience Award for Foreign Film: Audience Award for National Film:
Best Film: Best Director: Best Actor: Best Actress: Special Jury Award: Special Mention: Best Argentinian Film: Audience Award for Foreign Film: Audience Award for National Film:
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