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That’s A Wrap: A Grand Finale to the 16th BAFICI
The Buenos Aires International Film Festival had another smashing year, with some 380,000 viewers coming to see one or more of the 504 films included in this year’s program. Besides the usual...
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Aurora: Just Don’t Call it Burning Argentina
“Burn! Quema! Burn!” It was the Monday night of the long carnaval weekend, and I was standing in a crowded soy field on the final night of Aurora, the first Burning Man-style event in South America....
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Vendimia Gains Momentum in Mendoza
As wineries fill their tanks to the limit with this year’s harvest, the national Vendimia festival gathers momentum across Mendoza Province, growing in fervour as it pushes ever closer to this...
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On Now: Festival Cartón, the Sequel
2012 Carton Festival is on now at La Tribu Move over, Pixar. If you’ve got some time between now and Sunday and you love animation, La Tribu is the place to be. With a selection of short animated films...
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On Now: Buenos Aires Green Film Festival
With more than a million species facing extinction, people around the world lacking safe drinking water, and glaciers melting at an alarming rate, the environment is nagging the minds of many, but not...
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The Indy Eye: Celebrating Peru
The Peruvian community celebrated 191 years of independence from Spain over the weekend with an event on Avenida de Mayo between Chacabuco and Plaza de Mayo. Traditional dancers in colorful dresses...
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On Now: Ciudad Emergente
Miss Bolivia playing at Ciudad Emergente 2012 (Photo: Lautaro Aránguiz) If you have been craving a plethora of youth culture activities stuffed into a one medium sized area, then Ciudad Emegente held...
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On Now: Human Rights Film fest
Now in it’s 14th year, Instituto Multimedia DerHumALC’s (IMD) International Human Rights Film Festival has brought films focusing on human rights and environmental issues from all corners of the globe...
View ArticleVIDEO: Tattoo Show
Megan Cassidy heads to Argentina’s 8th annual Tattoo Show to meet with organisers, a network of friends who have worked in the industry together for years. Camera: Celeste Barrera Editing: Luis Lopez...
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Project of the Fortnight: FestEco
Help Ambientate make their Christmas wishes come true, supporting them in their aim to host FestEco, Argentina’s first zero carbon festival, in February. The festival will be funded solely by...
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On Now: Cartón Animation Festival
This is not pixar. It’s Cartón. Festival Internacional de Cortos de Animación La Tribu, or simply Cartón as it’s been named, opened yesterday and runs until Sunday 6th November. Aimed specifically at...
View ArticleBuenos Aires Celebrates The First Day Of Spring
The arrival of the most anticipated day of the year has been marked with an optimistic weather forecast. The end of winter is being celebrated in the outdoors in various parks around Buenos Aires with...
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Argentina Celebrates World Environment Day
Painting the ecobolsas (Photo: Beatrice Murch) Sunday 5th June El Galpón farmers’ market in Chacarita played host to celebrations for World Environment Day, organised by Ambientate. The day-long event...
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BAFICI Returns for 13th Year
The Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) returns on 6th April for its thirteenth edition. One of the most prominent film festivals in the world, it is renowned as an important...
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Vendimia in Mendoza
Malbec (Photo: David Wilbanks) It is time once again to see where those dark, full-bodied beauties with the long legs come from. I am, obviously, referring to Malbec, the national wine and specialty of...
View ArticleHuman Rights Day Show in Plaza de Mayo
In celebration of International Human Rights Day last Friday, Plaza de Mayo received 150,000 spectators to an organised concert on Sunday night. The event was also to commemorate 27 years of Argentine...
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A Distinct Approach: The Urban Platform of Ciudades Paralelas
Berlin Train Station (courtesy of Ciudades Paralelas) The city’s ignored metropolitan locations were transformed into theatrical stages last week, as performance art festival, Ciudades Paralelas,...
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The Indy Eye: Queer Tango Festival
The week-long Queer Tango festival celebrates the diversity of tango through dance workshops, theatre performances and much more, bringing everybody together for the same purpose – Tango. This year’s...
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Mumbai in Microcentro, Bombay in Buenos Aires
From 4th-17th November, Buenos Aires is hosting the third annual Indian festival that comes to the city each year in order to expose the culture of India to Argentines. The festival comprises of many...
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Real Meaning of Inner Beauty: Casa FOA 2010
Upon first glance of Casa FOA, passersby wouldn’t bat an eye at the crumbly exterior or look twice at the aged face of the building — however just one step into the surprisingly lavish interior sheds a...
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