By Benjamín Harguindey Argentina is considered a “tastemaker” market in South America, coveted for positioning films for favorable runs around the continent. But currency restraints have recently prevented Hollywood studios like Disney and Paramount from cashing in on box office blockbusters distributed around the country, a result of Argentina’s devalued currency. Consequently, many of these US … Continue reading
By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey Metegol (lit. Foosball) was Argentina’s biggest hit in 2013, a 3D animated family film by Juan José Campanella – director of the Academy Award-winning The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) – that earned a record-breaking 700,000 viewers in its opening week, over 2 million viewers overall and a spot in … Continue reading
By contibuting blogger Benjamín Harguindey SXSW Music, Film and Interactive 2014 will kick off in Austin, Texas on March 7th, and Argentina will be present as part of the SXSW® Film Conference & Festival section since day one. On March 7th SXSW Film will screen the indie Argentine movie The Desert, “a doomed story of … Continue reading
By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey It is not everyday that the Argentine film industry is on the front page of the New Yorker Magazine, but a recent article shows that animated pic “Metegol” can be a gamechanger for Hollywood by offering high quality at 20% of the cost of a Pixar flick. You can read … Continue reading
By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey In an unprecedented turn of events for Argentine cinema, this month’s movie-going Top 5 has been dominated by local productions: the 3D animated family movie Foosball (Metegol), the romantic comedy León’s Heart (Corazón de león), the thriller 7th Floor (Séptimo) and the drama Wakolda, recently nominated on the Oscar shortlist. Foosball … Continue reading
By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey With only a $20 million US dollar budget, oscar winner Juan José Campenella´s “Foosball” (Metagol) has already becomethe most watched Argentine movie of the year and an example of how Argentina can make animated films like Dreamworks, on a lower budget. Continue reading
Filming in Argentina: The blog of San Telmo Productions 