Alex de la Iglesia (Spanish director, producer and screenplay writer. He came to Buenos Aires to shoot a documentary about Lionel Messi’s life).
-ABOUT HE’S EXPERIENCE OF SHOOTING IN BUENOS AIRES:
“I would definitely recommend coming here to shoot. The only thing we’ve had here were easiness. We are shooting in Buenos Aires Downtown, in an emblematic cafe and we had no problems at all. We are working wonderfully and above all I can see not only cordiality but also love to cinema that is hard to see in other places.”
Alain Giuraudie (French director, screenplay writer, producer and actor. He came to the City to present “L'inconnu du lac”, film directed by him in “Les Avant Premier” which is a French cinema cycle in Buenos Aires.)
-ABOUT PUBLIC POLICIES THAT ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUDIOVISUAL INDUSTRY:
“I think that the most important thing is to separate the idea of market and art, and not to look for a product that is aimed for everyone or to satisfy advertising. It is important to defend a system where big production films can help finance smaller ones. The only way to do so, for now, is through government politics, such as taxes refunds, for example.”
Paolo Zucca (Italian director, producer and screenplay writer. He came to the City to present his movie “L’arbitro”, an Italian and Argentinean co production).
-ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE OF CO PRODUCING WITH ARGENTINA:
“The film had a connection with Argentina because one of the characters goes to Argentina and goes back to Italy. Also, we used some tango in the music. But the real reason was that Amadeo, my producer, is a very dear friend of Daniel Burman, and when Amadeo called Daniel to know if he was interested, he jumped in.”
Jo Heim (German actor, Director of Photography, and camera man. He came to Buenos Aires to shoot a documentary about Tango).
-ABOUT HIS RETURN TO THE CITY TO SHOOT AGAIN AFTER 20 YEARS:
“I would recommend coming to Buenos Aires to shoot because it’s a unique city. It’s fun, and it has great locations.... I like how wide the streets are, how you can’t see the other coast from the riverside, but most of all, I love the the look and feel of the city: taxis, buses, all the things that makes it different. Many commercials come to shoot here because it’s cheaper than Europe and United States.”
Jasmin Avissar (Israeli actor and dancer), Lotta Forsblad (Sweden producer, location manager and actor) Mathilda Paradeiser (Sweden singer and actor). They came to Buenos Aires for a Sweden women movie cycle.
-ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FILMS MADE BY WOMEN:
“LOTTA: I wish it was more natural to give money equally to men and women but that isn’t happening. We need this kind of spaces and cycles to point this out. But maybe in 10 years we won’t need it anymore.
MATHILDA: I think it is a risk you have to take to have your place as a woman. What you do with it is even more important.
JASMIN: Your work and what you do is what should define, not your gender. We must be responsible or you became someone who’s pulling herself out of the integrated world you want”.
Jay Shuster (US art department member of Pixar and production designer. He came to the city invited by “Buenos Aires to the world”).
“The first thing that caught my eye was the architecture, the texture and the spaces of the places. I really liked the mix between the old and the new. It’s very vivacious, with a lot of people in the streets and a lot of activities.”
Mariana Rondón (Venezuela director, screenplay writer and producer. She came to the city to present the awarded film “Pelo Malo”).
“I really know Buenos Aires. I’ve come a lot and I love it. I always work with people from here and I finish my films here. Buenos Aires it’s a great place to do the postproduction..”
Jerry Carlson (American director, actor, producer. He was in the city to give come lectures about independent movies in USA).
“Something very present in Buenos Aires is the feeling that there are several levels of time simultaneously, a combination between the decadent and the new. For me it’s no surprise that time is a big issue in the work of Borges, Cortázar or Ricardo Piglia, because from my perspective, time works here differently.”
Martín Provost (French Actor, screenplay writer and director. He came to the city to present “Violette” in “Les Avant Premiers”).
“One thing that caught my attention is that in Buenos Aires you can find art everywhere, and that people from Argentina have a very close relationship with music, painting and films, and this relationship seems very natural for everyone in the City.”
Michel Ocelot (French animation director, art department, screenplay writer, actor, producer. He came to the city as a guest for “Cine Nueva Mirada”).
“I think it’s a wonderful city, and has an architecture that could be useful for a project in which I need early 1900s french architecture. And the gardens are very beautiful.“
Tana Schembori (Paraguayan director, producer, actor, screenplay writer and film editor. Came to the city to present her movie “7 Boxes”).
“My favorite places in the city are San Telmo, Corrientes Avenue with all its lights and theatres, Palermo Soho, the movie theatre walk with a great variety of proposals of what to watch. I just can’t pick one. The fact that my movie is premiering here is very symbolic for me”.
