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The Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente (BAFICI, English: Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival) is an international festival of independent films organized each year in the month of April, in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A film festival is the presentation or showcasing of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues. ... An independent film, or indie film, is usually a low-budget film that is produced by a small movie studio. ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ...

The festival is managed by the Ministerio de Cultura del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, it is not officially affiliated with FIAPF, but it has become well known internationally. The FIAPF (Fedération International des Associations de Producteurs de Films; English: International Federation of Film Producers Associations), created in 1977, is an organization composed with 31 member associations from 25 of the leading audiovisual production countries. ...

History

The festival had its first edition in April of 1999 and it was organized by the Secretaria de Cultura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. The festival used important movie theatres, some of them included Hoyts and other more traditional studios, usually non-commercial theatres. This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... This article is about the year. ... Current Logo of Hoyts Cinemas Australia introduced in Jan 2007 Hoyts is an Australian chain of cinema multiplexes. ...

In the first year the festival had 146 guests, among them Francis Ford Coppola, Todd Haynes, Paul Morrissey and others. The festival screened more than 150 national and international films. It had approximately 120,000 spectators. Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Maverick, onetime New Queer Cinema director Todd Haynes was born on January 2, 1961, in Encino, California, and has had a controversial career. ... Paul Morrissey (born on February 23, 1938 in New York City) is a film director. ...

The following year the event featured more films and other activities were added such as conferences and workshops. With a similar amount of spectators and guests, the festival was permanently added into the Buenos Aires list of cultural events.

Awards

The festival has an international group and national group of judges. Currently some of the award categories are Best Film, Best Script, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Special Mentions, aand others.

The public assisting the event also vote. The film that gets the most votes receives the Peoples Choice Award.

Since the third festival, there have been awards given to short subject films, which include Best Short Subject Film and Best Director. Early American actor William Garwood starred in numerous short films, many of which were only 20 minutes in length Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American film industry in the early period of cinema. ...

List of winners

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External links

• Official Website.
• 2007 Edition by ZonaFreak (Spanish).