The Cinema of Argentina has a long tradition, and plays an important role in the culture of Argentina. Throughout the 20th century it had numerous actors and directors that, often financed by the state, made of the Argentine cinema one of the most important in the Hipanophone world. The culture of Argentina is as varied as the countrys geography or its ethnic mix. ... Government After years of post-World War II instability, Argentina is today a fully functioning democracy. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ...

Beginning

On July 18 1896, short after the invention of the cinematographer, the first projection took place at the Odeón Theater of Buenos Aires; only a year after its debut in Paris, the first short of the Lumiere brothers were presented in Argentina. July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... Buenos Aires (English: Fair Winds, originally Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires, City of the Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as... , The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, with the skyscrapers of La Défense business district 5 kilometres behind. ... The Lumière Brothers, Louis Jean (October 5, 1864–June 6, 1948) and Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas (October 19, 1862–April 10, 1954), were the creators of the cinematographic projector. ...

First Argentine movies

French operator Eugenio Py produced, in 1897, the first short: La Bandera Argentina ("The Argentine Flag"), which consisted basically of a flag of Argentina blazing on the wind at the Plaza de Mayo. It followed Viaje a Buenos Aires (1900) and La revista de la escuadra argentina (1901). By that time, the first projection halls were opened. The flag has a 9:14 ratio The ornamental flag The national flag of Argentina dates from 1812. ... The Plaza de Mayo (Spanish: May Square) is the main square in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina; it is flanked by Hipólito Yrigoyen, Balcarce, Rivadavia and Bolívar streets. ...

Several Argentine artist continued experimenting the possibilities of the new invention, making news briefs and documentaries. Eduardo Cardini filmed Escenas Callejeras (1901) and Mario Gallo made the first Argentine film with an argument: El fusilamiento de Dorrego ("Dorrego's execution", 1908). 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The Argentine history and literature provided the themes of the first years of film-making. One of the first successes of the national cinema was Nobleza Gaucha of 1915, inspired in Martín Fierro, gaucho poems by José Hernández. Based on José Mármol's novel, Amalia (1914) was the first full-length movie of national production, and in 1917 El apostol, a satiric short on president Hipólito Yrigoyen, became the first animated film in world cinema. Also in 1917 debuted Carlos Gardel in Flor de durazno, directed by Francisco Defilippis Novoa. This article is about the history of Argentina. ... Martín Fierro is an epic poem by the Argentinean writer José Hernández. ... Gauchos fight dramatization A gaucho is a South American cattle herder — the equivalent to the North American cowboy — on the pampas, chacos or Patagonian grasslands found in parts of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, southern Chile and southern Brazil (spelt gaúcho in Portuguese). ... For the astronaut, see Jose Hernandez. ... Current President Néstor Kirchner The President of Argentina (full title: President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the head of state of Argentina. ... Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen Alem (July 12, 1852 – July 3, 1933) was twice President of Argentina (from 1916 to 1922 and again from 1928 to 1930). ... Carlos Gardel (1933) Carlos Gardel (11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was an enormously popular tango singer killed in an airplane crash at the height of his career. ...

Sound

The incorporation of sound to the cinema had a great impact in the public. In 1931 Agustín Ferreyra directed Muñequitas porteñas, the first Argentine spoken film, with Vitaphone synchronisation. Around 1933 arrived the Movietone, that allowed to store both voice and music together with the image. Also in that year are created the first two Argentine cinematographic studios; Argentina Sono film was founded by Angel Mentasti, and Lumitón was created by Enrique Telémaco Susini, César José Guerrico and Luis Romero Carranza. Vitaphone was a sound film process used on several features and shorts produced by Warner Brothers in the late 1920s and early 1930s. ... Movietone was created ever since silent movies came out, and was the primary source of news and current events for moviegoers until the first black and white television set came out in the late 1940s. ...

The first disc-less sound film was Tango (1931), directed by Luis Maglia Barth. Other successful films of those years are El alma del bandoneón (Mario Soffici, 1935), La muchacha de a bordo (Manuel Romero, 1936), and La vuelta al nido (Leopoldo Torres Rios, 1938), all jewels of the Argentine cinema of the 1930s that consagrated stars Libertad Lamarque, Tita Merello, Pepe Arias, Luis Sandrini and Niní Marshall. 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Libertad Lamarque was a popular Spanish language actress. ...

Classic cinema

The decade of 1940 brought a long crisis produced by the commercial competition of the United States cinema. Some films to underline are Historia de una noche (Luis Saslavsky, 1941) y La dama duende (Luis Saslavsky, 1945), Malambro (Lucas Demare and Hugo Fregonese, 1945), Pelota de trapo (Torres Ríos, 1948), Crimen de Oribe (Torres Ríos, 1950) and Las aguas bajan turbias (Hugo del Carril, 1952). For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Hugo Fregonese (April 8, 1908 - January 17, 1987) was an Argentine film director who worked both in Hollywood and in Argentina. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

First New Cinema

Since the late 1950s a new generation of film directors succeeded in joining the technical ability with the esthetic refinement, that finally took Argentine films to international film festivals. Of the first wave of such directors we can name Leopoldo Torre-Nilsson, Fernando Ayala, David Jose Kohon, Simon Feldman and Fernando Solanas. A second generation that achieved a cinematographic style to mention were José Martínez Suárez, Manuel Antin, and Leopoldo Favio. Fernando Ezequiel Pino Solanas (b. ...

After the military government

After the military government that ended in 1983, a new era in the Argentine cinema started. Within the first of such films we can mention Camila (María Luisa Bemberg, 1984) and La Historia Oficial (José Luis Puenzo, 1985) that received the Academy Award for best foreign film. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Dirty War. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This movie is about a couple in Argentina with an adopted child. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...

Contemporary cinema

The 1990s brought another New Argentine Cinema wave, marked by independent productions and a twist from the classical Argentine cinema. Films such as Nueve Reinas and El hijo de la Novia (nominated for best foreign film) received praise and various awards around the world. . Nueve reinas (international, English title: Nine Queens), is a 2000 Argentine film directed by Fabián Bielinsky and starring Gastón Pauls, Ricardo Darín, Leticia Brédice and Tomás Fonzi. ...

Since the beginnings of Argentine cinema, almost 2,500 films have been produced, with 2004 and 2005 being the most prolific years with 66 and 63 films respectively.

See also

• Mar del Plata International Film Festival
• Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival
• Jorge Porcel
• Alberto Olmedo

Jorge Raúl Porcel De Peralta (born September 7, 1936) is a comedy actor from Argentina. ... Alberto Olmedo (1933-1988) was an Argentine comedian and actor. ...

External links

• National Cinema Institute (INCA)
• CineNacional.com
• National Cinematographic Industry Union