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| 1st.
Edition of DIVERSA
Gay / Lesbian / Trans Film Festival of Argentina 2004 |
The 1st. Gay/Lesbian/Trans Film Festival of Argentina was
held from the 28 October to the 3 November 2004, in the Cosmos
Cinema (Av. Corrientes 2046) and in the micro cinema of Palais
de Glace (Space INCAA Km 3). It was a great success; and it
had an important repercussion in the media (Press kit available
in this web), and also an excellent reception of the audience.
1600
people participated and according to feedback and critics
received, people were very satisfied with the exhibited material.
12
long films and 40 short films were shown. The countries that
participated were: Argentina, Germany, Canada, United States,
South Africa, Mexico, Ireland, the Netherlands, Polland, Colombia,
France, and Spain.
The
audience voted their favorite films and the winners were:
best long film "GOLDFISH MEMORY" (Ireland) directed
by Liz Gill, and best short film "LAURA IS MY FATHER"(Holland)
directed by Juul Bovenberg; and "THE MILKMAN"(Canada)
directed by Ken Takahashi.
An
interchange of mutual programming was also made with Lesgaicinemad
festival - Gay/Lesbian Film Festival of Madrid -, and we had
the presence of Enrique Asis, who was part of the main board
during two years of FRAMELINE, Gay/lesbian festival of San
Francisco, the most important in the world in its type, and
exposed a panorama on the history of the political activism
in the United States, altogether with 3 films, and a speech.
When
the festival ended, a bigger frame of possibilities was opened,
invitations and contacts for the following year.
During the first edition of DIVERSA we were invited to participate
in the following events:
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6° Rights Humans Festival DERHUMALC:
in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, from the 25 August
to the 1° September 2004. We participated in panels
and introduced the festival.
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55°
Berlin Film Festival - BERLINALE: in
the city of Berlin, Germany, from the 10 to the 20 February
2005. There, Gabriela Waisman, DIVERSA director, participated
as international jury in the TEDDY Award, prize GLTB of the
Berlin Film Festival, internationally known as one of most
important in the world.
There the jury, made up of 9 beginners of Gay/lesbian Festivals
around the world, and where Gabriela Waisman was representating
DIVERSA:: ARGENTINA, chose the best long film, the best short
film and best documentary; receiving each one a statuette
and a prize of 3000 euros.
The TEDDY jury decided to give the prize as best long film
to the Argentine ¨A year without love¨. Directed by
Anahí Berneri, this film was presented in the parallel
activities of the first DIVERSA edition in November 2004,
when it was still in post production.
The TEDDY prize is the second in importance to the official
prize that the Berlin festival gives, that is why this prize
is a valuable one for the Argentine cinema, and an excellent
incentive to the Gay/lesbian/trans productions of our country.
- 23°
The
International Cinematographic Festival of Uruguay:
in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay, from the 19 March to the
3 April 2005. DIVERSA had its own section where all the shows
were presented by Gabriela Waisman, DIVERSA director, and
Iván Fantasia, general producer.
Invited by the Film library to the 23° International Cinematographic
Festival of Uruguay, we exhibited a 70% of the films presented
in Buenos Aires in 2004 during 7 days. Every night the cinema
was full of people. Many of them sitting on the floor and
some couldn't go in.
We were received by the Argentine Embassy in Uruguay, where
a press conference with Uruguayan and international media
was held.
The presentation of DIVERSA in Montevideo was all a success,
as well as the feedback of people and institutions.
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7°
Independent
Film Festival of Buenos Aires: in
the city of Buenos Aires, from 14 to the 24 April 2005.
DIVERSA presented officially the festival in the context
of the BAFICI. There were audience and professionals of
the audiovisual media. The general director of the BAFICI,
Fernando Peña, gave an introduction to present DIVERSA,
and was gratefully received by the people.
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Invited
by "Ciudad Abierta" Cable State Channel:
belonging to the government of the City of Buenos Aires, Secretaría
de Cultura. We were asked to make a documentary cycle about
sexual diversity in August 2005.
Está
a su disposición el kit de prensa del año 2004,
en que se realizó la primera edición de DIVERSA
:: Festival de Cine Gay/Lesbico/Trans de Argentina
Para
bajar el kit de prensa 2004 clickee en el link de abajo:
DIVERSA
2004 was promoted by: INCAA National Institute of Cinema and
Audio-visual Arts - Secretaría de cultura del Government
of Bs. As. - CINEMATECA Foundation Argentina - GOETHE-INSTITUTE
- LesGaiCineMad - Derhumalc - CHA - La Fulana
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