By Diego Batley, from Mar del Plata
Posted on 11-11-2023
A list of many of the best films seen in this edition and some notes about the best and worst of the festival.
explanation: Only films seen during this edition of Mar del Plata are included (there are no titles presented at the festival but were already part of the rankings of the other best samples).
1- Duet – Edgardo Kozarinsky and Rafael Ferro – Argentina
2- Orlando, Master of Resume Policy – Paul Preciado – France
3- Entrepreneur – Germán Celso – Argentina
4- Snow Society – Juan Antonio Bayona – Spain
5- Monster / No House – Bertrand Bonello – France, Canada
6- Pobres criaturas / Poor stuff – Yorgos Lanthimos – Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
7- Robot Dreams – Pablo Berger – Spain
8- Evil does not exist – Ryosuke Hamaguchi – Japan
9- When evil lurks – Damian Rojna – Argentina
10- Yannick – Quentin Dubio – France
11- This – Quentin Dubio – France
12- Kinra – Marco Panatonic – Peru
13- Elda and the Monsters – Nicholas Herzog – Argentina
14- Souls – Laura Bassumprio – Argentina
15- The wind that blows away – Paula Hernandez – Argentina, Uruguay
16- Rebellion in Paradise: Birthday Party How – Ian White – Australia
17- I’m not going to ask anyone to believe me. – Fernando Frias de la Barra – Mexico
18- Mimang – Kim Tae-yang – South Korea
19- A ship carrying me departed from me – Cecilia Kang – Argentina, South Korea
20- The castle – Martin Benchemol – Argentina, France
Two restored classics:
Great Green Valley (1967) – Merab Kukushashvili – Soviet Union
Pink Corner Man (1962) – René Mojica – Argentina
The Best of the Festival:
– enthusiastic and participatory support from the public, which filled practically all the shows and the decision of the organizers to allow last-minute spectators without tickets if there were some empty seats.
– Free performances of the Zero Hour section at the Kowloon Theatre in the spirit of rock.
– The institutional place of the festival on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of democracy before each performance, the audience greeted him with ecstasy.
– Parts of scenes cut by censors between 1976 and 1984 that were also shown before each screening.
– Spacious room 3 of the Aldrey complex with Dolby Atmos sound. Delight due to the comfort of its seats and excellent sound and picture quality.
– numerous screenings of a full-fledged house (1046 spectators) in the film hall such as, for example, Snow Society.
Worst:
– These budget cuts prevented us from having a print network (print catalogs died longer ago) and film screenings.
– Loss of many rooms that were part of previous versions, especially the enormous Ambassador 1.
– Due to low programming, spotlights (such as interesting lights intended for Georgian cinema) had very few titles.
OUR PODCAST DESDE MAR DEL PLATA 2023 WITH BALANCE BY DIEGO PATEL AND DIEGO LEARER:
Top 10 and top 20 other festivals this year:
Berlin 2023
Jan 2023
Locarno 2023
San Sebastian 2023 (Rank 1 and Rank 2)
Venice 2023
Toronto 2023
Valdivia 2023
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