FESTIVAL DE CINE ALEMÁN IN BUENOS AIRES STRONGER THAN EVER

Originally planned as the “little sister” of the festival in Madrid, the event in Buenos Aires has long since established itself as the most successful of its kind in South America. The 17th edition took place mid-September in the Argentine capital and can proudly report 13 sold-out screenings and some 7,100 admissions from both festival venues, the Village Recoleta and the Caballito. The festival opened with Simon Verhoeven’s WELCOME TO GERMANY and presented a showcase of new German films, interactive screenings, classics and short films. This year’s Audience Award went to Lars Kraume’s THE VERDICT, which once again proved to be one of the highlights of the festival and provided for intensive discussions with the audience. Impressed by the audience reactions to Christian Schwochow’s PAULA, Mirada Distribution picked up the rights for Argentina. And once again this year, the VOD platform QubitTV presented a special selection of German films during the festival to accompany the growing demand for German home entertainment content in Argentina.