Buenos Aires, April 14 (NA) — The Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) presents a new edition from April 15 to 26. Once again, it will bring its traditional official competitions, which gather a standout selection of national and international independent cinema, with proposals that mark the pulse of contemporary production. According to the official document accessed by the Argentine News Agency, the 27th edition will present 327 films at various venues in the City of Buenos Aires, projecting 147 national productions and over 120 premieres. In this context, the competition is organized into three main axes: international, national, and avant-garde and genre, which concentrate premieres, new authorial perspectives, and productions from different countries. The foreign segment includes titles from various cinematographies that reflect global trends in independent cinema, with works ranging from documentary to hybrid fiction, many of them world or regional premieres. Among the selected films are “The Other Side of Summer”, “Dormitory”, “The Silence of the River”, “A Place Called Home”, “Notes from the Periphery” and “The Last Harvest”, which traverse stories marked by social conflicts, family ties, and identity searches. The local competition, in turn, functions as a central showcase for national production, with films that explore social, political, and personal themes, consolidating the festival as an exhibition space. In this section, titles such as “The Shadow of the Wind”, “The Days Outside”, “The Face of Memory”, “The Woman of the River”, “A Shattered Body” and “After the End” can be enjoyed, addressing everything from the intimate to the collective with different narrative approaches. Likewise, the Avant-Garde and Genre section brings together more experimental and disruptive proposals, with films that work on the limits of the language of the seventh art, horror, science fiction, or unconventional narratives. In this section, “Night Shift”, “Specters of Tomorrow”, “Electric Flesh”, “The Ritual Game”, “Mutant Dreams” and “Dark Waters” stand out, with stories that explore dystopian universes, unsettling atmospheres, and non-traditional narrative structures. The three competitions have international juries made up of filmmakers, producers, and figures from the audiovisual sector, who will be in charge of awarding the festival's main prizes. The venues are distributed in nine locations that include the San Martín Theater (Lugones Room), Alvear Cinema-Teatro, 25 de Mayo Cultural Center, Cinépolis Plaza Houssay and Recoleta, Cine Arte Cacodelphia, Gaumont Cinema, Usina del Arte, and the Cinema Museum. Tickets can be purchased through the official website or in person at the San Martín Theater; this modality will be available from April 16, with a general value of $5000, discounts for retirees, students, and pupils, 2x1 promotions, and some free functions.
