Argentine cinema

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Argentine cinema is the national film industry of Argentina, renowned for its socially engaged storytelling, influential auteurs, and internationally acclaimed films across genres from political drama to psychological thriller.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national cinema
academyAwardBestForeignLanguageFilmNomination Argentina, 1985
Camila
El hijo de la novia
Relatos salvajes
academyAwardBestForeignLanguageFilmWin La pregunta de sus ojos
surface form: El secreto de sus ojos

La historia oficial
academyAwardBestForeignLanguageFilmWinCount 2
characteristic focus on dictatorship and human rights
political themes
psychological depth
socially engaged storytelling
strong auteur tradition
urban settings
commonAdaptationSource Argentine novels
Argentine short stories
continent South America
country Argentina
distributionMarket Latin America
Spain
international art-house circuit
economicContext periodic crises affecting production
firstFeatureFilm Amalia
firstFeatureFilmYear 1914
firstFilmScreenings 1896
goldenAgePeriod 1930s
1940s
historicalTheme Dirty War
Peronism
disappearances and memory
military dictatorship
importantFestival Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
importantFestivalAbbreviation BAFICI
institution Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales
institutionAbbreviation INCAA
institutionRole state funding and regulation of film industry
keyGenre comedy
documentary
film noir
historical drama
melodrama
political drama
psychological thriller
social realism
language Spanish
mainProductionCenter Buenos Aires
majorFestivalRecognition Berlin International Film Festival
surface form: Berlin International Film Festival awards

Cannes Film Festival
surface form: Cannes Film Festival awards

Venice Film Festival
surface form: Venice Film Festival awards
notableDirector Adolfo Aristarain
Damian Szifron
surface form: Damián Szifron

Daniel Burman
Eliseo Subiela
Fernando Solanas
Juan José Campanella
Leonardo Favio
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Lucrecia Martel
Luís Puenzo
Martín Rejtman
Pablo Trapero
Santiago Mitre
notableFilm Camila
Crónica de un niño solo
La pregunta de sus ojos
surface form: El secreto de sus ojos

La ciénaga
La historia oficial
La hora de los hornos
Nueve reinas
Pizza, birra, faso
Relatos salvajes
Un oso rojo
notableLanguageVariant Rioplatense Spanish
notableMovement Nuevo Cine Argentino
notableMovementPeriod mid-1990s to 2000s
relatedArtForm Argentine literature
Argentine theatre
startPeriod late 19th century

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Federico Luppi partOf Argentine cinema