BAFICI 2017: The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film

The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film is a 11-day movie extravaganza showing some of the world’s best independent cinema in theaters across the city. Known by its Spanish acronym, BAFICI, the festival is now its 19th year. It has already started selling tickets for the BAFICI 2017 which will take place between April 19 – 30. The programming of the 19th edition includes 400 films, from the 5 continents and 56 countries, to be screened in 32 spaces in the city, arriving with one of the open air cinemas in France Square and several new neighborhoods. In this post we share you information about the BAFICI 2017. It is an ideal plan for cinema lovers.

BAFICI 2017: The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film

BAFICI 2017 brings together directors emerging on the national scene with others of all parts of the world. In this Edition, will involve the Italian Nanni Moretti, American Alex Ross Perry, the Swiss Claude Barras, the Swedish Johaness Nyholm, the Canadian Denis Côte, among others.

In addition to lectures and the projection of short films and documentaries there will be competitions of films in several categories.

You can buy advance tickets for the festival through this web or directly  in the Recoleta Village (Junín and Vicente López) from 10am to 8 pm

Useful Information about BAFICI 2017

When?

• April 19 -30.

Schedule

• Check the day by day list of films on BAFICI’s official webpage

Rates

• General Tickets:AR$ 45
• Students and pensioners (with accreditation): AR $30

TIPS

• The lectures in the Auditorium the Aleph and the small theater of the Recoleta Cultural Center and outdoor projections are free by order of arrival and are subject to the capacity of each space.
• Plan well and buy online to get tickets to the films you want to see.
• Don’t show up late for screenings: despite the fact that this is Argentina where lateness is not too taboo, latecomers are turned away.

Venues

• PUNTO DE ENCUENTRO [19] BAFICI – Centro Cultural Recoleta (Junín 1930)
• VILLAGE RECOLETA (Vicente López y Junín)
• ESPACIO INCAA CINE GAUMONT (Av. Rivadavia 1635, San Nicolás)
• VILLAGE CABALLITO (Av. Rivadavia y Acoyte)
• EL CULTURAL SAN MARTÍN (Paraná y Sarmiento, San Nicolás)
• ARTE MULTIPLEX BELGRANO (Av. Cabildo 2829)
• ANFITEATRO DEL PARQUE CENTENARIO (Av. Ángel Gallardo y Leopoldo Marechal, entrada por Lillo)
• AIRE LIBRE EN PLAZA FRANCIA (Junín y Libertador, Recoleta)
• MALBA CINE (Av. Figueroa Alcorta 3415)
• TEATRO GRAN RIVADAVIA (Av. Rivadavia 8636, Floresta)
• FUNDACIÓN PROA (Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1929, La Boca)
• USINA DEL ARTE (Agustín R. Caffarena 1, La Boca)
• ESPACIO CULTURAL JULIÁN CENTEYA (Av San Juan 3255, Boedo)
• ESPACIO CULTURAL CARLOS GARDEL (Olleros 3640, Chacarita)
• ESPACIO CULTURAL ADÁN BUENOSAYRES (Av. Asamblea 1200, Parque Chacabuco)
• ESPACIO CULTURAL RESURGIMIENTO (Gral. José Gervasio Artigas 2252)
• CENTRO CULTURAL HOMERO MANZI (Tilcara 3365, Nueva Pompeya)
• CENTRO CULTURAL JULIO CORTÁZAR (O’Higgins 3050, Núñez)
• CENTRO CULTURAL VERSALLES (Bruselas 785, Versalles)
• CENTRO CULTURAL SEBASTIÁN PIANA (Puán 360, Caballito)
• CENTRO CULTURAL NICOLÁS OLIVARI (Castro 954, Boedo)
• PATIO SALGUERO (Jerónimo Salguero 741, Almagro)
• PLAZA MARTÍN FIERRO (Barcala y La Rioja, San Cristóbal)
• POLIDEPORTIVO LOS PILETONES (Ana María Janer y Asturias, Villa Soldati)
• PLAZA JUAN XXIII (Av. Riestra 1850, Bajo Flores)
• BARRIO RODRIGO BUENO (Av. España 2230, Puerto Madero)
• CANCHA PLAZA PORTAL (VILLA 21-24 (Osvaldo Cruz 3600 y Zavaleta, Barracas)
• BARRIO SALDÍAS( San Pedro de Jujuy y Padre Carlos Mugica)
• BARRIO PLAYÓN DE CHACARITA (Av. Forest y Fraga)
• GALPÓN PIEDRABUENARTE (Av. Piedra Buena 3700, Villa Lugano)
• BARRIO 31 (Calle 4 y Carlos H. Perrete)
• CEMENTO (Estados Unidos 1234, Constitución)