Check out the schedule for the XV Border Film Festival

The XV Border International Film Festival takes place from April 23 to 27 in Bagé, Sant’Ana do Livramento and Rivera with completely free programming.

The event includes seven feature films in competition, seven films in special screenings and 51 short films, as well as musical performances, debates, workshops and an audiovisual market. This year’s honorees are filmmaker Lucrecia Martel, the biggest name in Argentine cinema, and Flávio Bauraqui, a renowned theater and film actor from Santa Maria. In addition to national titles, the selection of feature films brings together productions from Chile and Argentina, several of them new.

This year, the XV Border International Film Festival has the master sponsorship of Petrobras, through the Petrobras Cultural Program, and resources from the Culture Incentive Law – Rouanet Law, Ministry of Culture, Federal Government. The event has the support of Claro, institutional support from IFSul, URCAMP, UNIPAMPA, UTEC, Destino Binacional, Jornal Minuano and FRAPA. The promotion is by the Municipal Secretariat of Culture of Bagé, the production by Anti Filmes and Maristela Ribeiro Produções, and the creation of the Vila Santa Thereza Historic Center and Associação Pró-Santa Thereza.

Feature films in competition

“To Canuto’s Transformation” (2023), by Ariel Kuaray Ortega and Ernesto de Carvalho (Brazil);
“The Other Memory of the World” (2023), by Mariela Pietragall (Argentina);
“The Indefinite Things” (2023), by María Aparicio (Argentina);
“The Devil on the Street in the Middle of Redemunho” (2023), by Bia Lessa (Brazil);
“The Stranger” (2023), by Flora Dias and Juruna Mallon (Brazil/France);
“Penal Cordillera” (2023), by Felipe Carmona (Chile/Brazil);
“Seu Cavalcanti” (2023), by Leonardo Lacca (Brazil).

Long out of competition

“Clarice’s Dream” (2023), by Fernando Gutierrez and Guto Bicalho;
“Placa Mãe” (2023), by Igor Bastos;
“Partido” (2023), by César Charlone, Sebastian Bednarik and Joaquim Castro;
“Inventory of Lost Images” (2023), by Gustavo Galvão;
“Pureza” (2019), by Renato Barbieri;
“The Headless Woman” (2008), by Lucrecia Martel;
“Zama” (2017), by Lucrecia Martel.

SCHEDULE

23/04 (TER)

SANT’ANA DO LIVRAMENTO-RS

9:30 am – Audiovisual & Tourism Forum Opening | ACIL Auditorium | Authorities and guests;
10am – Film Tourism: The Role of Film Commissions | ACIL Auditorium;
Guests: Nathália Körössy (UFPE), Christiano Braga (Embratur), Joana Braga (POA Film Commission) | Mediation: Sofia Ferreira (Iecine RS);
11am – Cinema Destinations: Audiovisual Promoting Tourism | ACIL Auditorium | Guests: Paulo Senise (Rio Convention), Maria Angela de Jesus (Paramount), Viviane Maciel (Binational Tourism Board), Santiago Esteves (Uruguayan Ministry of Tourism) | Mediation: Zeca Brito (FICF);
3pm – Caminos del Mercosur Immersive Experience (guests).

RIVERA-Uruguay

2:30 pm – Competitive Screening of Animated Short Films – Session 1 | UTEC – Rivera;
4pm – Competitive Screening of Animated Short Films – Session 2 | UTEC – Rivera;
7pm – Special Screening: Feature film “Partido” (2023) Dir. César Charlone, Sebastian Bednarik, Joaquim Castro – | UTEC – Rivera 100 min.

BAGÉ-RS

2:30 pm – Special Session Flávio Bauraqui: Feature film “Pureza” (2019) Dir. Renato Barbieri (session with accessibility features) | CHVST 101 min.

April 24 (PASS)

BAGÉ-RS

9am – Opening Ceremony | CCPW;
10am – Lucrecia Martel Special Session: short film “AI” (2019) + feature film “Zama” (2017) | Cinema 7 115 min;
11 a.m. – On Frontera: WIP Cabin | CHVST;
2pm – International Competitive Feature Film Show: “The Transformation of Canuto” (2023) Dir. Ariel Kuaray Ortega and Ernesto de Carvalho | Cinema 7 130 min;
2:30 p.m. – On Frontera;
4pm – Regional Competitive Short Film Show – Session 1 | CHVST.
6pm – International Competitive Short Film Show – Session 1 | CHVST;
8pm – Aula Magna with Lucrecia Martel | CHVST.

SANT’ANA DO LIVRAMENTO-RS

10am – Mostra Fronteirinha: Feature film “Placa Mãe” (2023) Dir. Igor Bastos | Rivadávia Corrêa State School 105 min.

04/25 (WHO)

BAGÉ-RS

9h – Sur Frontera;
10am – International Competitive Feature Film Show: The Stranger (2023) Dir. Flora Dias, Juruna Mallon | Cinema 7 107 min;
11am – Press Conference with Lucrecia Martel | CCPW;
2pm – International Longas-metragens Competitive Show: The Indefinite Things (2023) Dir. María Aparicio | Cinema 7 81 min;
3 p.m. – On Frontera: WIP Cabin | CHVST;
4pm – International Competitive Feature Film Show: Penal Cordillera (2023) Dir. Felipe Carmona | Cinema 7 105 min;
5pm – Caminos del Mercosur Immersive Experience (guests);
7pm – Special Session: Feature film “Inventory of Lost Images” (2023) Dir. Gustavo Galvão | IFSul – Bagé Campus 77 min;
9pm – South Border Connections.

SANT’ANA DO LIVRAMENTO-RS

10am – Mostra Fronteirinha: Feature film “O Sonho de Clarice” (2023) Dir. Fernando Gutierrez, Guto Bicalho | Rivadávia Corrêa State School 83 min.

26/04 (SEX)

BAGÉ-RS

9:30 a.m. – On Frontera;
10am – International Competitive Feature Film Show: Seu Cavalcanti (2023) Dir. Leonardo Lacca | Cinema 7 78 min;
11am – Press Conference with Flávio Bauraqui | CCPW;
2pm – Longas-metragens International Competitive Show: The Other Memory of the World (2023) Dir. Mariela Pietragalla | Cinema 7 69 min;
2:30 p.m. – On Frontera;
4pm – International Competitive Feature Film Show: The Devil on the Street in Meio do Redemunho (2023) Dir. Bia Lessa | Cinema 7 127 min;
6pm – International Competitive Short Film Show – Session 2 | CHVST;
7:30 pm – Tribute to Flávio Bauraqui | CHVST;
8pm – Regional Competitive Short Film Show – Session 2 | CHVST;
9:30 pm – Show: Clarissa Ferreira with Ana Matielo and Emily Borghetti | CHVST;

04/27 (SAT) – BAGÉ-RS

10 a.m. – On Frontera – Pitching | CHVST;

3pm – Special Session Flávio Bauraqui: Short films “O bolo” (2010), “Como as clouds are” (2011), “Ninjas” (2011) | CHVST;

4pm – Lucrecia Martel Special Session: Feature film “La Mujer Sin Cabeza” (2008) | CHVST 87 min;

8:30 pm – Tribute to Lucrecia Martel | CHVST;

9pm – Awards Ceremony | CHVST;

Special appearances: Julieta Laso, Rita Zart, Carlos Gerbase;

11pm – Show: Alê & Claudinho | CHVST.

Locations: Vila de Santa Thereza Historic Center (CHVST), Casa de Cultura Pedro Wayne (CCPW), Universidad Tecnologica – UTEC, Cine 7, Escola Estadual Rivadávia Corrêa.

International Competitive Short Film Exhibition

“Aguamiel” (Mexico and United States); “Assum Preto, a cry from the margin” (Brazil and France); “Bença” (Brazil); “Big Bang” (Brazil); “Meat” (Uruguay); “cgada” (Brazil); “Días de lluvia” (Argentina); “Filhas da Pátria” (Portugal); “La Gauchada” (Argentina); “Mientras todo iba pasando” (Peru); “Neon Night” (Brazil); “I never thought it would be like this” (Brazil); “Where the Forest Ends” (Brazil); “Sotavento” (Cuba and Venezuela) and “Tamiko” (Brazil).

Competitive Exhibition of Animated Short Films

“How about your day today?” (Argentina); “A Lover’s Discourse” (Japan); “Cannot Sleep!” (Japan); “Carta Bianca” (France); “Duelo a Media Noche” (Mexico); “El Árbol” (Chile); “El Mago Georges” (Hungary and Argentina); “I Made Friends with a Ghost” (Brazil); “Good Night” (China); “Hide & Seek” (Palestine, Spain and Türkiye); “Mao Lucky” (Panama); “Maré Braba” (Brazil); “The Destiny of Lady Adelaide” (Brazil); “André’s Room” (Brazil); “Pororoca” (Brazil); “Primavera Temprana” (Chile and United Kingdom); “Tempo Trem” (Brazil) and “You Are Already Dead” (Chile).

Regional Competitive Short Film Exhibition

“The Color of Notes” (Santa Maria); “The Fabulous Estancia São Lauro” (Bagé); “My Bisa’s Centenary” (Alvorada); “Concha de Água Doce” (Porto Alegre); “El Cabrón” (Bagé); “Brave Man” (Pelotas); “Impostor” (Rivera); “Christmas” (Santa Maria); “The Tale of Tarran” (Bagé); “The Absent” (Bagé); “Paciência” (Bagé); “4-Hand Draft of an Unfinished Work” (Bagé); “Sombras da Mente” (Porto Alegre); “A girl and a motorcycle” (Bagé) and “A Last Cup of Coffee” (Porto Alegre).