11th BAFICI News

2009-04-06

BAFICI in Figures

En cifras

Twelve days of multiple screenings, special activities and filmgoers zeal went by for the delight of a total 245 thousand people who attended this eleventh edition of BAFICI. After the count, some aspects reveal the striking scale of a festival that keeps growing year after year.

The total number of features, shorts and open air screenings adds up to 417 films in 1069 screenings including the 14 open air ones. 45 countries were represented, of which 297 international figures participated as guests (directors, producers, jurors, BAL participants, musicians and actors,) and there were 34 jurors. 65 Argentinian films were screened (features and shorts,) of which 59 made their world premieres. Moreover, there were 5 other world premieres of overseas films and 46 special activities, i.e. 11 seminars, 14 dialogues, 5 round tables, 2 Master Classes, 4 book presentations, 2 live-music-screenings and 8 WIP (Work in Progress) screenings.