Kossakovsky's 'Antipodas' to start Argentine fest

BUENOS AIRES - Russian helmer Victor Kossakovsky's "Vivan las Antipodas!" (Extended Live the Antipodes!) will open the 26th Scar del Plata Film Festival, Latin America's only Fiapf category A fest, on November. 5. The docu, playing from competition, explores the earth through antipodal locations -- situated 180-levels opposite from each other worldwide, from Argentina and China towards the country and Nz. Planners of Scar del Plata, which runs November. 5-13, will announce the choice for your worldwide competish inside the future. The initial films revealed have incorporated a ten-pic Argentina competition together with a 16-title works-in-progress sidebar. Both lineups contain films from first-a while and emerging company company directors, an effort seen by experts in the fest for your event to find its own niche concerning the regional pre-eminence in the Buenos Aires Festival of Independent Film, the finest within the u . s . states. Among the photos from tyro company company directors are Veronica Rocha's village docu "Ferroviarios" (Railroad Employees), Sebastian Caulier's black comedy "La inocencia p la arana" (The Innocence in the Spider), Maria Eugenia Sueiro's sister tale "Nosotras sin mama" (Us Without Mother) and Nicolas Gil Lavedra's "Verdades verdaderas. La vida p Estela" (True Details. Estela's Existence), a docu about human-rights activist Estela Carlotto. Other game game titles are Nicanor Loreti's boxing thriller "Diablo," Mariano Galperin's teen romance "Dulce p leche," Dario Doria's dancing docu "Elsa y su ballet" and Baltazar Tokman's nurturing expose "Planetario" (Planetary). The task-in-progress section includes "Mujer conejo," a thriller by Veronica Chen ("Water") and "Mujer Lobo" by Tamae Garateguy, whose gangster movie "Pompeya" won the Argentina competition in the last edition in the event. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com