UCINE – Argentina

Universidad del Cine is today a prestigious point of encounter for youths with audiovisual vocation and, therefore, the possibility of real existence of an institutional space for their dreams. Is the answer for a challenge of a different time and a certain step toward a possible and different world. Founded in 1991, recognized as such by the Minister of Culture and Education of the Republic Argentina, has enormously grown in its 18 years of life and currently counts on five buildings located in San Telmo, the historical quartier of Buenos Aires.

Since its creation, Universidad del Cine proposed to itself three ambitious goals: to generate an space of creation which could make easier the appearance and realization of new projects; to give hierarchy to cinematographic education, inserting it in the framework of an integral and humanistic education; and become into a production center to deepen its educational action and make possible the insertion of its students in the professional field.

Eighteen years later, the artistic activities developed in the Universidad del Cine have been unbeatable, 800 short films both in 16mm and 35mm, 5 long feature films MOEBIUS, MALA ÉPOCA, SÓLO POR HOY, MERCANO EL MARCIANO and VÍSPERAS, theatrically released with important repercussion both of public and worldwide critics, furthermore more than 1500 short films in video. To these achievements we can add the successful productions fulfilled by graduate students with the support of the University, some of them have traveled among the world as example of the prestigious New Argentine Cinema.