Mar de Plata International Film Festival starts with a Latin American and Argentine competitions.

From November 7 to 15, 2009 it will take place the 24th edition of Mar del Plata International Film Festival, which like its counterparts of San Sebastián, Berlín, Cannes and Venice, among a few others, has been labeled by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations, FIAPF, as “A” category, being the only festival in Latin America with this rate. Its origin took place in 1954, when the Information Sub-Secretariat of the National Presidency organized the first Cinematographic Exhibition of Cinema in Mar del Plata city.

The festival will hold three competitions: Latin American, Argentine and International.

For more info, go to: http://www.mardelplatafilmfest.com/24/index_eng.php