The Buenos Aires film festival.(COMMUNIQUES)

The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI) is a survivor--first, of the sudden collapse of the Argentine currency in December 2001 and the ensuing economic crisis, and, second, of the abrupt and unceremonious firing of its legendary artistic director Eduardo Antin (Quintin) in November 2004, scant months before the scheduled opening of the festival's seventh edition in April 2005. (1) Nevertheless, the seventh edition did not merely or routinely open; it offered up a vast array of programs showcasing the diverse international history of independent cine