Regular watchers of the Rotterdam Film Festival’s reliably sprawling Bright Future section—one of the festival world’s most optimistically titled programs—know that there’s no way to come close to pinning down its slate of films by first- and second-time directors.
One of the key reasons why the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) is one of the world’s best can be found in the one of least examined yet most crucial aspects of festivals: programming architecture. The blueprint for…
