Artistic Director Marcelo Panozzo

He was born on March 12, 1967. He is a journalist, critic and editor.

He started as a film and music critic in “El Tajo”, the youth supplement of Sur newspaper. He was editor of the “Sí” supplement and editor-in-chief of the Entertainment section of Clarín newspaper. He held a position as sub-editor of ADN Cultura (cultural section of La Nación newspaper) and as editorial head of the Entertainment section of Crítica de la Argentina newspaper. He was also a writer for Página 12 and a TV critic for Diario Perfil.

Moreover, he has worked for the magazines Rolling Stone, La Mano, El Amante-cine, d-mode, Remix, Ego, XXIII and TXT, where he held a position as editorial assistant. Also, he was editor of the Gijon International Film Festival’s newspaper, from Spain.

On radio and television, he has worked as a columnist for FM Spika, FM Rock and Pop, Radio Uno and on the TV shows El Amante-Cine, on Canal(á), and Duro de almorzar, on Canal 13.

In addition to writing film scripts, he has been a programmer and editor-in-chief of publications of the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI), where he participated, for instance, in the writing of the book El cine y los géneros, published by the Festival.