Programming
BITBANG 2023 – 9th edition
Buenos Aires, OCT 23 – 28
BITBANG day by day
The times are from Argentina (GMT-3).
20:00 h
OPENING, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
20:30 h
Screening: Latin American Shorts 1, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
21:15 h
Screening: International Shorts 1, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
22:00 h
Pichiseries, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
Presentation of series projects, with their very own creators:
✧ Electro Andes ✧ ✧ Gorrionetas ✧ ✧ Cosmic City Cruisers ✧ ✧ Shenku ✧ ✧ Funky Hunters ✧ ✧ Kaddy ✧
22:30 h
Screening: International Shorts 2, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
23:30 h
NANI?!: Exquisite Corpse of Anime, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
An exquisite corpse of the weirdest anime!
18:00 h
GIF Workshop with Eze Torres, Room 3 C.C. Recoleta
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
We’ve partnered with Giphy Arts to launch this Animated GIFs Workshop with the talented sensei Eze Torres. Over three days, you can dive into the world of animated gifs, creating loop animations, based on a premise: contributing to a more sustainable world.
18:00 h
Storyboard Workshop with Guido Depaoli, Clock Bridge Room C.C. Recoleta
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
With a focus on cinematic resources, this workshop will help you tell the story you want and build meaning in the best possible way: how many shots, what actions, shot sizes and framings, off-camera, etc.
18:30 h
Talk: Producers’ Tea, Microcine C.C. Recoleta
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
@rubyvalls @ailinestrella @guill3.t @biancattaneo_art @rookristeff @josefinalives @ayedac_ will review and identify roles within the world of production and their tasks within the team. We will then travel through the pipeline of an animated piece, discovering its secrets and multiple combinations, and conclude with the production survival kit, which will be reviewed in detail later at the producers’ tea at a location to be confirmed on the day of the talk.
19:15 h
Talk: Dossier Assembly x APA LAB, Microcine C.C. Recoleta
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
Do you have many ideas but lack funding? Want to present your projects to calls but don’t know where to start? From the wonderful Córdoba, @itaromm and @nachomaiocco arrive, coordinators of APA Lab and members of the APA Board of Directors, to help us put together the best possible dossier to present at contests and markets.
20:00 h
Talk: Ojo Raro, Microcine C.C. Recoleta
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
Ojo Raro is an open platform, a space for reflection on the animated image and its cultural implications. They produce animation for adults, focusing on disruptive content, with a queer and sudaka perspective. They produce from shorts to feature films created and directed by authors from the global south, particularly femininities, gender-sex dissidences, and other historically postponed minorities in authorship and direction roles.
20:00 h
Screening: Latin American Graduation Shorts 1, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION WITH PRIOR RESERVATION
20:45 h
Screening: Deseo Marica, Microcine C.C. Recoleta
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
21:00 h
Screening: Latin American Graduation Shorts 2, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION WITH PRIOR RESERVATION
22:00 h
Screening: International Shorts 3, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION WITH PRIOR RESERVATION
23:00 h
Screening: International Shorts 4, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION WITH PRIOR RESERVATION
10:00 h
Voices from the South: Distribution Talk with Luce Grosjean, Online
18:00 h
GIF Workshop with Eze Torres, Room 3 C.C. Recoleta
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
We’ve partnered with Giphy Arts to launch this Animated GIFs Workshop with the talented sensei Eze Torres. Over three days, you can dive into the world of animated gifs, creating loop animations, based on a premise: contributing to a more sustainable world.
19:00 h
Workshop: Wine and Arduino, Cumbre de Mayo
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
The girls from #VinoYArduino invite you to take your first steps in this exciting world of electronics, compilation, errors, frustrations, and discoveries, starting from scratch, with basic principles of electronics and programming. The idea is for you to leave with a simple project completed.
19:30 h
Screening: Stealthy Glances, Cine Gaumont
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
20:00 h
Screening: International Shorts 5, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION WITH PRIOR RESERVATION
20:15 h
Screening: National Shorts + Q&A with directors, Cine Gaumont
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
21:00 h
Screening: International Shorts 6, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION WITH PRIOR RESERVATION
22:00 h
Screening: International Shorts 7, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION WITH PRIOR RESERVATION
23:00 h
Screening: International Shorts 8, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION WITH PRIOR RESERVATION
10:00 h
Voices from the South: Pitch Workshop x APA LAB, Online
15:00 h
Voces del Sur: Talk by Simón Wilches, Online
17:00 h
Video Game Talks with Bruno Martínez, Sebastián Blanco, Alejandra Bruno, Pablo Quarta, Daniel Benmergui + Video Game Showcase of the BITBANG 2023 Competition, Room 7 C.C. Recoleta
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
The talks will cover everything from different ways to approach storytelling in video games to various student experiences when developing experimental video games, to the narrative game trend that brings us powerful stories. Plus, you can see the Video Games in Competition!
18:00 h
Masterclass: Color Spaces by Edi Walger, Da Vinci School
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
Understanding color management, ICC profiles, color spaces, and ACES management is essential to ensure your animation project looks good on any screen. That’s why we invite you to this crucial talk at @escueladavinci.
18:00 h
GIF Workshop with Eze Torres, Room 3 C.C. Recoleta
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
We’ve partnered with Giphy Arts to launch this Animated GIFs Workshop with the talented sensei Eze Torres. Over three days, you can dive into the world of animated gifs, creating loop animations, based on a premise: contributing to a more sustainable world.
19:00 h
Masterclass: Foley Sound: from idea to matter by Begoña Cortázar and Nuria Suaya, Da Vinci School
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
With the help of @asasonidistas, we will delve into the very essence of sound, from where it originates, to delve deep into the creative processes of the foley artist.
21:00 h
Animation Jam, Da Vinci School
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
17:00 h
Presentation: Production of Project RIO, Da Vinci School
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
18:00 h
Presentation: Short film ‘Strass’, Da Vinci School
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
The ‘Strass’ team participates in #BITBANG9, sharing everything we need to know about the creation of this beautiful debut piece.
18:30 h
Diego Polieri and Damián Fernández Gómez, Da Vinci School
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
Diego and Damián will give a talk focusing on their latest collaboration: ‘Spiderman Across the Spiderverse’. Additionally, they will present an overview of their main works, creating a dialogue around aesthetic and production decisions as well as working conditions.
19:15 h
Retrospective Sophie Koko + Q&A, Da Vinci School
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
Thanks to the support of @britishcouncil, there will be a Q&A and a retrospective of her work, including her latest animations (the most twisted ones) at @escueladavinci.
20:00 h
Talk: Estampita, Da Vinci School
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
The talk will focus on her work on ‘Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake’, where she will share her experience and knowledge acquired.
20:45 h
Talk: Joe Cappa, Da Vinci School
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
This year, Joe Cappa joins the ninth edition of @bitbangclub to give a talk about his career and creative processes.
21:00 h
Screening: BITBANG Shorts, La Paz Arriba
TICKETED
21:00 h
Screening: Latin American Shorts 2, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION, RESERVATION REQUIRED
22:00 h
Screening: International Shorts 9, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION, RESERVATION REQUIRED
22:00 h
Animation Jam Awards, Da Vinci School
22:00 h
PPT Fest, La Paz Arriba
TICKETED
We’ll get to enjoy quality content with the presentation of the 5 ppts selected in the @pptfest call.
23:00 h
Karaoke with Sukermercado, La Paz Arriba
TICKETED
23:00 h
Screening: International Shorts 10, Club Lucero
FREE ADMISSION, RESERVATION REQUIRED
00:00-05:00 h
ORO Party with DJ Junior, DJ Garoto, DJ Owen, La Paz Arriba
TICKETED
The @fiesta.oro starts at 1 am, a mystical and fantastical dance club in Egyptian code where house, funk, and doré dominate!
12:00 h
Game Testing Zone for student games
BITBANG Video Games
Madison VR
AGS Video Games
GEEK OUT!: Board and role-playing games
Just Dance, Da Vinci School
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
13:00 h
Voces del Sur: Final Pitch, Online
Participants from the 6 selected projects will give a final pitch after being part of the Voices from the South training.
18:00 h
Talk: Juan Pablo Zaramella, C.C. Kirchner
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
The #1 in stop motion will give a talk in the dome of @elcckirchner showcasing his latest works.
19:00 h
Game Jam Awards, Da Vinci School
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
After the challenge that took place from October 6th to 8th, the selected teams will have a space to present themselves for five minutes and explain how they approached the theme.
19:00 h
BITBANG Awards, C.C. Kirchner
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
The winning shorts from each category will be awarded.
19:30 h
Vocaloid Medley: Free Live Performance, Da Vinci
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
Characters from Vocaloid Medley return to @bitbangclub in approximately 20-minute performances alongside dancers, projections, and special lighting.
19:30 h
Talk: Sophie Koko, C.C. Kirchner
FREE ADMISSION, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
Thanks to the support of @britishcouncil, we will have the privilege of hearing her speak at @elcckirchner.
21:00 h
FINAL PARTY, Dune Park
TICKETED
On October 28th, we open the dance floor and fill all three floors of @duneparkclub to celebrate the closing of the ninth edition of @bitbangclub.
Club: Milena Adamis, Valentina Spirito, Julián Príncipe, CH4RL4, VJ X-RAT & NN
VJ Room: ANYI, AWE, JRandom Live Set, Qualia.AV, Arcades: Dobotone, Line Wobbler, Ventilastation
Theater: Paul Sende, Gabriela Mungía
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