DOCUMENTARY FILM
BJ: The Life and Times of Bosco and Jojo
"TARGA AL FESTIVAL" Award
BEST DOCUMENTARY
76th Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno - 2022. Salerno, Italy
JURY: Enzo CICCHINO (Presidente), Cinzia AMATUCCI, Domenico AVENIA, Raffaele BENINCASA, Tullio BENISSONE / @tullio.benissone, Luciana CAPO, Caterina CIMINO, Maria Pia COSTAGLIOLA, Rino CUCCURULLO, Patrizia DE ARTOLOMEIS, Paola DE CESARE, Mario DE CESARE, Marianna DE CESARE, Luisa DE SIMONE, Alfonso DELLA ROCCA / @arietee241, María Rosaria DELLA ROCCA, Luciano FEO, Dina GABRIELE, Mattia IZZO, Claudio PAFFETTI / @claudiopaffettioficial, Marco Giulio PASSARO, Lino PISAPIA, Giusy PROTO, Luisa RAPUANO, Alessandro RUGGIERO, Maria SCARFÌ CIRONE, Riccardo VALESI, Margy VILLA, María Luisa ZAMPETTI.
"At the 2022 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Happy Together was re-screened in celebration of the film's 25th anniversary.[43] [44] The Rolling Stone magazine called this a "non-official protagonist of the festival", since the debut documentary film, BJ: The Life and Times of Bosco and Jojo, was premiered in the festival ("Special Nights" section), narrating the encounter with the Hong Kong filmmaker."[45]
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Poster by Jo Johannes
Poster by Jo Johannes
BJ documentary
SYNOPSIS
It's the story of a hilarious journey of a pair of talented and multiple award-winning Art Director, Bosco & Jojo, from Argentina, venturing out to make their first feature film. Bosco & Jojo's, early success in the '90s, sees them founded the legendary infamous club, 'Kim Y Novak', frequented by the likes of Francis Ford Coppola and Rolling Stones, inspired song written about it by Benjamin Biolay in the 2000s. They went on to open an art gallery, POPA, showcasing controversial art collections. Especially for "Plastic Religion" by Pool & Marianela. Achieving headlines in The NY Times and Wire. The tribulation to producing their first feature film led them through a nostalgic journey when they had their first big break from making the film Happy Together, by the renowned Hong Kong Director, Wong Kar Wai. This journey takes them unpeeling layers of adventure and misadventure of their life.
Produced by Marcelo Bosco, Jo Johannes, Sergio Bonacci Lapalma, Kristy Yeo and Martín Yernazian.
Directed by Sergio Bonacci Lapalma.
"A documentary that needed to exist so Bosco and Jojo can have their deserved space in the Post-Menenimos Culture in History."
Cristian Castro, MEXICO
"Bosco and Jojo were the first "Directing Duos", so naturally end up being Number One. VERY FUNNY! Good sound and video editing!"
Pablo Ubiquitous Leguiza, HUGO BOSS
"Like having sex for 1h and 23m, not wanting to finish. Amazing movie!"
ITALY PREMIERE
76th Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno - 2022
Salerno, Italy
Phisical Screening, November 30th1 2022 @ 15hs – Augusteo theater Piazza Giovanni Amendola 84121 Salerno Italy
MALBA PREMIERE
Argentine Feature Film Competition
9th Asterisco, Internacional Festival of LGBTIQ+ Cinema
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Screenings
Sunday, October 23, 20.00 h Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires / Av. Pres. Figueroa Alcorta 3415, CABA, Argentina
EUROPE PREMIERE
OFFICIAL SELECTION / ECHOS
FEST - New Directors New Films Festival
Espinho, Portugal
Screening
Sunday, June 26, 2022, 10:30 PM @ Auditorium Casino Espinho: R. 19 85, 4500-256 Espinho, Porgugal
Tickets and more info are available here!
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
OFFICIAL SELECTION
11th Marina del Rey Film Festival 2022
Los Angeles, CA
Screening
Sunday, June 19, 2022, 4 PM @ Cinemark 18 and XD (HHLA): 6081 Center Dr Suite 201, Los Angeles, CA 90045
Tickets avaialbel here!
IMPORTANT: Select the following: BLOCK MM - Films Screen SUNDAY JUNE 19TH THEATER 8 @ 4 PM for the BJ film.
WORLD PREMIERE
SPECIAL NIGHTS SECTION
23rd Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema / BAFICI - 2022
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Screenings
Screening 1: Tuesday, April 26 22.40 h Cine Lorca - Sala 2: Av. Corrientes 1428
Screening 2: Wednesday, April 27 18.30 h | Cine Cosmos UBA: Av. Corrientes 2046
Screening 3: Saturday, April 30 18.00 h | Museo del Cine: Agustín R. Caffarena 51
Online screening: Two weeks from the premiere | Link