Home Mariano Raffo was born in
Buenos Aires on August 24, 1973. He lived their formative years in
Quilmes, where he studied and worked. He taught Video Classes at the Municipal
School of Fine Arts in Quilmes, as it relates to other artists of his
generation, as
Marcelo Vecelich,
Juan Manuel Cellini, with whom he wrote the screenplay for a movie ever made,
"El Retorno2" and
Carlos Spagarino,
Cucamonga fri Cultura member in the city of
La Plata, with whom the documentary
Carrojero were made. He also meet Agustín Ronconi, Arbolito's leader.
Studies After the
University of Buenos Aires he is entitled Designer in
Image and Sound. His collaboration with musician
Zelmar Guerin comes from those years, with musical experimentation, video clips, as well as collaboration in design tops Music discs.
Cinema His first documentary was
Carrojero, about a manufacturer of
car wheels in
Formosa, Argentina. The screenplay of the work was done in collaboration with Carlos Spagarino. Subsequently, made several shorts that were broadcast on television on
Channel 7 television and Channel
Encuentro in Argentina. These may include documentaries where people used to working, they like what they do, and tell stories about these jobs, as the production of wine in a house in Quilmes, or a dish of
Polish cuisine. His first film was
Return to Bolivia, with the
script in collaboration with
Marina Bools. Recounts the
journey to their country of origin of a Bolivian family who lives in
Liniers, Buenos Aires, with a greengrocer. Related as a
road-movie, the camera follows a pair of Bolivians with their three children, traveling to the edge of the boundary between
Jujuy Province and
Tarija, and then go to a village in the highlands between
Oruro and
La Paz. Shot with limited resources and a minimal film crew that included the director and the film's producer and soundman, Mariana Boolls. This production won several international awards, including the award for
Best Foreign Film Festival Icaro XI of
Guatemala and the
Best Documentary Festival Gualeguaychú. In its premiere on July 2, 2009, received positive reviews. ==Filmography==