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Benja Harguindey

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Argentine author, screenwriter and critic. He published his first novel, Noches de Tartaria (2006), at the age of 16. He was granted a scholarship at the Universidad del Cine in 2008 and graduated in 2012 with a degree in screenwriting.

In 2010 he joined the staff of EscribiendoCine as a film critic. In 2015 he won 1st Prize for Criticism at the 6th Cine Fest Brasil. He taught film grammar at CPVD in Buenos Aires and lectured on film criticism at the Universidad Central del Ecuador.

He's also been a jury member at both the CILECT Prize and the Festival de Cine Inusual, and has covered numerous international film festivals such as Venice, San Sebastián, Biarritz and Mar del Plata.

On top of his journalistic duties, he currently manages an Engl
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