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Graciela Borges Receives UBA Doctor Honoris Causa at FIC.UBA Opening

The distinction caps a seven-decade screen career, serving as the centerpiece of the university festival’s weeklong retrospective program.

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Overview

  • The honor was conferred at UBA’s Aula Magna as FIC.UBA opened its third edition, which runs October 1–8 in Buenos Aires.
  • Graphic artist Juan Gatti and filmmaker Asif Kapadia were also awarded honorary degrees during the opening ceremony.
  • Borges is being celebrated with a curated retrospective that includes El dependiente, Pobre mariposa, La ciénaga, Monobloc and Viudas.
  • This year’s festival features 48 feature films and 36 shorts across competitions and retrospectives, plus special screenings tied to the 40th anniversary of the Trial of the Juntas.
  • Borges received a standing ovation and spoke emotionally about gratitude and love, with Mirtha Legrand and Susana Giménez among those in attendance.