Emilia Saleny

Nacimiento : 1894-06-26, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Muerte : 1978-08-22

Historia

Among all the pioneers linked to the birth of cinema in Argentina was the young woman of Italian origins who was to become, as far as we know at the moment, not only the first Argentine woman filmmaker, but also the filmmaker of the first Argentine children’s movie and the first woman to found an academy for film actors in South America: Emilia Saleny. Few records are available for us to piece together her life. Her death certificate, found in the Registro Nacional de las Personas (National Register of Persons in Buenos Aires), states that she died on August 22, 1978 at her home, Calle Caseros 574, the widow of Alberto Olivero, and the daughter of Antonio Saleny and Victoria Pieri.

Películas

El pañuelo de Clarita
El pañuelo de Clarita
Director
Clarita, a young girl, finds a poor hungry man, who gives him some coins and comforts him with affectionate words. The scene takes place on a walk and when the little girl runs back to her house, she loses the embroidered handkerchief with her name, collected and stored with love for the unhappy beggar. The plot is complicated in episodes linked to play chance.
La Niña del Bosque
La Niña del Bosque
Director
First film by a woman and the first film directed at a child audience in Argentina