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Latest Musings & Updates
This space gathers notes, reflections, and practical insights from my work across translation, subtitling, interpreting, and international cultural projects. I share thoughts on how language operates behind the scenes—from preparing films for festival circulation to coordinating multilingual events and shaping texts for global audiences.
Part working notebook, part resource, part behind-the-scenes view of how projects move across languages.


Free AI Caption Generators Can Subtitle Your Film, but at What Cost?
Not long ago I got a call from a prospective client who needed subtitles in English and Spanish for her film, spoken in Portuguese. She said something like, "Do you work with AI? With the wonders it can do nowadays, I was wondering if you use it to subtitle." And I get this all the time. Some clients provide a version of the subtitles and reach out to me to polish them. How did they do them? Some will (flat-out lie and) say a person was responsible. To the trained eye, though

Ana Carrino
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A Note on Sponsoring an International Film Festival through a Translation Award
Explore FINCA 2026’s translation and subtitling work, SubTexto’s support for Latin American filmmakers, and new ways to strengthen the film industry.

Ana Carrino
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FINCA 2026's Catalog Is Out!
It's here! The FINCA (International Environmental Film Festival) returns to Buenos Aires for its 8th edition to explore one of the defining challenges of our time: our relationship with the environment. Bewteen August 12 and 19, Cine Arte Cacodelphia, the Alianza Francesa, Cine York and Cine Empire will host an array of films across genres and runtimes that become an urgent call to reflect on the way we connect with the land, and, ultimately, each other. Human Translators in

Ana Carrino
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A Song for My Land, a Movie for My Heart
After winning the Green Film Network's Best Feature Green Film last year, the A Song for My Land finally reached Buenos Aires’s commercial theaters, premiering at the iconic Cine Gaumont on April 30th—and it is still going strong two weeks in. I worked on the film’s English and French subtitling and translation in 2024, following its journey from post-production to the international festival circuit (Biarritz, Millenium, etc.). About the Movie Ramiro Lezcano, a Santa Fe-born

Ana Carrino
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Lucrecia Martel’s ‘Landmarks’ Wins Best Film at London Film Festival—with Subtitles Provided by SubTexto
In October, the London Film Festival (Also called BFI LFFas it's organized by the British Film Institute) announced its winners, among which Lucrecia Martel's Landmarks snagged the Best Film Award. The kick? Both audiences and the jury saw it with my subtitles 😊.

Ana Carrino
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Miradas en el Diseño (Eyes on Design)—Indeed! Films about Women in Design Are Capturing the Audience's Eyes
🎞 A month into #Miradaseneldiseño , the film series I programmed for Fundación Proa , I am surprised at how much I am enjoying going to...

Ana Carrino
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Cinema Meets Design: I'm Launching an Exclusive Film Series at Fundación PROA in Buenos Aires!
I'm thrilled to announce the launch of my curated film series on architecture and design that will complement the exhibition We Are Here! Women in Design 1900–Today.

Ana Carrino
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The Essence of Cultural Translation Services: Unlocking Cultural Narratives
In an era defined by global connectivity and AI, the role of cultural translation services has become more critical than ever.

Ana Carrino
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Materializing New Year's Resolutions
💫 My 2023 New Year's resolution was to take on projects which engaged people that were professional, collaborative, respectful, and...

Ana Carrino
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📝 Scripting Success (and Challenges)
Join me as we discover the hurdles translators encounter in their pursuit of bridging the language gap between the script and the screen.

Ana Carrino
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The Art of Being a Cultural Event Interpreter
Interpreting is an art in itself. Just listening to someone, processing what has been said and saying it back in another language is a...

Ana Carrino
3 min read


🌍 How Do You Set Up a Human Rights Film Festival?
This year, through my work as the Translation, Interpreting and Subtitling Manager at the International Human Rights Film Festival, I had...

Ana Carrino
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