Orquesta Tipica

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Orquesta Tipica
Image:Orquestatipica.jpg
Directed by	Nicolas Entel
Produced by	Red Creek
Release date(s)	2005
Running time	80 min
Language	Spanish

Orquesta Tipica (Tango or Death) is a 2005 documentary film that tells the story about a tango orchestra who travel all over the world playing the historical Argentinian music.

Nicolas Entel directed the film, which was mostly recorded in Buenos Aires, though he recorded images of Orquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro during their first European Tour through Holland, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. He also filmed the group during a mini tour in Uruguay.

By the beginning of 2004, the filming was finished. Nicolas Entel and Pablo Farina, director and editor, spent eight months in offline editing.

The film appeared in theaters in Argentina and it won the Audience Award in the Beverly Hills Festival in 2006. It was selected to open the Saint Paul, Minnesota Wild River Music Film Festival in September, 2006.

Also, presented in Tandil Week of Cinema, Urban Tango Festival in Barcelona, Turks & Caicos International Film Festival, San Rafael Festival and Boston Latin International Film Festival, among others.