A new crossing in networks confronted the actor again Pablo Echarri with the Secretary of Culture of the Nation, Leonardo Cifelli, after an interview in which the official referred to the critical view that, he said, part of the artistic environment maintains on his management.
Cifelli maintained that he speaks “with everyone” in the cultural sector and mentioned, among others, Echarri. “I don’t agree with him at all,” he stated in Infobae, although he highlighted that they know each other indirectly and that they maintain common ties within the medium.
The phrase did not go unnoticed. Shortly after, the actor responded on social networks with an extensive message in which he directly questioned the Government’s cultural policy. There he maintained that the current management “paralyzed” the operation of the institutes, reduced staff, under-executed budgets and moved forward with initiatives that, according to him, seek to empty public organizations of content.
One of the central points of his criticism was the situation of national cinema. Echarri stated that the promotion system was slowed down during 2024 and part of 2025, and that production went from more than 170 films in 2023 to just 28 in 2025. He also denounced that funds from the sector would have been frozen in fixed terms instead of being allocated to new productions.
The actor also questioned the elimination of the film classification body, warning of possible risks of censorship, and pointed out the loss of funds from the National Theater Institute, the suspension of the National Theater Festivals and the impact of deregulation in matters of intellectual property on the income of artists and performers.
In his message, he also pointed out against the emptying of educational channels such as Encuentro, Pakapaka and DeporTV, and criticized articles included in the labor reform project that affect the financing of INCAA and public media. “That is not managing culture well. It is trying to destroy it,” he wrote.
The controversy added a new chapter when a user identified as “Maverick” ironically commented on the actor’s interventions and shared a poster of the film. The Kioskquestioning its financing and commercial performance.
Echarri did not let the comment go and responded harshly. He assured that the film was made with private funds and from INCAA, that it generated employment and that it was incorporated into the catalog of Amazon Prime Videowhich – as he stressed – allowed us to recover investment, pay taxes and preserve intellectual property rights.
“The Kiosk is exactly the audiovisual production model that we are going to promote when this nightmare is over,” he said, before closing his message with an aggressive tone towards his critic.
The exchange exposed, once again, the tension between the Government and a sector of the cultural world that denounces cuts and setbacks, and that finds in figures like Echarri an active voice to question the direction of cultural policy. Meanwhile, from the Ministry of Culture they defend their management and assure that they seek to organize and make the system more efficient. The dispute, for now, remains open.
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