“Making movies didn’t go well for us”: Orsai asked their followers to defend them after the complaint against Casciari

Comunidad Orsai, the independent production company led by Hernán Casciari, is facing a major crisis in its twenty-year history after 18 partner-producers filed a criminal complaint against Casciari and Orsai Audiovisuales for alleged fraud and financial mismanagement.

In response to the legal action, Casciari publicly admitted that their filmmaking venture resulted in failure, stating that making cinema went wrong. The leadership subsequently called upon their followers and broader community of supporters to defend them amid the escalating controversy.

The dispute highlights tensions within Orsai's collaborative funding and production model, which relies heavily on direct participation and financial contributions from its community of members and independent supporters.