Discoveries from Chile World Cinema

In the era of the white gold, three men dreamed of turning Antofagasta into the Hollywood of South America. In 1927, of the nine Chilean films produced, six were from Antofagasta.

In some distant place in Patagonia, NAZARIO (46) takes a lamb to his lair, where he strips it of its meat and guts. After the butchering, he throws the animal's skin into the river, unaware that dark magic will make it reborn to take revenge in a card game, where Nazario's life will now be at stake.

Marahoro is a 15-year-old Rapa Nui youth who finds strength in an ancient chant to confront his father's harshness and pursue the call of the voices from the sea.

Chile's national stadium was the scene of thousands of celebrations for one people, as well as the suffering and torture of thousands more. The CSD Colo Colo reaffirms its position of justice and memory.

Follows Anny, a survivor of the horrific events that happened ten years ago, as her new peaceful life as a cleaner is shattered when local gangsters turn up at her employer's lake house to collect a debt for their boss.

A maid loses all her jobs because her son cries at night, and that bothers her bosses. The play portrays the wandering and desperation of the protagonist to get a job, which ends in her failed attempts due to the "Angelito".

En algún lugar del cielo is an autobiographical documentary about the director's personal experiences after the coup d'état on September 11, 1973 in Chile. She and her mother went into exile in the former GDR. While her father, the journalist Augusto Carmona, a militant of the MIR, remained in Chile in hiding until 1977 when he was murdered by the CNI. Based on these two events, the documentary reconstructs the story of those who stayed in Chile fighting to overthrow the dictatorship and of those who went into exile and suffered uprooting.

A couple of choreographers tour between the frontiers of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia After 24 years sharing their professional and personal lives, the trip opens a crack in their routine and their lives begin to unravel.

Starting from frame by frame in-camera editing, the film translates a nursery garden from Chillán into a filmic landscape, with a rhythm and structure coming from a personal relationship with color, light and occurrences that took place near the end of the summer at the Olaxis garden. This is the first part of a work which takes reference from Violeta Parra's poetry, created from flowers, plants and certain places of the Ñuble area.

The life story of three former student leaders who were still children when general Pinochet seized power in Chile on 11 September 1973.

A young girl with an irresponsible father repeatedly steals from the minimarket store near her house, with the money her dad gives her.

A journey through a universe shaped by voices.

With the help of his friends, Picho coordinates via WhatsApp to take a profile photo that represents him. Meanwhile, a crisis is unfolding in the family chat: the demand to be present during the rapid loss of autonomy of their grandfather, the patriarch of the family. Amidst missed calls, a barrage of images, emojis, and stickers, we gain access to the digital intimacy of a young man conflicted by the expectations of others and his own.

A man returns from hunting. His lover is waiting for him in an empty swimming pool in quiet woodland surroundings.

Several reels of film are buried in a forest in sourthern Chile. Ten years later the films are unearthed from the soil and projected. Ghosts have appeared on the surface of the decaying celulloid, they are the protagonists of Niles Atallah's earlier feature films "Lucia" and "Rey". The fictional characters have returned to haunt the images, peering through the layers of earth, as if interested in us, the spectators who watch them. Who is looking at who? Why have these characters returned? What do they want? The film is a secret code written by the earth itself.

Laura is a vampire who has remained a 12-year-old girl for over a century. She lives on a plot of land outside the city of Talca with a human woman, Carmen, who pretends to be her mother. Their relationship is put to the test when Laura decides to turn Javiera, a human teenager she met long ago, into a vampire

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Two Chileans adopted in Europe embark on a journey. Daniel was declared dead at birth; Juan dreams of a wounded woman. Both seek to understand their origins, find a mother, and reconstruct their stories. Landless Children is an invitation to a journey—both mental and physical—into the depths of a forgotten land.

Due to its isolated position between ocean and desert, the small port of Pisagua, in the north of Chile, is unfortunately known for having been transformed into a concentration camp and port of exile for political dissidents during dictatorial regimes. The 2006 video Pisagua was shot by director Veronica Quense, when the latter went with Lemebel to visit the city and collect the testimonies of the residents. The result of their experience is this action in which the artist walks barefoot, holding his heels in his hand, towards the sea. With every step he takes on the white cloth Lemebel leaves behind faint blood-colored footprints: a tribute to all the homosexuals and dissident feminists who lost their lives in that place.

A retired Bodoque receives a request from Ramona, an old love of his, to do a report on air pollution.

A recurring dream surrounding my childhood home. An image of the sea appears as it is painted. A child films and clears away everything that blocks their view. What fragments of my childhood do I recognize among the dreams of other children?

Francisco (24), the film’s director, talks with his sister about a question that marked him when he was her age. Together, they expand the conversation into an intimate journey that explores identity, personal archives, and cinematic language.

no wish without the ocean

The colorful dreams of a child seeking to escape from a reality he doesn't understand

César, a personal development coach, prepares to shoot his promotional video with an audiovisual team, but when an unforeseen event occurs during the filming, his composure shatters, making him question his own stance.

In Germany, on a night in the year 1910, President Pedro Montt and a witch named Inés summon the spirit of a child who grants eternal life.

Abandoned for not being purebred, Lungo, a long-legged dachshund, roams the streets of Valparaíso. Alongside a greyhound and a pit bull, he faces harsh experiences and learns a painful truth: humans can’t be trusted.

The German Fountain—located in the heart of Santiago, Chile—was a gift from the German colony to the new Chilean republic in 1912, in gratitude for the transfer of land in the Mapuche Walmapu territory. In the heat of January 2004, the fountain becomes a symbolic space. Although bathing is prohibited, families from the city’s marginalized outskirts visit it and transform it into a public swimming pool, thus redefining its political and social character.

John Titor, an expert in combat and survival is sent from the future to our time to prevent the imminent rise of the Reptilians.

Two filmmakers reflect on the act of walking in cinema.

The story of 10 friends who go on vacation to Papudo, a seaside resort in Chile.

In early 1970s Chile, a group of poor transvestites and homosexuals try to survive in the center of the capital, amid a hostile environment. Tired of police abuse, homophobia, and discrimination, they decide to organize an unprecedented protest in Santiago’s Plaza de Armas. All of this unfolds amid the political and social tension leading up to one of the most violent coups in Latin American history.

Julia, a widow, finds solace by visiting a vineyard where the dead are revived and used as laborers. Unable to overcome her grief, she sneaks in every day to see her husband. There, she must face a heartbreaking decision: abandon him forever or muster the courage to give him a liberating death.

Edu is a normal and nice guy, but a strange diagnosis will alter his life forever.

In a city full of psychopaths they had the misfortune of being in the wrong time and place where an ex-convict would be the victimizer of this sad story. Faced with such a bucket of cold water, they decide to confront the evil "Old Man Face" with their own hands, but the outcome is quite uncertain.

After Lia introduces Abel to her relationship with Adrian, he must make a decision about the threesome in a cafe.

Marcial (Raúl Palma) is a hermit who, once a week, welcomes his lifelong friend Julio (Ernesto Benvenutto), who brings books, supplies, and lively conversation to his solitary life in the mountains. One day, Marcial discovers ancient human bones. Terrified, he waits for his friend to return so he can report the discovery. Guilt begins to torment him, preventing him from finding peace, until he decides to re-bury the remains in an eternal cycle of guilt and oblivion.

Segundo (Raúl López Leyton) is an elderly man who works at a street market and loses his stall’s merchandise for failing to pay his license fee. To recover it, he must settle his balance within a week. While trying to raise the money, Mario (Miguel Ángel Pérez), his inept son, depletes the remaining resources. Unable to work, he decides to commit a robbery at a local business.

A badly exposed camera attempts to follow the surreal conversation between two creatures arguing about bees, the honey business, and capitalism. A third creature sleeps next to them and laughs at the nonsense of this improvised handmade short film.

Versus is a portrait of the effort, sacrifice and dedication that a tennis player must have to reach the best ranking in the world. Nicolas Jarry, a tennis player with a successful youth career, receives a scholarship to study college in the United States. However, Nico doubts whether he should really study or pursue his grandfather’s legacy, Jaime Fillol, a Chilean tennis legend. Knowing that only one player in ten thousand manages to cross the barrier of the top one hundred in the world, Jarry decides to start a career with the odds against him, full of challenges and pressure, with the dream of making history.

Kissing Day is a short animated documentary film based on an interview with the famous Russian journalist and LGBTQ+ activist Elena Kostyuchenko. It tells the story of the 'Kissing Day' action organized by Elena near the State Duma of the Russian Federation in 2012 during the first hearings on the law against 'gay propaganda' among minors.

Interpretation of Chile in pictures, text and music, with special references to the 1960 earthquake.

Carlos Fariña, a 13-year-old boy, is kidnapped from his home by DINA agents on October 13, 1973. Josefina, his mother, loses knowledge of his whereabouts since that day, searching for him without stopping for the next 3 years. Without knowing that her son had already been killed, the mother fights against the institutions of the state, seeking answers to her painful loss.

In this sophisticated action comedy told in sign language, a woman police officer interrogates a drug trafficker about a missing box linked to a mafia network throughout Spain and Chile. What is going on with the rubber ducks, and are things really what they seem?