Discoveries from Chile World Cinema

A taxi driver finds Marlene, a provincial woman, lost in a brothel. Immediately he decides to help her out and take her at his place. Little by little, his paternal protection turns into a bizarre passion

31 Minutos' star reporter, Juan Carlos Bodoque, is pulled from his retirement for one last mission: he has to uncover the truth about methane gas and its effect on the planet.

This is the cinematographic diary of an extended trip across the Pampas, on the trail of Guillermo Enrique Hudson, aka William Henry Hudson. Hudson is an enigmatic figure, full of paradoxes: he was an Argentine gaucho who became an English writer. He fought in the army against the “savages” but also defended them. He wrote obsessively about his native land, but never returned. In the twists and turns of the road, emerges a mix of documentary speculation, personal memory… and dreams.

Two guerrillas (Miguel Littin and Jorge Guerra) wander lost in the desert until one of them dies. A jeep appears in the distance to rescue the survivor, but unable to read the signs of comradeship pointed out to him by the drivers of the vehicle, he shoots them.

In "Los Andes", a restless primal spirit takes possession of an office room. Drawings appear on the walls, plant-like forms sprout from the computer and overgrow the desktop. As it finds it way trough the office space, the mysterious entity transforms into the limbs of a giant and dissolves again.

Two old friends meet after 40 years to unearth a treasure they had buried in the desert.

Inspired by a true story After a serious mistake in an illegal operation, four detectives have 48 hours to try to clean their tracks and get rid of an investigation that accuses them of drug trafficking, torture and corruption.

18-year-old Rodrigo is arrested by the police in a televised raid on the club where he works as a drag queen.

After providing a pictorial vision of Chile, from north to south, President Salvador Allende's tour of the following countries is recorded: Mexico, Algeria, USSR, USA and Cuba. In each place, scenes of welcoming demonstrations, official acts and typical archive notes are presented.

Ana has just been widowed by a suicidal painter. One day, she discovers a painting in which he painted her in a disturbing way. Ana begins to obsess about how he saw her, developing a psychotic picture.

Carla and Fernando are a young couple vacationing with their son Nico at the beach, where they find a break from their hectic life. However, while arguing about their future, their trip takes an unexpected turn and an unfortunate accident shatters the family forever.

Luis talks about his life in the forest and how he fell in love with Lucía.

On Saturday, April 27, 1985, Los Jaivas made their first presentation in the United States, at Carnegie Hall in New York, in the concert of Erwin Frankel's "New Audiences" cycle.

Three young men go on an excursion after making a bet with a manipulative girl, but after some events they change course, leading them to experience many funny and tragic follies.

Los Jaivas concert at the Teatro Monumental, held on May 5, 2000. The closing of a great tour that the group carried out throughout Chile.

Paul Kazan can't sleep. He wanders through empty streets. Why is the city of Santiago empty. At night, Kazan is a DJ at the 'Insomnia' disco, one of the few places where there are people. Something is happening. Something weird. There are rumors. Rumors of killer ants and epidemics ...

Four people with problematic relationships catch a deadly std that brings out their basic instincts.

As she starts seventh grade, Amelia (12) faces new insecurities and social norms. To fit in, she tears away parts of herself, until they take shape as a creature that forces her to confront everything she tried to leave behind.

Experimental film by Aldo Francia that consists in diverse situations through the 123 steps of the Santa Justina staircase in the Cerro Larraín of Valparaíso.

Based on Oscar Castro's novel rtp slot, the film is set in the El Encanto mine, in the interior of Rancagua, where prospectors and barreteros dig the bowels of the earth in search of hidden riches.

A unique and transcendent conceptual documentary that, through a complex Chilean musical work, rescues the sense of identity that is passed down from generation to generation, rescuing fundamental pillars of literary and musical creation.

PEOPLE IN THE DRAGON, the new promise of Chilean rock, is finally invited to the biggest festival in America, but 2 days before the show their vocalist dies in an accident. The show tries to go on.

A soon to be married couple from Barcelona entrust their parents with the organization of their marriage, who they will meet for the first time in a hilarious lunch where anything could happen.

A young man has a mere six hours to escape with his best friend from their hometown before a nuclear reactor explodes.

Video that records the play "Macías, general essay on power and glory" by Sergio Marras. Monologue in which an actor face the audience to give life to the role of Macías, a dictator of an imaginary country but who suffers from the “misunderstanding” of his detractors and enemies. A text full of profound observations about the despotic use of power. This video participated in the Fifth Franco-Chilean Video Art Meeting, Santiago de Chile, November 1985. U-matic Project

In the late 1980s, a politically neutral photographer in Pinochet's Chile is still struggling to come to terms with the "disappearance" of his activist brother in the Villa Grimaldi torture centre back in 1975.

Free-spirited university student Rafaela’s carefree life is shaken when she falls pregnant. Desperate to get an abortion in a country where doing so could land her in jail and unable to fund one illegally, her situation shakes her world. But thankfully, she doesn’t face it alone by virtue of her best friend and sidekick, Gabriela. In her directorial debut, Hyland skilfully captures the incongruity of the inseparable duo’s lives as they move between their fuzzy pink apartment and the rough and raw backstreets of Santiago.

A police story from the mind of a murderer.

On January 4, 1971, an extensive dialogue takes place between the president of Chile Salvador Allende and the French intellectual Regis Debray, a discussion about the Chilean process towards the installation of a socialist government. Filmed by a team from Chilefilms, a state-owned company dedicated to the production of audiovisual works, it is a unique testimony to Allende's thinking in the first year of his government.

Mampato, a little boy with a time-travelling belt, goes with his caveman friend Ogú to the ancient land of Rapa Nui on Easter Island. There they will meet a little girl name Marama and discover the old traditions of the natives.

This documentary by José Luis Valenzuela meticulously follows each step in the evolution of the creative process of this fundamental work in the history of Los Jaivas, Mamalluca.

Danae, a crime writer, experiences a frightening experience with the creature that has haunted her dreams for a while now.

The head of a plumbing and electrical workshop is a victim of bureaucracy in public offices and is unable to pay his debts, so his workshop is closed. With a lot of luck he manages to get a repair job in the house of a minister, then he enters to work in a ministry, also becoming a bureaucrat. Taking advantage of his friendship with the minister, he is promoted to become chief archivist, but he realizes the routine that is filling the job and resigns.

The most successful and famous bank robber in Chilean history. Now, convinced that he has been the victim of other people's mistakes, he decides to return to crime to take revenge for his fate.

Victor and David embark on a daring challenge: to chart a direct route to Nevado Juncal for the first time via the Juncal Norte glacier, an unexplored territory where the traces of the first expeditions of 1911 and the mystery of the tragedy of Tordoya, Ericson, and Balles remain. During the journey, they face deep crevasses and unstable ice bridges that test their skills, where the ascent becomes a lesson in endurance and camaraderie on the fragile surface of the glacier. Between historical images and shots of the imposing mountain range, the short film reveals the essential function of this Andean massif as a water reservoir for the Aconcagua Valley and the Metropolitan Region. Today, the glacier is under threat.

Yun is grounded by her father for spending three days away from home for breaking family traditions. In her stoic nocturnal journey through the streets, malls and service centers, Yun experiences an accelerated maturity, of which she only realizes when she returns and faces her father.

Two women who have spent their whole lives together must deal with the illness affecting one of them. The sick woman decides not to have treatment and they move into a cabin in the woods to wait for the day that death will come into their lives. The situation sees the resurfacing of the love that time had buried under the routine. Gradually their relationship will strengthen as death bides its time outside the cabin.

A chocman addict joins the seedy underworld of drug trafficking in Santiago.

Just when Chile was experiencing the last months of the Popular Unity of President Salvador Allende, Colo Colo - the most popular team in Chilean soccer - faced the 1973 Copa Libertadores de América. This benchmark led by footballers Carlos Caszely, Francisco "Chamaco" Valdés and coach Luis "Zorro" Álamos, not only managed to play the final of this competition against Independiente of Argentina, but also, its brilliant game, dynamics and drive popular turned it into the necessary balm for the fans, at a time when the Chilean political and social situation became extremely acute. Thirty-four years later, the protagonists of Colo Colo 73 relive this Copa Libertadores campaign.

A young woman who suffers a strange disease must travel to a mysterious island in South America, where myths and reality are one and the same.

From the creators of 31 Minutos, here comes the story of a rock that didn't want to grow up...

A couple in their sixties leave everything behind to start a new life in the south of Chile. Their belief that life still keeps secrets, makes them dream day after day ready to be surprised. But as you may know, in the south of Chile, those who truly watch… always find an answer.

A retelling of Jeremías Gallardo's story, a prominent Chilean journalist who, on January 29, 1985, covered the last death sentence in Chile, perpetrated in the Valparaíso prison.

Lucas and Socias are two best friends trying to grow up in a world that's moving against them, making them question the traditional belief that "youth is the best time of our lives".

Javier comes to a town in search of work. There he meets a group of peasants led by Chivo, a stubborn man who distrusts him and does not allow him to work. Guided by strange dreams, Javier will fight against prejudice to win a place in the community.

Derek and Giorgia, a young couple of biologists, settles in the hostile Tierra del Fuego to study and combat the devastating beaver plague that destructs the area. This violent mission is a unique scenario for their love story.

The story of the tragic love of Count Loris Ipanov, a Russian nihilist, for the Princes Fedora Romanov.

Set in Santiago de Chile in the 50's and divided into three stories. The first story is about a young woman who has just discovered that she's pregnant. The father refuses to cooperate. The second story is set in Arica, and concerns smuggling in northern Chile. The third and final story, "Ojos de gato", concerns a cashier that is bewitched by a mysterious "Lady in Black".

A crime has occurred in room 4B! A classmate has had a priceless and precious toy stolen: the Scarlet Tamagotchi. So Iñaki and his turtle friend Cecilio transform themselves into 1940s private detectives to solve the mystery. However, they will have to face dark forces that will not make their task easy.

A young sculptor struggles to finish his masterpiece, a sculpture of a woman, as it inexplicably cracks.

Patricia Lucia went out of court with a verdict that proves innocence of the murderer of her only daughter, Genesis Nirvana, a girl of only 6 years old. Inside her head, the only way of having justice is by taking it into her own hands. Her only purpose is revenge. Because of this, she takes a home video camera and leaves a record of it. This is a story of revenge and justice, that show us the weakness and vulnerability of human beings, that lose their sanity after missing a child

The hard-working owner of a circus, Euríspides Chamorro (Eugenio Retes), goes to Santiago in search of his son, a medical student, but finds to his surprise that he has dropped out of school and no one knows his whereabouts. To make matters worse, one of his employees snatches the circus from him, starting an adventure to recover everything and to convince his son to become a doctor.