Synopsis

After arriving in Chile at the old house that my family abandoned in exile, the ghosts of an unstoppable family spell begin to appear.

Team

• Gabriela

  Pena

  Director and Producer

  Chilean-spanish documentalist and producer, co-founder of Grieta Cine, production company from Valparaiso, Chile. In 2021 premieres ‘Zoila’, her first documentary feature film as director. Curently she is working in her second documentary feature film ‘Here, the silence is heard’ and a documentary short film ‘Family’, both co-directed with Picho García, obtaining prestigious international funding of Sundance Institute (USA), Chicken&Eff Pictures (USA) and Open City Documentary Festival (UK).

• Picho

  García

  Producer

  Chilean filmmaker and producer, co-founder of Grieta Cine, production company from Valparaiso, Chile. In 2021 premieres ‘Zoila’, his first documentary feature film as director. Curently he is working in his second documentary feature film ‘Here, the silence is heard’ and a documentary short film ‘Family’, both co-directed with Gabriela Pena, obtaining prestigious international funding of Sundance Institute (USA), Chicken&Eff Pictures (USA) and Open City Documentary Festival (UK).

• Gabriela

  Saldoval

  Executive Producer

  Producer, cultural manager, arts programmer and distribuitor. Founder of SANFIC, Santiago International Film Festival and director of Sanfic Industry. Executive director of Amor Festival LGBT+. Since 2015 she has directed the film distribution area of ​​Storyboard Media. Executive producer in Storyboard Media and Cine Matriz SPA. She has produced ‘Santiago, Italia’ of Nani Moretti, ‘El pacto de Adriana’ of Lissette Orozco, ‘El cielo está rojo’ of Francina Carbonell and ‘Pacto de Fuga’ of David Albala.

Technical Info

Year Production: 2022
Format: 2K
Duration: 75 min
Country: Chile
Director: Gabriela Pena
Producer: Picho García
Production Company: Grieta Cine

Awards and Official Selections

Assembly Lab, Open City Documentary Festival, UK, 2020 – Development Fund Award £10.000
Nuevas Miradas, EICTV, Cuba, 2020 – Triple winners
Conecta development, Conecta, Chile, 2021
New talent showcase, Australian International Documentary Conference AIDC, Australia, 2021
Sheffield Doc/Fest Award
Frontera Sur Lab, Frontera Sur Non-fiction Film Festival, Chile, 2021
Chilean Cinema of the Future Development, Encuentros Australes FicValdivia, Chile, 2021
MeetMarket, Sheffield Doc/Fest, UK, 2021