Synopsis

Across the vast pampas and piercing mountains of Chilean Patagonia, a handful of Gauchos continue to live their isolated and traditional lifestyle in distant outposts. Their interweaving stories reveal an intimate and mesmerising portrait of these iconic South-American figures who are faced with the end of their way of life due to modernisation.

Team

• Matías

  Bolla

  Director

  Matías is a Chilean-Australian filmmaker born in Western Sydney who has dedicated himself to sharing his homeland’s cultural heritage with the world through documentaries and feature films. He got a Diploma in Screen and Media at the Sydney International Film School, with an emphasis in Direction, Screenplay and Production.
  Matias was one of eight screenwriters selected for the Behind Closed Doors initiative, organized by Co-Curious in 2018, and was nominated for an AWGIE (Australian Writers Guild Award) for his work on the anthology film ‘Here Out West,’ premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in 2021 and was released across Australia in February 2022.

• Carolina

  Sorensen

  Producer

  Carolina Sorensen is an Australian producer of Chilean descent who has been working in the documentary and entertainment industry for almost 20 years. Carolina is passionate about working with emerging talent to create authentic documentary works that speak to the human experience and social issues.

  In 2017, Carolina co-founded her own boutique production company, People Productions, with the goal of creating feature documentaries with artistic themes and social impact. People Productions second feature «I’m Wanita», was directed by Matthew Walker and had its world premiere at the 2021 Hot Docs International Documentary Festival to great critical acclaim and has been screened at over 20 international film festivals, winning the award for Best Music Documentary at Raindance, Best Australian Documentary at the Sydney Film Festival and Best Feature Film at the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC).

Technical Info

Year of production: 2024
Format: Full HD
Duration: 85 minutes
Country/s: Chile / Australia
Director: Matias Bolla
Producer: Carolina Sorensen
Production house: People Productions
Website: bio.site/campesinosproject
Social media:
Instagram: @campesinos.project

Awards and Official Selections

AIDC 2022 – FACTory Pitch Prize – Doc Edge Prize
DocSociety – Art & Impact Fellowship