Based in Santiago, Chile, Trino Films is an independent production company specializing in documentary and fiction films, driven by a collaborative and interdisciplinary spirit. Founded in 2022 by filmmaker Sebastián Lavados, the company focuses on the international market and is distinguished by supporting authentic and insightful voices that explore complex and transcendent themes, shaping captivating, beautiful, and necessary stories.
Its projects include films such as South of Winter, Lies the Snow (Best Chilean Film at SANFIC 21), Synchrony (Hot Docs 2024), and I Shall Die Singing (Special Jury Prize at FECILS 2025).
Creative documentary cinema and auteur fiction. Memorable stories grounded in specific territories. Narratives that explore ethical and existential questions. Themes ranging from memory, art and culture, music, nature and technology, to mental health.
Interested in international co-productions and creative collaborations, whether from early development or in the final stages of a project, with a strong focus on circulation in festivals and platforms.
Creative development and production of documentary and fiction films, executive production, and the design of financing and international circulation strategies, as well as consulting in production and scriptwriting.
Co-productions and targeted consulting in development stages, securing public funding, and designing festival and impact strategies, always seeking to build strategic, rigorous, and long-term working alliances.
South of Winter, Lies the Snow
In Distribution
At the southernmost edge of the Earth, where time stands still and nature is as cruel as it is overwhelming, ghosts wander through the pampa, whispering to the forests and mountains. There, in a shattered land, wild-beast hunters, herders, and rural families, alongside their hounds and cattle, they survive the cold, the loneliness, and the snow.
Fighting a Pink Plague
In editing
The fight against HIV in Chile, an ultraconservative country in the post-dictatorship era. Pablo, an HIV-positive activist, and my mother Cecilia, a renowned immunologist, are the protagonists of a battle against indifference, precariousness, and stigma.
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