Synopsis

Through an intimate portrayal of the activities of the Club Deportivo Palestino fan group, Baisanos builds a dialogue between two narrators representing Chile and Palestine. Together, they reflect on identity, the meaning of returning to Palestine, and the different ways of going back. In this way, the connection between two distant territories emerges in a space of celebration and dreams, where the possibility of a victorious future becomes the promise of a possible one.

Team

• Francisca

  Khamis Giacoman

  Director

  Francisca Khamis Giacoman is a visual artist based in Amsterdam. Through performances, films, and installations, her work explores fragmented diasporic memories, influenced by her Palestinian heritage within the Chilean diaspora. Her work has been recognised with awards such as the Juan Downey Biennial Media Arts Competition (Santiago, 2023), Fondart Creation (Santiago, 2019), and the Profile Fund Scholarship from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Amsterdam, 2020).

  Her filmography focuses on video art, with works such as Forbidden Colors (2012-21), Formas de Volver (2019), No te olvides de mí (2019), As Close As I Get (2021), and 31°42’49.5″N 35°10’13.9″E. The latter has been screened at the London Short Film Festival, the Media Arts Biennial, ArtTV, ArtViewer, Filmfest Dresden, Leiden Filmfest, De Uitkijk (Amsterdam), and the House of Annetta (London).

• Andrés

  Khamis Giacoman

  Director

  Most of his work has been related to migration issues in Chile, researching and co-founding Trabaja Global, an organisation dedicated to facilitating the proper inclusion of migrants in Chile. In 2022, he studied Arabic and social sciences in the PAS programme at Birzeit University, Palestine. More recently, in 2023/2024, he studied Documentary Filmmaking at La Casa del Cine, Barcelona. He is currently completing his postgraduate degree in audiovisual editing and video editing at UPF, Barcelona.

• Joaquín

  Echeverría

  Producer

  Joaquín Echeverría was born in 1989 in Santiago, Chile. He is a Civil Engineer in Construction Management from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and holds an MA in Philosophy from Birkbeck, University of London, UK. In 2012, he co-founded Brisa with two partners. He is the executive producer of the short film Y todo el cielo cupo en el ojo de la vaca muerta (2017) by Francisca Alegría, which premiered in Toronto, and the feature films: Aquí no ha pasado nada (2016) by Alejandro Fernández Almendras, which premiered at Sundance, El Cristo Ciego (2016) by Christopher Murray, which premiered in Venice, and Los Perros (2017) by Marcela Said, which premiered in Cannes. In 2019, he produced the short film Fiebre Austral by Thomas Woodroffe, which premiered in Venice. In 2020, he produced the short films: Litre by Sebastián Salfate, premiered in Valdivia, and La Siesta del Carnero by Valeria Hofmann, premiered at FIDBA. In 2024, he premiered the feature film Una luz negra by Alberto Hayden at BAFICI and the short film Todo se quemará by Simón Vargas at SANFIC. He is currently developing animation, documentary, and fiction projects, working with six Chilean directors.

Technical Info

Production year: 2025
Format: 4K
Length: 14 min.
Country: Chile
Directed by: Francisca Khamis Giacoman and Andrés Khamis Giacoman
Producer: Joaquín Echeverría
Production company: Brisa
Website: Brisa Films
Social media: @brisafilms @franciscakhamis @andreskhamis