Synopsis

Through various archival materials, I seek to delve deeper into my father’s experience of political imprisonment following the Chilean civic-military coup. In a constant dialogue between past and present, with the compilation of his testimony, I experience the difficulty of facing that painful past. Amid the shadows of public history about human rights violations and the review of childhood videos, memories of a family history emerge, pushing me to reconstruct and rewrite my own story based on my father’s.

Team

• Mariana

  Sandina

  Director / Producer

  Mariana Sandina (Santiago, 1989) is a journalist and audiovisual filmmaker with a Master’s degree in documentary film. Her areas of exploration include memory, gender, and heritage.

Technical Info

Production year: 2024
Format: Full HD, 4K, Hi8
Length: 25 min
Country: Chile
Director: Mariana Sandina
Producer: Mariana Sandina
Instagram: @contraelolvido_doc / @marianasandina
Distributor or sales agent: Mariana Sandina

Awards and Official Selections

Official Selection in Official Competition at 10° Eureka Universitarian Film Fest, Colombia
30th Latin American Film Festival Rosario: short film competition
21st International Human Rights Film Festival
Nefiltravanae Kino Short Movie Club Film Festival – Belarus
29N Film Festival, Memory and Human Rights – Chile
DOC.COIMBRA International Documentary Film Festival – Portugal
Official Selection at the Montpellier Indie Festival – Montiff, France
Official Selection at theLisbon Indie Festival – Lisbiff, Portugal

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Bronze Prize, SEVIFF (Sevilla Indie Film Festival) – Spain
Best Documentary Film at the 32nd Saint Anna: Student & Debut Short Film Festival – Russia
Award for “Best Use of Archival Footage” in the International Section FACOM – Spain