Synopsis

This documentary essay is a reflection about the importance of the quotidian in the field of historiography, using the re-signification of recycled archive footage from Chilean television newsreels and commercials from the 1980s, which were silenced in order to promote an ideological discourse during Pinochet’s dictatorship.

Team

• Ferrán

  Vergara

  Director and producer

  (Santiago, 1987) is an industrial maintenance worker, baker and self-taught filmmaker.
  In 2020 he founded the production company Cagliostro Cinema, oriented to the exploration of new models of
  audiovisual discourse models. Among his lines of work are the film-essay, the use of archival material and the
  essay, the use of recycled archive material and the anti-documentary. His short films have participated
  participated in several festivals and international markets. He is currently working on his first feature film.

• Bastián

  González

  Producer

  (Santiago, 1999) is a film director and head of production within the emerging production company
  Cagliostro cinema. He also has a degree in Project Management Engineering. He has worked
  in advertising and as a member of the production company Cagliostro Cinema he has produced and directed short films selected in international festivals and markets. He is currently
  currently developing his directorial debut.

Awards and Official Selections

Festivals:

-FECIR 18th Rengo International Film Festival (Chile)
-ARICADOC 6th Arica International Documentary Film Festival (Chile)
-ATEMPORAL 2nd Itinerant Latin American Film Festival (Peru)
-CINEAUTOPSIA 8th Bogota Experimental Film Festival (Colombia)
-EFICE 5th Eneagrama International Experimental Film Festival (Argentina)
-21st INTERNATIONAL IMAGE FESTIVAL (Colombia)
-CORRIENTE 9th Latin American Non-Fiction Film Encounter (Peru)
-FIC LA VENTANA 5th Itinerant Short Film Festival (Chile)

Exhibitions:

-10th BIOBIOCINE International Festival, Muestra Límites confusos: Reflexiones en la creación.
of experimental cinema (Chile)

Markets:

-Meetings DocMontevideo 2022 (Uruguay).