{"id":2645,"date":"2021-09-27T13:14:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T16:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2021-10-12T12:08:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T15:08:31","slug":"chilean-cinema-from-the-present-and-future-will-be-a-protagonist-at-guadalajaras-36th-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/chilean-cinema-from-the-present-and-future-will-be-a-protagonist-at-guadalajaras-36th-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilean cinema from the present and future will be a protagonist at Guadalajara\u2019s 36th Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

By LatAm Cinema<\/strong><\/a>
\nSEPTEMBER 27, 2021<\/p>\n

Between October 1st and 9th will run the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) 36th edition, a key meeting for Latin-American cinema. Chile arrives at the Mexican city present at almost every section of the competition: 11 feature and short fiction films, animation, and documentary competing in four festival sections; eight projects participating at diverse industry sections: Guadalajara Builds, DocuLab, Coproduction Meeting, and Episode 0. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Chilean cinematography returns at Guadalajara after an outstanding participation scooping three awards in its last edition; Andr\u00e9s Wood\u2019s \u201cSpider\u201d won the Best Iberoamerican Film award, Luis Alejandro Perez\u2019 \u201cPiola\u201d won Best Iberomaerican First Film, while the renowned actor Alfredo Castro won the Maguey and Mezcal awards with his work in Rodrigo Sepulveda\u2019s \u201cMy Tender Matador\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cFICG is a special and cherished place for Chilean cinema. For many years it has had a fundamental role in revealing our production at different development stages, from its participation at different industry sections to its posterior premiering at the festival\u201d, says Paula Ossand\u00f3n, Chiledoc\u2019s director, the sectorial brand for Chilean documentaries. She remembers Chilean titles awarded at previous editions of the festival, like: Lissette Orozco\u2019s \u201cAdriana\u2019s Pact\u201d, Crist\u00f3bal Valenzuela Barrios\u2019 \u201cStealing Rodin\u201d, Claudia Huaiquimilla\u2019s \u201cBad Influence\u201d, and Alex Andwanter\u2019s \u201cYou\u2019ll Never Be Alone\u201d. <\/p>\n

This October, eleven Chilean titles have been selected to participate in different FICG sections. \u201cChilean production is going through a great moment. It has enjoyed great international recognition over the last few years at some of the most important film festivals in the world and at spaces considered to be industry barometers, like Oscar Awards. A fiction film (Sebastian Lelio\u2019s \u2018A Fantastic Woman) and an animation short film (Gabriel Osorio\u2019s \u2018Bear Story\u2019), awarded in their respective categories, as well as a documentary (Maite Alberdi\u2019s \u2018The Mole Agent\u2019) nominated this year. These kinds of milestones show how solid is our production\u2019s development in every genre. In animation, for instance, we are seeing great things happening: in less than four months Hugo Covarrubia\u2019s \u2018Beast\u2019 won at Annency, and Cristobal Leon\u2019s and Joaquin Coci\u00f1a\u2019s \u2018The bones\u2019 was awarded at Venice\u201d, explains Ossandon. <\/p>\n

As part of 11 films competing at the Ibearomerican Feature Film section, four Chilean films stand out. \u201cImmersion\u201d by Nicol\u00e1s Postiglione, coproduced between Chilean production companies Juntos Films, Araucaria Cine, PrimateLab, and Mexican production house Whisky, and Latido Films in charge of sales, will have its world premiere at Guadalajara. This film, which was part of Cinema in construction Toulouse \u2013 Lima 2020, is about a father and his two daughters who is forced to help three young men when their boat sinks, facing a series of prejudices and suspicions. \u201cMy brothers dream awake\u201d, by Claudia Huaiquimilla, recently premiered at Locarno, was produced by Chilean film companies Lanza Verde and Inefable, with Meikincine in charge of sales. It is based on actual events and tells the story of two brothers who live at a juvenile detention center until a young man with a possible escape plan arrives. \u201cTo kill the beast\u201d by Agustina San Martin is a coproduction between Argentinian companies Caudillo Cine and Lucila de Arizmendi, Brasilian company Estudio Giz and Chilean company Oro Films, with The Party Film Sales in charge of sales. The film, premiered at the Toronto Festival, is about a teenager facing her past when traveling to Misiones, looking for her lost brother. \u201cDusk stone\u201d, by Ivan Fund, arrives at FICG after Venice, San Sebastian, and Biarritz. Produced by Argentinian companies Rita Cine and Insomnia, and Chilean company Globo Rojo Films, and Ellen Driver in charge of sales, the film is a fantastic drama led by a woman joining a friend who has just lost her son, to sell her summer vacation house, who hear rumors of a strange creature appearing. <\/p>\n

Chile is also present at the Iberomerican Fiction Short Film with three projects: \u201cI dreamed I was alive\u201d by Eymeraude Cordon Le Beurier, produced by Maltrato Films and Parina Films; \u201cA house in the sand\u201d, by Cristobal Garcia Mauriz, produced by Vortice Films, and \u201cAn impossible love story\u201d, by Javier Alonso, produced by Parina Films. Also, three animated short films are competing for the Rigo Mora Award: \u201cBeast\u201d, by Hugo Covarrubias, produced by Trebol 3 Producciones and Miyu Distribution; \u201cUninhabited\u201d by Camila Donoso Astudillo, produced by Praxia Producciones, and \u201cThe bones\u201d by Cristobal Leon and Joaquin Coci\u00f1a, produced by Pista B and Diluvio.<\/p>\n

In the industry area, eight Chilean projects are seeking to accelerate and strengthen their growth. \u201cThere is a powerful generation of new filmmakers who are daring genres by crossing them, mixing fiction and documentary, documentary and animation. They feel local stories are important, they are proud of their origins, question dominant cultural models, and take subjects that matter at a social level, like the role of women and their value, right to divergence and diversity, both in genre, racial identity, and politic freedom\u201d, comments Ossandon. <\/p>\n

At Guadalajara Builds, a space for feature fiction films in their first cut finalization and distribution funding, one of seven selected films is the Chilean \u201cHistory and geography\u201d, directed by Bernardo Quesney, and produced by Equeco. The film is about a television comedy actress returning to her hometown to stage a play in a quest to regain the artistic prestige she thinks she has lost in the past. <\/p>\n

At DocuLab\u2019s 13th edition, a documentary laboratory for projects at the editing stage, the Chilean film \u201cUnder suspicion\u201d participates. Directed by Daniel Diaz Oyarzun, and produced by Pejeperro Films, the documentary reflects on Mapuche identity through the artistic work of the director\u2019s uncle, Bernardo Oyarzun. <\/p>\n

At Episode 0: developing series, a program consisting of intensive meetings between seven selected series and TV and film professionals, \u201cThe Outcast\u2019s Dance\u201d participates. The project is directed by Angel Linares and Emilio Aguilar Pradal, produced by Mexican companies Libres Films and Matriarca, Chile, and France. The six 45\u2019 episode series is about four Frente Patriotico Manuel Rodriguez activists involved in different attempts against Pinochet\u2019s dictatorship, who are discovered living in Mexico after 20 years as fugitives. <\/p>\n

Lastly, five Chilean titles will be part of the Coproduction Meetings, a space for Iberoamerican developing projects to be presented to producers, buyers, distributors, and other decision-makers in different cinematographic development stages. \u201cThe search for coproductions is another feature evidencing Chilean cinema\u2019s internationalization. There is a concern for finding alliances with other countries to join forces, as well as audiences. Our market is small, and national productions need these alliances to raise funds and broaden to new audiences. This is extremely important, for instance, for series. Fortunately, the great quality of Chilean production houses\u2019 work allows these alliances to take place\u201d, Ossandon explains. The five Chilean projects looking for partners at Guadalajara are \u201cNow They\u2019re Coming For Us\u2019 by Shawn Garry and produced by Clara Films, \u201cThe White Room\u201d, by Ana Piterbarg and produced by Bikini Films and Picardia Films, \u201cGoing Back Home\u201d by Catalina Alarcon and produced by Mimbre producciones and Pequen producciones, \u201cAnimals\u201d by Andres Waissbluth, produced by Avispa Cine, Retaguardia Films and Rayuela Films; and \u201cGiraffes\u201d, by Felipe Carmona and Sarahi Echeverr\u00eda, produced by Clapproducciones and Otrolado Films. <\/p>\n

Besides representatives of the titles mentioned above, the Chilean delegation at Guadalajara includes producers from the mission organized by CCDoc and Animachi, financed by the Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Patrimony. Also, representatives from ProChile, CinemaChile, Chilean cinema\u2019s sectorial brand, Chiledoc, Chilean documentary\u2019s sectorial brand, and Chilean Animation, representing the animation world, are part of the mission. \u201cGuadalajara will be one of the first Latin-American festivals and markets taking place in a hybrid format with a strong bet on on-site activities. For this same reason, and because of its closeness to Chilean audiovisual sector, Chilean participation will happen in both formats. Even though the main mission will be online, many directors and producers will attend in person. Until today a Chilean on-site stand has been confirmed, and two networking activities promoted by ProChile and Chiledoc\u201d, concludes Ossandon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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