{"id":7634,"date":"2026-03-13T16:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/?p=7634"},"modified":"2026-03-13T16:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:08:25","slug":"chile-guest-of-honor-at-ficg-with-five-documentaries-in-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/chile-guest-of-honor-at-ficg-with-five-documentaries-in-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Chile, Guest of Honor at FICG with Five Documentaries in Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u25cf The Guadalajara International Film Festival will spotlight<\/strong> Chilean cinema<\/strong> during its 41st edition.
\n \u25cf Two Chilean feature documentaries are part of the Official Selection for Ibero-American Documentary Feature: Where the Silence Is Heard and Calle Cuba<\/strong>.
\n \u25cf They are joined by three non-fiction short films in competition: The End of Time<\/strong>, Dead Tongue<\/strong>, and Cold Water<\/strong>.
\n \u25cf In the industry section, The Boy Girl and the Goth Orca<\/strong> will take part in Doculab.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chilean cinema will play a leading role at the upcoming Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), following the announcement of Chile as this year\u2019s Guest Country of Honor. The festival\u2019s 41st edition will take place from April 17 to 25, 2026, in Guadalajara, Mexico, and will include a special program focused on Chilean film, featuring retrospectives, screenings, industry meetings, and training and networking activities.<\/p>\n

Chile\u2019s Minister of Cultures<\/strong>, Arts and Heritage<\/strong>, Carolina Arredondo Marz\u00e1n<\/strong>, highlighted the importance of this invitation for the national audiovisual sector: \u201cThis announcement is good news for the sector and for the country as a whole. Culture and the creative industries not only represent our identity and who we are; they are also a key sector for advancing toward more comprehensive and sustainable economic, social, and cultural development.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Participation as the focus country strengthens the position of Chilean cinema within the Ibero-American circuit and consolidates a longstanding relationship between the Mexican festival and Chile\u2019s audiovisual production.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a close relationship between Chile and FICG, which has become an essential platform to showcase and promote our cinema, find new partners, develop co-productions, and open financing and distribution opportunities,\u201d<\/em> says Paula Ossand\u00f3n<\/strong>, director of Chiledoc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Documentary Features in Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alongside the special program dedicated to Chile, national documentary filmmaking stands out with productions included in the Official Selection for Ibero-American Documentary Feature, one of the region\u2019s main showcases for non-fiction cinema. Where the Silence Is Heard<\/em>, directed by Gabriela Pena<\/strong> and Picho Garc\u00eda<\/strong> and produced by Paz Ram\u00edrez<\/strong> and Pablo Greene<\/strong> (Chile\u2013Spain), is an intimate documentary in which a young filmmaker returns to Valpara\u00edso to recover the family home abandoned after her parents\u2019 exile during the dictatorship of the 1970s. As she renovates the house and rescues memories, the film explores the impact of silence, fear, and inherited trauma on family relationships and identity, creating an aesthetic reflection on memory and affection.<\/p>\n

Calle Cuba<\/em>, directed by Vanessa Batista<\/strong> and produced by Claudia Olivera Pe\u00f1a<\/strong> (Chile\u2013Cuba\u2013Mexico), also competes for the Maguey Award for films addressing LGBTIQ+ themes. On a street bearing the island\u2019s name in Havana, four women from different generations struggle to improve their lives, determined to shape their own destinies, protect their loved ones, and face the uncertainty of a country surviving against all odds.<\/p>\n

Short Film Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the Ibero-American Short Film Competition, The End of Time<\/em>, directed by Mao Osori<\/strong>o and Ismael Morales<\/strong>, follows participants in a film workshop at a psychosocial rehabilitation center as they attempt to shoot a movie about the end of the world.<\/p>\n

Also in this section, Dead Togue<\/em>, directed by Jos\u00e9 Jim\u00e9nez<\/strong> and produced by him alongside Sebasti\u00e1n S\u00e1nchez<\/strong>, revisits the story of a farmer marked by his past as a dog trainer under the orders of Ingrid Older\u00f6ck during the Chilean dictatorship.<\/p>\n

Finally, the documentary Cold Water<\/em>, directed and produced by Meme Cabello<\/strong> and Antonia Mart\u00ednez Valls<\/strong>, follows \u00c1ngel and Kimberly, two children shaped by migration, who transform a parked van into an imaginary spaceship to embark on a journey in search of a friend who had to return to Colombia, exploring themes of memory, identity, and belonging.<\/p>\n

High Visibility for Chilean Audiovisual Production<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chile\u2019s recognition as Guest Country of Honor in Guadalajara comes amid a period of strong international presence for Chilean audiovisual works, with premieres, selections, and projects in development participating in major festivals and markets worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u25cf The Guadalajara International Film Festival will spotlight Chilean cinema during its 41st edition. \u25cf Two Chilean feature documentaries are part of the Official Selection for Ibero-American Documentary Feature: Where the Silence Is Heard and Calle Cuba. \u25cf They are joined by three non-fiction short films in competition: The End of Time, Dead Tongue, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7634"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7640,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7634\/revisions\/7640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}