Focus Chili – Selected Projects 2016
5 Chilean feature documentary projects have been selected in the Focus 2016.
Los Reyes
by Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikiff
Chile – Perut + Osnovikoff | 80'/(50')
Expected release: June 2017
Lulo, Pauli, Chico and Nicotina are marginal homies from the Los Reyes skatepark, located in downtown Santiago. For them the board has been the way out from what they consider the depressing and servile world of their parents, workers and employees who bust their guts out for miserable wages. The skater culture changed their mindsets and today, about to become independent, they are prepared to materialize their dream: skate for life.
Petit frère
by Roberto Collio, Rodrigo Robledo
Chile – Araucaria Cine, Isabel Orellana Guarello | 70'
Expected release: April 2017
A real time capsule, this film engages with concepts of country and identity, based on the point of view of the Haitian immigrant, Petit Frère. His writings reflect the past and present of the first generations of Haitians to arrive in Chile. Through the changes occurring within his family and the growth of his son, Petit Frère describes the social evolution of the new society that is about to emerge.
Poiesis
by Carlos Klein
Chile – CKFilms, Carlos Klein | 90'/(52')
Expected release: April 2019
A Patagonian road movie splashed with memories and confronted to its own making. During a trip to Patagonia, I think about my mentors. Their memory is the catalyst element used in order to search for a film to do.
The Court case
by Macarena Aguiló
Chile – El Espino Films | 80'
Expected release: April 2017
A woman reopen a case in the Chilean Criminal Court, she was 3 years old when the intelligence services of the Chilean military dictatorship came and kidnapped her. Whilst justice goes his own route, she explores other ways to get answers.
The Last Journey of a Nomad
by Mijael Bustos
Chile – Palenque Producciones, Paula Talloni | 75'/(52')
Expected release: November 2017
Carlos Edén, one of the last Kawéskar, was led by fate to live in New York and became an indigenous rights activist. The precarious living conditions of his people motivated him to return to the southernmost tip of Chile. On this trip, Carlos will be reunited with his ethnic group and will attempt to reconcile with them, as they all embark on the Kawésqar’s irreversible extinction process.
Los Reyes
by Bettina Perut & Iván Osnovikoff
Chile – Perut + Osnovikoff
Petit Frère
by Roberto Collío & Rodrigo Robledo
Chile – Araucaria Cine
Poiesis
by Carlos Klein
Chile – CKFilms
The Court Case
by Macarena Aguiló
Chile – El Espino Films
The Last Journey of a Nomad
by Mijael Bustos
Chile – Palenque Producciones