Movies: Chile

"At that time (late 1992), I made a film for British television, Channel 4, called Las Soledades, the name of a long poem by Góngora. It was made in Chile, using many poetic elements of the country. Chile is seen through the eyes of a Chinese painter...

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Filmmaker Rodrigo Dorfman goes in search of his revolutionary roots in Chile and in the process finds it in the euphoria of the Occupy Movement....

In 1973 a military coup was staged in Chile, Ernesto lived through these tough times and shares his story about what happened to him...

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After the rise of 30 pesos on the Metro fare in Santiago (Chile), Chilean people rise up against the repressive measures of the government to stop the protests. With a scarf on the face and a camara, I’ll show the real upset of the social outbreak th...

Report on the town of San Pedro which exists in the middle of the desert and at over 2,430 meters above sea level. It also deals with the work of priest Gustavo Le Paige and the museum he helped develop....

This film visualizes humanity’s quest to relentlessly pursue goals. In the human fight for progress, the march forward cannot be stopped, even when individual people become weary and die. This animated short is based on a poem by the Chilean filmmake...

In this documentary film a team of researchers examine the social contexts that influenced the emergence and permanence of heavy metal music in Chile, Argentina, Mexico and Peru. Colonialism, dictatorships, terrorism and neoliberal exploitation serve...

In the Juan Fernández Archipelago, 700 kilometers from the central coast of Chile, is Robinson Crusoe Island. There, a group of children who are in their last year of primary school will soon graduate, leaving the island where they learned to live....

The north of Chile with its dry land, is one of the most hostile places on the planet, nevertheless, with much effort some families dream of seeing their lives flourish here, like the family of Felipe, a boy who begins a solitary journey in search of...

When everyone is supposed to be celebrating the arrival of a new year, the Chilean director Cristobal Valenzuela takes to the streets of Santiago to give voice to another facet, less colorful and festive, undoubtedly invisible, of this eve. Lonely pe...

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Set at the start of the 20th century, God Will Not Help tells the story of Teresa who suddenly arrives from Chile in a mountainous sheepherding cooperative. Her arrival disrupts the dynamics of the strictly structured isolated community of shepherds ...

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During their first flight between the Atacama Desert and the Pacific Ocean, thousands of ringed storm petrels have fallen victim to light pollution caused by the city and industry. Biologist Jorge Páez is dedicated to the rescue and conservation of t...

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