Cinema Chile

Monthly April 2023 : The top news of the Chilean audiovisual industry

May 3, 2023

April left us with thousands of news you can’t miss. This month showed once again the talent and quality of the Chilean film industry, which continues to gain recognition and prestige in the international arena.

Before starting May and kicking off the great peak that the industry will experience in Cannes, we invite you to read this monthly summary so that you do not miss out on any details.

 

 

 

Heard about everything that happened this month? If you missed a few things, here’s the perfect recap to not miss any detail.

¡In May we take off for Cannes!

This month we prepare to take one of the most important journeys of the year. Cannes is just a few days away, an instance where we annually launch our international catalogue – which this year will surprise the world with its new venture – we will have a delegation of more than 50 Chileans at the Marché du film and great presence at the festival.

“We have high expectations and are already preparing for this new version. About 50 Chileans will participate in the market, with a variety of audiovisual projects that aim to be part of Marché du Film showing the great audiovisual proposal of our national industry”
Annika Madrid , General Coordinator of CinemaChile

 

 

Don’t miss this month’s international awards

We keep adding new achievements! Chile’s remarkable passage through festivals, markets and international laboratories has been crucial to promote the new projects of the national audiovisual.

This month Chile excelled at the Platino Awards and other meetings around the world:

 

 

Professionals who shine outside of Chile

Month by month we reach out and talk to new and grand professionals of the sector.

Relive our top interviews of the month here:

 

DIEGO SOTO HABLA ACERCA DE SU PREMIERE MUNDIAL EN BAFICI 2023: “EL INTERÉS DE BAFICI POR NUESTRA PELÍCULA FUE UNA GRATA SORPRESA. ES UN FESTIVAL CON EL QUE PERSONALMENTE SOÑABA, MIRÁNDOLO DE LEJOS”

SAMUEL GONZÁLEZ NOS DETALLA EN EXCLUSIVA SU PROYECTO DE CINE ESCOLAR QUE SERÁ ESTRENADO EN BÉLGICA

 

Meet the new faces of the Chilean Audiovisual

 

Simón Bucher, Claudia Saldivia and Amanda Rivera, are the directors behind the film El Festín de las bestias, the one chilean short film that will be part of  Graduation Films de Annecy, one of the most important animation film festivals of the world.

The story tells for 8 minutes, the dystopian world of a creature attending a meal by a magical refrigerator with a macabre result.

The short film directed by the three students of the audiovisual directing career has the support of great professionals of Chilean animation such as Pablo Cuturrufo (The Phantom Touch, 2022) from production, Niles Atallah (Rey , 2017) and Joaquin Cociña (Bones, 2021) as professors.

 

 

Discover the participation of Chilean directors and producers

  • The Settlers by Felipe Gálvez and the coproduction by Jirafa with The Delinquents will be part of the official selection of Cannes 2023
  • May 18 La Vida de Nosotras by Barbara Morales will screen in Input TV
  • From May 2 to 4 What the flait by Sebastián Moscoso will participate in Beausoleil Côte d’Azur International and Festival du Cinéma Sportif
  • Between May 16 and June 9 Las hijas by Kattia Zuñiga will be part of the Seattle International Film Festival
  • Ojo-piel by Fanny Leiva will be in the Festival Circuito de Arte Audiovisual