May 12, 2023
The 2023 Cannes Film Festival is coming and the excitement is in the air! The Chilean film industry is ready to make its big debut with the launch of the new international catalog of Chilean cinema.
The prerelease campaign has begun, and we are looking forward to sharing with you everything, a unique opportunity to learn more about the films that will be presented in Cannes and that will be circulating around the world for more than 12 months.
The catalog will include some of the best Chilean films of today and also new narratives that come to surprise us with excellent stories, each carefully selected to represent the diversity, creativity and talent of the Chilean audiovisual. This is an opportunity for Chileans to showcase their work to an international audience and establish valuable connections with other industry professionals.
Therefore, amid a busy agenda and thousands of emotions, we wanted to recap the best moments of the previous Chilean film catalogs, through memories and anecdotes of some faces that have accompanied us during this process from 2010 to the present.
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Of course we get nostalgic since it has been a long and rewarding process to continue promoting Chile’s audiovisual to the world. During the more than 10 published editions of the film catalog we have seen thousands of productions take off to international screens.
This process has involved multiple professionals, from producers, designers and also international agents who have been surprised by Chilean talent and that in this recap we did not want to leave behind, so we have invited them to tell us their experience and so, we can all learn more about this beautiful work and remember the great achievements of Chilean cinema.
The cinemachile catalog has been a witness and a companion to so many stages, adventures and films. It is always inspiring to see how talents are consolidated or renewed and there is something exciting about growing with it. |
It seems to me that it is vital for all authors, whether they are established or beginners, to be in CinemaChile’s national film catalog. It seems to me a clear sign that we are part of the same network, and that the achievements that someone earns are not only to themselves, but extend to a collective that works together. |
The catalogs have been of great support. I rescue a lot of what they have done to promote animation and projects of different aesthetics and genres. They have managed to maintain an open criterion in the types of films they promote, always trying to represent Chilean cinema in all its diversity. |
It was very challenging being my first role within the agency. It helped me get closer to professionals in our industry, as each film involved an approach to their team, and gradually I was connecting these and other elements that made me understand the power that a film catalog can have, in particular with one that aims to go out into the world and show what is being done in Chile. It is a successful tool that we take great advantage of, with a clear strategy of promotion, B2B marketing and a strong understanding of the target audience. |
During 6 editions (2017-2022), I had the opportunity to witness the emergence of new voices and perspectives, where women and dissidents transformed creative spaces, where new formal and narrative strategies expanded my understanding of the possibilities of ‘Chilean cinema’. I am excited to be able to see this new edition of the catalog under this perspective of discovery and reflection. |
The Cinemachile catalog has been and is vital to show Chile’s growing diversity and cinematic potential. The awards and recognitions for Chilean cinema today are also a product of the vital work that this catalog does and that allows to visualize in the world the works to come, which offer a great attraction for the virtuous association with foreign producers and creators. At the same time, through this window we notice a unique fact: today there are four different generations of filmmakers in Chile making films and proposing stories for the world. |
CinemaChile has consolidated since its creation in 2009 and has proven to be an important contribution with catalogs, to the support model to internationalize the works of domestic producers to the most varied world markets, that fruit of public and private work have obtained important recognitions: in 2022 alone there are about 220 awards for Chilean productions in 131 international meeting events, |
The annual catalogs are very useful to all programmers, part of our job is to know which movie is finished and those listings are an immense help. |
It is a very useful reference tool. For anyone who is a media professional or in the film industry, it means having all the information about Chilean film activity organized and well structured. Consultations always save me time for any work I have in relation to Chile, and more in the digital version, where searches are comfortable and accurate. Essential. |
A complete and precise snapshot of Chilean cinematographic reality, and an indispensable tool for our work as a programmer. |
I am deeply satisfied both personally and professionally. Each time a new visuality is developed for CinemaChile, it is a great and beautiful challenge to represent the new works so diverse in their readings of reality that speak from multiple spaces. |
It was a great challenge that defined my professional career. I am very proud, especially for having directed the design of the 2018 Catalog that celebrated the first Oscar for a Chilean feature film for “A fantastic woman”. I see their new editions as a breakthrough in digitalization and they tell me of a change of focus, which we also live as a society. |
We have worked hard to make the film catalog one of the most important windows when it comes to making Chilean productions visible abroad. It is a showcase and an international guide that is achieved with the collaboration of producers and directors who send us information about their films. |
Don’t miss the chance to be part of this unique experience at the Cannes Film Festival 2023! Follow the campaign leading up to the launch of the international catalog of Chilean cinema and discover the richness of Chilean film culture on our social media @cinemachile.
We are waiting for you!