Francisco Almenara

Movies

Santiago 1973-2019
Director of Photography
Since 18th October 2019, the streets of Santiago de Chile have never been empty. The people on the street demand dignity. By increasing the price of the subway tickets, President Piñera’s government has unleashed a social crisis unseen since the 1970s.
Señora Gloria
Director of Photography
While working in a circus in Paris, Victor receives a call from Chile: his mother Gloria is sick and has a few months to live. Victor decides to return to Chile to accompany her and take care of her. Seeing his mother struggling to extend his life, he decides to reconstruct their memories and experiences together, recording everything in a movie while the imminence of death is around them.
El monte de Gabriel
Director of Photography
Gabriel climbs the mountain near his town every week in search of a divine manifestation.But this time, a young neighbor will interrupt her silence.
Ocaso
Assistant Camera
Rafael, an old butler of a decadent farmhouse, lives with his landlord in that space. He develops a series of actions and daily routines that resume a life and a glorious family past. These actions and gestures will become the only way of sustaining that home and those lives humbled in memory. With the decline of that environment, Rafael will be underdog of his place and his own story, and will be forced to leave in an uncertain trip, towards the last of his possessions.
Tourists
First Assistant Camera
Carla is abandoned by her husband while vacationing on a national park. There she finds herself stranded with a Norwegian backpacker and a former pop star.
Unfaithful Women
Assistant Camera
Cecilia Ureta, host of Chile's highest-rated news show, announces the results of a United Nations survey, the conclusion of which states that 62% of Chilean women are or have never been unfaithful. Ironically, Cecilia maintains an extramarital relationship with the network's owner. Maliciously, a rival colleague discovers this during a live broadcast, with tragic results. The revelation spreads becoming a conversation of national interest.
Eternal Blood
First Assistant Camera
Carmila is introduced by 'M' to a sinister role-playing game called "Eternal Blood". Once settled in an abandoned house, the group meets Dahmer, a young man who practices vampirism rites and who begins to influence young people, or perhaps... turn them into vampires.