Andrea Chignoli

When thousands of fish die in a polluted river in southern Chile, Magdalena, a woman long-deceased, emerges amongst their lifeless bodies. Magdalena encounters her widowed husband, sending him into a state of shock and prompting the return of their daughter, Cecilia. Magdalena’s presence and her effect on the environment stirs curiosity and fear among her family. As the past comes into focus, mother and daughter are met with the opportunity to change the future.

A heartfelt film about sisterhood, desires, jealousy, and youth in the never-ending tropical summer of Panama

Ángel and his brother Franco have been locked up in a juvenile detention centre for a year. Despite the hostility of the place, they form bonds with others inmates and daydream about the future.

Upon the 500-year anniversary of the Spanish Conquest, a ghostly Conquistador arrives in modern Mexico. As he journeys toward the capital city, he remembers events from his past while encountering the testimonies of real people, the survivors of contemporary violence. History and the present begin to merge, giving nightmarish reflection on the enduring legacy of colonialism in our world today.

Pablo, a 12-year-old boy, receives a scholarship to attend school in the mysterious and isolated Colonia Dignidad established in Chile by German settlers. It seems to be quite a privilege for a kid like him, and he quickly becomes the favourite of the leader of the colony, Uncle Paul. Over time, Pablo witnesses some kind of strange things which happen there and make him act differently than the other students.

When British aid worker Hana returns to Luxor, a sleepy city on the banks of the Nile, she comes across Sultan, a talented archeologist and former lover. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present.

Duas mulheres que passaram a vida juntas são confrontadas com a doença fatal de uma delas. A doente decide não se submeter a qualquer tratamento, e o casal se muda para uma pequena cabana na floresta para esperar a chegada da morte. Pouco a pouco, a relação das duas se intensifica.

On October 18 2019, a student uprising was triggered in Santiago over the Chilean government’s increase in metro fare. As the country awakens to the unrelenting abuse of power enacted by a neoliberalist government, and a mistrust in the political class intensifies, we follow Angy and Felipe—two parents who embrace their new roles as activists and enlist in the expanding movement that is fighting for a new Constitution and a just society.

A Mexican-American teenage farmworker dreams of graduating high school, when ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family and force her to become her family’s breadwinner.

In 2010, 81 inmates died in a huge fire at San Miguel prison in Chile’s capital city Santiago. Inside, they were trapped behind bars like rats; outside, dozens of family members waiting for visiting hours to begin looked on helplessly as their loved ones shouted for help. The doors remained locked. This reconstruction sheds light on the utter failure of the prison’s administration, which was housing twice as many prisoners as permitted.

Yun is grounded by her father for spending three days away from home for breaking family traditions. In her stoic nocturnal journey through the streets, malls and service centers, Yun experiences an accelerated maturity, of which she only realizes when she returns and faces her father.

A young Haitian immigrant living in Santiago de Chile, will see his life balance shaken after a series of unexpected events that will fuel a deep racist reactions in his environment.

Rosario is a wandering teenager who believes that her mother, does not really love her and she's apparently right. The young woman has found refuge in the dance and in her friend Jonathan, a young street vendor who helps raise money for the wedding of his sister Jenny: Rosario's silent and platonic love. On the day of the party the revelry and excesses revealing Rosario can't leaver her family's fate behind.

Cristina and Susana have been best friends since high school. Now, both over 30 years old, they are still living like they did in their teenage years. Or maybe they never grew up.

In a country at the world's end, the highest authority of the Catholic Church lands. The Pope comes to bring the word of God, but Chile awaits him with the most important religious crisis in its history.

Teenager Ángela meets her three adult step-sisters for the first time when their father dies. Fearing that Ángela will end up in state custody, the sisters embark on a 900-mile journey across Colombia to leave the young girl with an aunt she doesn't even know. During this journey, Ángela will discover what it means to be a woman.

A beautiful woman turns to prostitution. She must surrender her income to the leader of a human trafficking ring, but her daughter’s illness and a drug addiction prevent her from delivering her usual share. An unexpected event will give her the opportunity to stop obeying and take justice into her own hands.

For years, the murder of Chilean protest singer Victor Jara was blamed on an official in Pinochet's army. Now in exile, he tries to exonerate himself.

During Chilean dictatorship an exceptional group of women emerges and they will leave a unique legacy in history. It's the "Women for Life" movement. Female figures almost forgotten that in times of military dictatorship, when few dared to go out into the street, they organized by calling thousands of women who courageously manage to make art actions and lightning and unprecedented acts for the time.

Despite living in a conservative society, Daniela, a closeted queer, commits to a young high school girl named Lucía, but a traumatic event threatens their relationship.

Ariel se envolve em uma prisão civil adolescente, o cara é acusado de roubar um telefone. Uma multidão envolve o jovem e alguns o acusam de ser culpado e alguns o defendem. A polícia não aparece. Ariel tem que decidir de que lado ele é.

Marcos, a withdrawn park ranger, sees the fragile balance achieved in his isolation collapse with the arrival of a couple of biologists investigating strange bird deaths. Unfortunately, the desire and envy for normality represented by the couple awaken the monster he has been trying to control. His face, his legs, and his arms don’t belong to him and as the desperation becomes incontrollable, he can only see one way out: mutilation.

Twelve-year-old Tamara lives within a cult that is ruled by the beliefs of its leader Miguel, who becomes obsessively convinced that Tamara is the "chosen one". But when she falls in love with a classmate, Tamara's relationship gets in the way of Miguel's objective, and he will seek her absolute obedience.

Teresa’s life is turned upside down when she is forced to accept a job far away. On her way, she loses her bag, causing her to cross paths with El Gringo, a traveling salesman.

Andrés and his son Pedro live in a working district of Caracas and hardly ever see each other. While Andrés fills his time doing different jobs, Pedro wanders the streets playing with friends and learning from the violent atmosphere around him.

After a head injury makes a dimwit stranger out Barbara's beloved Guille, she ceases to feel desire for him. Nearing 35, and longing for motherhood, she settles with a new partner, while the memory of lost love harrows her.

18-year-old Jesús lives with his stern, somewhat unaffectionate father in Santiago, Chile. When not doing drugs, having casual sex or simply slouching in front of the TV, Jesús and his friends perform in a K-pop boyband. But his routine is thrown into chaos one evening when he and his drunken posse viciously assault a young gay man and leave him for dead. It’s an act that propels Jesús into a profound moral crisis which have severe consequences.

No final da década de 1940, um inspetor (Gael García Bernal) persegue o poeta chileno Pablo Neruda (Luis Gnecco), ganhador do Prêmio Nobel, por ter se juntado ao Partido Comunista.

Looking for extras and locations, a filmmaker settles on Chiloé, the second largest island off the coast of Chile. He does auditions, but mainly listens patiently to the stories of young and old people. As an outsider, he cautiously searches for the soul of the community and its underlying tensions.

A photograph of an unknown Mapuche great-grandmother is the starting point of this documentary essay. Through the analysis of said picture, conversations with family members, a trip to southern Chile cities, and an actress who re-enacts the photo, we see the existing prejudice against indigenous people.

Fernando Karadima, pastor e líder da Igreja mais poderosa da classe alta chilena, entre os anos 80 e 2000, é considerado um "santo" na vida. Thomas, um adolescente em busca de sua vocação, encontrará seu Diretor Espiritual no sacerdote. Por 20 anos, Thomy experimentará gradualmente o abuso físico e psicológico do padre, até que ele decida falar e confrontar as redes de poder que protegem o padre e desmascarar definitivamente o verdadeiro Karadima sob a capa do representante de Deus na Terra.

After reading in the newspaper that a newborn baby was found in a dumpster, a teacher becomes obsessed with giving it a proper burial.

More than sixty years after leaving high school, former classmates Alicia, Gema, Angelica, Ximena and Maria Teresa are still devoted to their regular catch-ups in which they exchange gossip and reminiscences over elaborately presented afternoon teas. Impeccably turned out, the ladies’ free-wheeling tea-time chats run the gamut from mortality and marital infidelity to soccer and twerking.

The fuzzy boundaries between sanity and insanity in an isolated Christian group come to light when one of its members dies in strange circumstances. Since then, a harsh judicial process jeopardizes their fate as a group. A story about faith and social prejudices.

PROPAGANDA is a follow up to the 2013 presidential campaign, in the midst of major social unrest in recent years. A single-car caravan crossing the desert, a protest flag covers the entire Alameda a candidate copuchea surveys on a dressing room. PROPAGANDA proposes a visual journey through the most extraordinary places of election, inviting reflection on the complex relationship between politicians and citizens, through the eyes of several filmmakers in the country.

Comédia de humor negro que acompanha um péssimo momento na vida de Cristóbal. Sua esposa acaba de ir para a Espanha onde ganhou uma bolsa de estudos e quer levar a família junto. E ele, falido e moralmente arruinado, passa a noite se aventurando na boemia de Santiago tentando esquecer o seu dilema. Chega o dia seguinte e ele precisa tomar uma decisão.

When their parents die, Bianca starts to smoke and Tomas is still a virgin. The orphans explore the dangerous streets of adulthood until Bianca finds Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe, and enters his dark mansion in search of a future.

Iselsa and Cathy decided to be part of a project designed by leaders of social architecture, who will give them their own home and integrate them into a middle class neighborhood. The camera observes for 7 years: the lack of resources, a neighborhood that rejects them, problems in construction and the disaster caused by the rains. The most difficult thing will be to overcome the division of the community.

A teenager visits his mother in search of affection. She lives semi isolated from the world, on a house facing the sea and in the company of a woman. The meeting of both characters will be rather a disagreement that will throw the young man towards other characters that will be moving further away from his mother until he disappears. Only at that moment will she feel the weight of his absence.

No Chile de 1988, o governo ditatorial convoca um plebiscito para perguntar se a população apoia os militares. Um publicitário, então, fica responsável pela Campanha do Não, com ideias ousadas para convencer o povo a acabar com o regime militar.

Daniela (Alicia Rodriguez) é uma jovem de 17 anos que teve uma rígida criação no seio da sua família evangélica. A rebeldia e a frustração, próprias da sua idade, leva-a a viver uma vida pautada por aventuras sexuais que são narradas em um blog. Uma dessas aventuras é descoberta e ela é expulsa do colégio. Como castigo, a sua mãe (Aline Kuppenheim), impõe que a jovem trabalhe numa emissora que produz programas gospel, onde ela conhece Thomas e Antonia . A relação com Thomas e Antonia, potencializará os questionamentos existenciais de Daniela, intensificando também as suas experiências individuais…

During one hot summer day, little things happen to the visitors and workers of an old thermal resort in southern Chile. Julieta, Francisco, Isa, Rodrigo, Ignacio, Mariana, Muriel, Gabriela, Eliseo, Norma, Alejandra and Claudio experience the long vacation hours in nature, sleeping in the sun, learning how to drive, cleaning the house, kissing for the first time, swimming at night or just walking and talking, while the day slowly unravels into small fragments of happiness and discovery.

Atafeh e Shireen vivem um romance proibido com o agravante de viverem no Irã, onde as mulheres são tratadas sem nenhum respeito. Elas sofrem diversos tipos de repressão, inclusive por conta de Mehran, irmão de Atafeh, um ex-viciado, convertido ao Islamismo e obcecado por Shireen.

Intratável, terna, boêmia, áspera, contundente, frágil e indomável. Violeta Parra foi uma das artistas mais emblemáticas do Chile - e ainda assim, profundamente ignorada por décadas de uma cultura controlada pela ditadura de Pinochet. Andrés Wood, diretor de Machuca, realiza um trabalho primoroso ao trazer para as telas, a partir do livro escrito pelo filho de Violeta, Ángel Parra, a vida, a obra, a memória, os amores e as esperanças dessa cantora, compositora, poeta e pintora que é um dos maiores ícones da arte popular latino-americana.

Lucía is a young woman who works as a seamstress in a factory and lives with her father in an old house in Santiago, Chile. The film occurs in December 2006 during the weeks that take place from the ex-dictator Pinochet’s funeral to Christmas Eve. Through the simple observation of Lucía’s daily life, the spectator is allowed access into a hidden and neglected world of a generation of Chileans striving to recover from the military dictatorship.

The filmmaker attempts to learn about his father, who was killed in 1973 in Pinochet's Chile.

No Chile, em 1973, durante os últimos dias da presidência de Salvador Allende, um funcionário do necrotério se apaixona por uma dançarina burlesca, que desaparece misteriosamente. Loucamente apaixonado e pertubado pela perda de sua potencial amante, Mario começa a sua busca frenética por Nancy.

Santiago do Chile, 1978. Em meio ao complicado contexto social da ditadura militar de Augusto Pinochet, um homem de meia-idade, Raúl Peralta (Alfredo Castro), está obcecado com a idéia de se tornar Tony Manero, o famoso personagem interpretado por John Travolta no clássico filme da era disco "Os Embalos de Sábado à Noite". A fantasia de encarnar seu grande ídolo, e assim ser reconhecido como uma estrela no mundo do entretenimento, chega a tal nível que acaba levando Raúl a se transformar num assassino em série.

In the city of Santiago, four characters struggle to reach their goals: a psychologist who wants to help other women and save their lives, a hairdresser who wants to buy a car, a musician who wants to play in a philharmonic orchestra, and a young woman who simply survives in the city, but each of them obtains something unexpected and different from what they wanted.

A girl, her brother and their best friend on a long, hot summer's day in Chascomús in Argentina. A love-triangle takes its course.

When Mariel falls into Peter's life, he becomes diverted from his routine of mindless trysts to discover a heretofore, unfelt desire to nest. An urban love fable about finding oneself by losing one's heart.

When enemy members of the two main Chilean soccer teams, Azul and Paloma meet in a fight after a soccer game they fall in love at first sight. They run away through the night in the streets of Santiago, while two groups search for them, when they meet, happens the inevitable.

Leo and Pedro are childhood friends. Rhey work under the orders of "El Jefe", a thug, owner of the neighbourhood and the lives of its inhabitants. One day, Leo receives news that will change his life forever, Gloria, Pedro's sister and the love of his life, returns to the city. Leo and Gloria will walk through their memories, in an attempt to recover their lost love.

When the Chilean officials lift the ban on harvesting the shellfish "el loco" (which purportedly is an aphrodisiac) in the seaside village of Puerto Gala greed and lust take hold. Greed is embodied by Carlos Maldonato, "El Canuto," who attempts to buy all of the shellfish for a Japanese company, and by a traveling band of prostitutes that accompany the influx of fishermen. El Canuto also wrangles to get into good stead with an old flame, Sonia, who is now the proprietor of "La Pincoya," a local restaurant. But "el loco" proves more effective, and more damaging, than anyone could have guessed.

This is a film about the life of a family of marginal thiefs, and how destiny punishes each and every one of its members. A constant contrast between a violent and a domestic world, in which violence, humor and irony, give a new layer to the social and moral conflicts of the characters. A lost house in a forest, an underground bar, a prison, a bus, fields and highways, are the spaces on which thieves, truckers, cooks and hookers collide.

Three vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals: football.

A female television journalist has a strange affair with a terrorist.

A female television journalist has a strange affair with a terrorist.

Javiera and Antonio are a young couple with two daughters and another on the way. But beneath the superficial tranquillity of their marriage hides a passionate relationship between Antonio and his wife's sister, Antonieta. The love triangle begins to lose its delicate balance when Antonieta loses her purse. A mysterious voice on the telephone extorts the lovers, moving them to take unusual actions and to confront one another with blame and doubt, ultimately forcing them to explore the true value of their relationship.

After 20 years of exile, Aron returns to Chile to find out who he is. He asks questions, not only of those who stayed behind but also of himself, examining his relationship with his past and his own memory. The people who stayed lived through 20 years of dictatorship. They were either victims or executioners. Amidst this wreckage, Aron wonders what name his brother is using now, where his father is... Can he, in Isol's arms and through her love, find his way again ? What future awaits him? Like Mola the torturer, he has returned from an impossible journey, and Aron knows that each man is his own executioner. Shipwreck and resurrection are the two facets of a complex truth.