{"id":10772,"date":"2021-09-02T17:06:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T17:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemachile.cl\/?p=10772"},"modified":"2021-09-16T17:20:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T17:20:25","slug":"destacada-presencia-de-chile-en-venecia-desde-seccion-oficial-hasta-la-industria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antes.cinemachile.cl\/en\/chile-makes-a-strong-showing-in-venice-from-official-section-to-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Chile makes a strong showing in Venice: From Official Section to industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

>>> The presence of Chilean filmmakers extends the Official Section with the latest film by Pablo Larra\u00edn, Spencer.<\/strong> (about Lady Di) through the short film competition with Los Huesos<\/strong>, the new animation by directors Crist\u00f3bal Le\u00f3n and Joaqu\u00edn Coci\u00f1a (and the only one from Latin America in the competition) to Venice Days with Piedra Noche<\/strong> from Iv\u00e1n Fund to Venice Production Bridge with three projects: Los Angeles<\/strong>, also by the directors Le\u00f3n&Coci\u00f1a, Los Colonos <\/strong>by Felipe G\u00e1lvez (a co-production of Chile\/Argentina\/France\/Denmark) and Pamfir<\/strong> – from Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (Ukraine\/France\/Poland\/Chile).<\/em><\/p>\n

>>> For its part, CinemaChile<\/strong> will be participating in a round of meetings on the industry, in hybrid format. “CINEMACHILE MEETINGS was created as a way to connect our delegations of producers who cannot travel to distant locations, festivals, and markets, with the international industry. To do this, hybrid group meetings will be held where, with the help of technology, we provide access to in-depth conversation sessions with actors and professionals from the international industry for the projects in development by the producers. Broadcasting live from a stand at the market, I will meet with high profile professionals strategically invited based on the project profile of our delegation, who will connect remotely and can listen to you and agree to present your projects\u201d, reports CinemaChile Executive Director, Constanza Arena.<\/em><\/p>\n

Official Competition and Orizzonti Shorts<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Spencer <\/em><\/strong>marks the return of Pablo Larra\u00edn to Venice after the premiere of Emo<\/em><\/strong> (2019) in the Official Competition of the Festival. While the last film was an in-depth look at Latin American art, desire, and family, this time it focuses on a worldwide media story: the intimate story of Princess Diana, starring Kristen Stewart.<\/p>\n

Written by Steven Knight, creator of the series Peaky Blinders<\/em><\/strong>, the film focuses on a weekend in the early 1990s, when Diana decided to separate from the Prince Charles in the middle of rumors of infidelity.<\/p>\n

Larra\u00edn’s new work has generated great expectations, being named one of the most anticipated films of the year by media outlets such as Variety and Fotograma, and his first in English since Jackie <\/em><\/strong>(Venice, 2016).<\/p>\n

The film depicts a moment in the life of Diana Frances Spencer – better known as Lady Di – during her Christmas holiday with the royal family, where Diana decides to leave her marriage with Prince Charles.<\/p>\n

Steven Knight<\/strong> (Screenplay) ; Guy Hendrix Dyas <\/strong>(Production Design ) ; Claire Mathon<\/strong> (Cinematography) ; Sebasti\u00e1n Sep\u00falveda<\/strong> (Editing).<\/p>\n

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    Another of the premieres in Official Competition, in the section Orizzonti Shorts<\/strong> is the new short film by Crist\u00f3bal Le\u00f3n and Joaqu\u00edn Coci\u00f1a, Los Huesos<\/em><\/strong>, the duo of internationally successful directors whose last hit was La Casa Lobo<\/em><\/strong> (Berlinale Forum, 2018, produced by Globo Rojo Films), being named one of the best animated films of all time by IGN.<\/p>\n

    The short film pretends to be the first stop motion animation film in the world, imagining the unearthing of the two historical figures of Chile. The origin of that idea, say the directors, is touched by the social uprising of October 2019. Ari Aster, director of films like Hereditary<\/em><\/strong> and Midsommar<\/em><\/strong>, joined as executive producer with Mr. Liuhuabing<\/strong> from Track B Productions.<\/p>\n

    Los Huesos<\/em><\/strong> hase Constance Nordenflycht as its main character (a historical figure), a young woman who at the age of 15 began a relationship with Diego Portales (a promoter and framer of the constitution of 1833), with whom she had three children who were only recognized by the Chilean State after the death of the politician in 1837.<\/p>\n

    \u201cIt is an honor to have been selected to premiere worldwide at a festival as emblematic as Venice. We are very happy! Crist\u00f3bal and Joaqu\u00edn (and all the talented team that works with them on many occasions) deserve this kind of recognition, and I hope this is just the beginning of a nice international tour\u201d, according to its producer Lucas Engel.<\/p>\n

    Los Huesos<\/em><\/strong> is the only Latin American short film in the official Orizzonti Shorts competition<\/u>, and marks Chile’s return to the section after the premiere of Fiebre Austral<\/em><\/strong>(Thomas Woodroffe, 2019) starting an expansive international journey.<\/p>\n

    The short film from the duo of directors, Le\u00f3n and Coci\u00f1a, creates a fictional story as if it were the first stop-motion animated film in the world. Set in 1901, while Chile is drafting a new Constitution, it documents a ritual performed by a girl who appears to use human corpses. The ritual features Diego Portales (apolitician from the nineteenth century who promoted the Constitution of 1833) and Jaime Guzm\u00e1n (politician and promoter of the Constitution of Pinochet), central figures in the construction of authoritarian and oligarchic Chile.<\/p>\n

    Natalia Geisse, Crist\u00f3bal Le\u00f3n, Joaqu\u00edn Coci\u00f1a<\/strong> (Production Design) ;Crist\u00f3bal Le\u00f3n, Joaqu\u00edn Coci\u00f1a, Niles Atallah<\/strong> (Cinematography) ; Joaqu\u00edn Coci\u00f1a <\/strong>(Editing).<\/p>\n

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