{"id":2775,"date":"2019-09-12T15:19:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T19:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antes.cinemachile.cl?p=2775"},"modified":"2019-10-07T09:39:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T13:39:18","slug":"chile-aterrizara-con-sus-peliculas-en-las-secciones-mas-importantes-del-festival-de-san-sebastian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antes.cinemachile.cl\/en\/espanol-chile-aterrizara-con-sus-peliculas-en-las-secciones-mas-importantes-del-festival-de-san-sebastian\/","title":{"rendered":"Chile takes its films to the San Sebastian Film Festival\u2019s most important sections"},"content":{"rendered":"

>>>\u00a0 Eight Chilean productions will form part of the five biggest sections of the Basque film festival, competing for multiple awards including the Official Section\u2019s Golden Shell. The films in the running for this award are Jose Luis Torres Leiva\u2019s <\/span><\/i>Vendra la Muerte y Tendra Tus Ojos, <\/span>as well as<\/span><\/i> Andres Wood\u2019s <\/span><\/i>Ara\u00f1a<\/span>, the Chilean representative in the competition for the Goya and Academy Awards, which shall have its debut before Spanish audiences. In addition to this, two Chilean projects in development stages will form part of the Europe-Latin America Coproduction Forum.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>>>> With the on-site support of CinemaChile, a large delegation of professionals from the Chilean film industry will arrive at the festival in order to promote and secure new partners and business opportunities for their developing audiovisual projects. Four producers from this delegation will be attending the festival with the support of Ministry of Cultures, the Arts, and Patrimony, through its Attendance to International Markets program.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Each year, the Chilean film industry shines at the San Sebastian Film Festival, the most important festival in Hispanic America, with a large selection of films and a robust delegation. And 2019 will be no exception: Chile will be one of the countries in the region with the largest presence at the Basque festival, with eight productions selected for multiple sections and two projects participating in the festival\u2019s industry area, which is called the Industry Club.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSan Sebastian is one of the world\u2019s most important film festivals, and the interest that the festival\u2019s organizers have shown towards our participation as a country is an indication of the great moment that the Chilean film industry is going through. We will have four films competition, including <\/span>Ara\u00f1a<\/span><\/i>, which is the Chilean ticket for the Oscars and the Goyas, and <\/span>The Prince<\/span><\/i>, which has just been awarded the Queer Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, making a mark as the first Chilean film to receive an award in this category,\u201d says<\/span> Juan Carlos Silva, Sub-secretary of Cultures and the Arts.<\/b><\/p>\n

The authority of the <\/span>Ministry of Cultures, the Arts, and Patrimony<\/b> also notes, \u201cAs in previous years, we are supporting various productions\u2019 participation through our support program for participation in international festivals. The audiovisual field continues to fully justify the Ministry of Cultures\u2019 support, and in that sense, instances such as these are very important occasions on which to show the great films that are being developed in our country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This participation will wrap up one of this year\u2019s best months for Chilean film, keeping in mind that in September alone there will have been seven international premieres at some of the season\u2019s most important festivals, such as Venice, Toronto, and San Sebastian.<\/span><\/p>\n

CinemaChile\u2019s <\/b>executive director, <\/span>Constanza Arena<\/b>, highlights the enormous presence of the Chilean film industry at San Sebastian, assuring that \u201cthe industry\u2019s strength will also be demonstrated by the participation of 21 production companies and their over 40 projects in development stages, who will have meetings with the international film industry.\u201d With regards to what she identifies in the competing films and the subjects they address, she assures, \u201cThere\u2019s a very distinct point they all have in common: they all explore the subject of family, of new families, and the relationships that are generated in this area from the perspective of a couple, of a woman, of parents, children, and friends.\u201d She also adds, \u201cThe special confluence of established Chilean directors like Guzm\u00e1n, Wood or Larra\u00edn and emerging filmmakers who are already present in the Festival\u2019s most important competition sections, such as the Official Competition, New Directors, and Horizontes Latinos.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At the front of the productions that are set to land in the Basque city is the latest fiction film by <\/span>Jos\u00e9 Luis Torres Leiva<\/b>,<\/span> entitled <\/span>Vendr\u00e1 la muerta y tendr\u00e1 tus ojos<\/i><\/b>,<\/b> which will be competing for the prestigious <\/span>Golden Shell<\/b> alongside 19 other feature-length films. The film was produced by <\/span>Catalina Vergara <\/b>from <\/span>Globo Rojo Films<\/b> and features performances by <\/span>Amparo Noguera and Julieta Figueroa<\/b>. It narrates the story of two women who have shared an entire life together and are forced to come to terms with an illness that strikes one of them, who decides not to undergo any treatment. Together, they move to a cabin, where they will rediscover their love, strengthening their relationship while death awaits.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>New Directors <\/b>section will include <\/span>Algunas Bestias<\/i><\/b>, by director and producer <\/span>Jorge Riquelme (Laberinto Films).<\/b> With performances by <\/span>Paulina Garc\u00eda, Alfredo Castro, Consuelo Carre\u00f1o and Andrew Bargsted<\/b>, the film will plunge spectators into the story of a family that disembarks on an uninhabited island in the south of Chile with the dream of building a hotel, and are held captive after the man who brought them there disappears. In the cold, with no water or any certainty of anything, their peaceful coexistence will come to an end, revealing the beasts that are hiding within the family.<\/span><\/p>\n