Thirteen stunning and impressive WCA-supporting films

Álvaro Gauna Castillo | Chile | 2019 | 7’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
Despite being repressed by local authorities, volunteer medical responders and social actors take to the streets during the “Estallido social” to care for injured protesters in warlike conditions.

Hugo Covarrubias | Chile | 2021 |  16’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
Ingrid works as a secret police agent during Chilean military dictatorship in 1975. Her fears and increasingly unnerving relationship to her dog and her own body reveal a frightening fracture in her’d and that of the country.

Carolina Fuentealba  | Chile | 2020 | 23’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
In a small, isolated farmhouse in Patagonia, Casmira battles to maintain her independence despite the onset of old age. Although, more and more she must ask for help with everyday chores, she departs with conviction on one final challenge.

Maria Fernanda Sessa | Chile | 2021, 5’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
A daily journey under the soil of the capital seen through a magnifying glass. Despite rising contagion, the urban fabric must continue to function. Coronavirus prompts a new body choreography to reveal itself.

Javier Alonso | Chile |  2021 |  25’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
Esteban, a young punk, is killed in the night. However, shortly after hearing of the punk’s death, 16 year-old Miguel sees visions of Esteban leading him to discover a tumultuous life lived fiercly in spite of a vicious masculine culture.

Antonia Sanchez, Vicente Fres  | Chile | 2022 | 20’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
The world comes to an end. In the midst of love, euphoria and destruction, a group of friends reflect on their lives. A chaotic farewell to a world in decline.

Pierre Bessette | choreography: Dereck Cayla  | Chile, Netherlands, France |  2020 | 15’ | no dialogue
A dance with nature: two friends head into the wide-open, natural spaces of Patagonia and dive deep into the self. A choreography that drags the viewer through Chile’s diverse landscapes. In collaboration with Cinedans.

Mauricio Corco  | Chile | 2021 | 18’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
After years of hard work and saving, young Haitian immigrant, Mti, decides to return home to his wife and daughter. However, his plans are cut short by the sudden theft of his money.

Mapa Fílmico de un país  | Chile |  2020 |  14’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
Footage from late 2019, in the first weeks of protests, capturing the scale of the movement. Octubre goes beyond the clashes on the streets, following demonstrators home and standing as a monument to those who lost their lives.

Pablo Carrasco, Alvaro Sierro, Diego Contreras |  Chile  | 2019 |  9’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
A single day in Plaza Baquedano, centre stage of the civil uprising in Chile, seen from above a week after protests began.

Dominga Sotomayor  | Chile | 2020 |  16’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
After a reluctant reunion in the countryside, mother and daughter travel to the city to welcome a new generation in the family. One of the seven shorts in the anthology, The Year of the Everlasting Storm.

Eymeraude Cordon Le Beurier | Chile | 2021 |  29’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
Inspired by the life of Alejandra Carrasco Malio, Soñe que vivía depicts the isolation of teenage motherhood. Ale is caught between her revolutionary desires, the stifling repetition of domesticity and a system that fails to protect young mothers.

Francisca Alegria | Chile | 2016 | 19' | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
Francisca Alegría plays with a number of themes that also recur in her feature debut La vaca que cantó una canción hacia el futuro. On the day her son's entire herd inexplicably collapses, 85-year-old Emetería welcomes distinguished visitors.