Focus: Chile in the Heart
Overview of films
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Fragmentos de un diario inacabado
Angelina Vázquez | 57' | Chile |
After leaving Chile, Angelina Vázquez weaves a tapestry of sights and voices resisting the dictatorship. -
Hitlerpinochet
Juan Forch, Jörg Herrmann | 2' | DDR |
A witty yet full frontal agitprop style work drawing parallels between dictators Hitler and Pinochet. -
Il n’y a pas d’oubli
Jorge Fajardo, Rodrigo Gonzáles, Marilú Mallet | 99' | Canada |
Three stories about Chilean exiles living in Quebec. -
Journal inachevé
Marilú Mallet | 50' | Canada |
What does home mean when everything feels in-between and transient? -
Night of the Captain
Luis Mora | 38' | United Kingdom |
Whilst on leave in England, an Argentinian captain’s outlook on life and politics is changed. -
Night Over Chile
Sebastián Alarcón, Aleksandr Kosarev | 90' | Chile |
In an early vision of Chile post-coup, a politically disinterested architect is arrested and imprisoned. -
Nombre de guerra: Miguel Enríquez
Patricio Castilla | 33' | Cuba |
The story of Miguel Enríquez, founder of the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria. -
La piedra crece donde cae la gota
Patricio Castilla | 11' | Cuba |
Agitprop-documentary about political oppression and torture in Chile. -
Pinochet: fascista asesino traidor agente del imperialismo
Sergio Castilla | 4' | Sweden |
A short agitprop piece made mainly from children’s drawings. -
Queridos compañeros
Pablo de la Barra | 90' | Chile |
One of the last exile films to have begun production in Chile. -
Rebelión ahora
Rodrigo Gonçalves | 17' | Chile |
Gonçalves secretly re-entered Chile to film this exposé on the privatisation of education under Pinochet. -
El recurso del método
Miguel Littin | 164' | Cuba |
A visually luscious and stunning parable based on Alejo Carpentier’s eponymous novel.