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Juan Forch

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Juan Forch

Born January 1, 1948 · Santiago de Chile, Chile (age 78)

The Chilean director, author and photographer Juan Forch was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1948. He studied journalism at the Universidad de Chile. While still a student, he worked as a photojournalist for Ramona magazine and joined the ChileFilms company as a scriptwriter and director for short documentaries. In 1972, he also co-wrote with Lucho Abarca the well-known study, Viaje por la juventud (A…

Known For

ChileChile · 1975
Chile
1975
MovieAnimationWar
This short animation collage uncovers the financial backing of the Chilean Junta bosses by the US. Screened at the 1976 Oberhausen Int. Film Festival.
RosauraRosaura · 1978
Rosaura
1978
MovieAnimation
This film visualizes humanity’s quest to relentlessly pursue goals. In the human fight for progress, the march forward cannot be stopped, even when individual people become weary and die. This animated short is based on a poem by the Chilean filmmaker and poet Juan Forch. Chilean painter Hernando León created the design.
HitlerpinochetHitlerpinochet · 1975
Hitlerpinochet
1975
MovieAnimation
This silhouette-animated short exposes the Pinochet government through comparisons to Hitler's Nazi regime.
LautaroLautaro · 1978
Lautaro
1978
MovieAnimation
The Mapuche tribe asks their Gods for help in difficult situations, including illness and drought. When the Spanish conquerers on their horses invade their country, the indigenous people think that they are aliens. The Spaniards capture and enslave many of the Mapuche tribe. Lautaro, a young captured native, realizes that these aliens are human beings without any divine power. He learns to use their weapons and organizes a resistance movement against the intruders.
Chile LivesChile Lives · 1976
Chile Lives
1976
MovieAnimationWar
Artists in exile make visible the solidarity with Chile in the wake of 11 September 1973: a celebration of colours and shapes in opposition to the dictatorship.
Carrete de veranoCarrete de verano · 1984
Carrete de verano
1984
MovieDocumentary
A portrait of the summer vacation of some young Chileans from different socioeconomic statuses during 1984.
Children of the Cold WarChildren of the Cold War · 1986
Children of the Cold War
★ 7.01986
MovieDrama
Gáspar is a public employee and Rebeca works in a funeral home,they reflect the discontent of a generation that has suffered the vicissitudes of Chile in the 1980s. Through it, the film explores how the working middle class survives such a convulsive environment.
La Brigada – A Mural for the Unidad Popular in DresdenLa Brigada – A Mural for the Unidad Popular in Dresden · 1976
La Brigada – A Mural for the Unidad Popular in Dresden
1976
MovieDocumentary
During the 16th Workers' Festival in Dresden in 1976, a student group of Chilean emigrants paints a mural symbolically depicting the activity of the Unidad Popular during Salvador Allende's reign. Festival guests comment on this work. Music by Chilean music group Jaspampa, formed in Leipzig in 1972.

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