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Francisco Rodríguez Teare

Born July 3, 1989 (age 37)

Francisco Rodríguez Teare is a Chilean artist and filmmaker based in France with a moving image practice. Since 2015 he has been creating film and video works and exhibiting them internationally both in film festival circuits and contemporary art contexts. His work explores the flow of power within fluid global networks and territories, opacity of violence, the traces of the dead in the world of …

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Otro sol

Otro sol · 2023

MovieDocumentary

Otro Sol is a group of real and invented characters trapped in a film. It is also a purgatory of retired thieves that takes place on the coast of the Atacama Desert. The film is circular and seeks to invent and verify the myth of Alberto Cándia, a Chilean international thief who stole the Cathedral of Cadiz in Andalucia in the late 1980s.

Samanta

Samanta · 2014

Samanta, a girl from the streets, lives with Profeto, a Peruvian immigrant who adopted her as his own daughter. One night, Profeto tells Samanta that his wife and daughter have arrived to Chile to live with him. Their presence threatens Samanta’s permanence so she starts to despair and act self-destructively, trying to call Profeto’s attention and not lose her recently found home.

Telephone calls

Telephone calls · 2015

Telephone calls

The autopsy report of a leg found floating on the Seine, the voice mail of a missing girl and the appearance of a ghost in her home.

A Moon Made of Iron

A Moon Made of Iron · 2018

A Moon Made of Iron

MovieDocumentary

In mid November, the dead ones appeared floating on the Strait of Magellan tied together to life vests, cellular phones, computers and passports. Two of them were found malnourished, another with scurvy and typhus and Yin Xinji’s body was never found. In June, Carmen’s cousin told her that on the lighthouse close to his ranch, a starving Asian man, hid there for three days before disappearing. Apparently, he headed towards La Pampa.

October Noon

October Noon · 2024

MovieDocumentary

A spring afternoon on the San Cristobal hill, in downtown Santiago de Chile. Four friends and a sound engineer talk about the events seen and experienced during the popular revolt that began in 2019 in Chile. The film brings to the surface certain conversations related to any revolution: hope, disillusionment, fire, torture and police violence, but above all the importance of collective memory.

Allonzo's Nights

Allonzo's Nights · 2019

Allonzo's Nights

Two boys meet by the side of a road. A strange desire drives them to cross the volcanic landscapes of Auvergne together, like a huge treasure hunt. To probe the mysteries that inhabit the mountains, they tell old stories of condemned wizards, spells cast in secret, forgotten sabbaths. Haunted by these stories, they gradually become the protagonists, until these adventures reflect on the present of their meeting.

Sunny 16: Helsinki

Sunny 16: Helsinki · 2024

Sunny 16: Helsinki

MovieDocumentary

On the border between Finland and Russia, lazy summer vibes become stifling. Under the burning sun, on an island, two beings rave. Tender wander or anxious waiting on a sensorial experience. What is there to fear from the horizon? They seem to be the only ones foreseeing the upcoming disaster.

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Otro sol

Otro sol · 2023

MovieDocumentary

Otro Sol is a group of real and invented characters trapped in a film. It is also a purgatory of retired thieves that takes place on the coast of the Atacama Desert. The film is circular and seeks to invent and verify the myth of Alberto Cándia, a Chilean international thief who stole the Cathedral of Cadiz in Andalucia in the late 1980s.

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Samanta

Samanta · 2014

Samanta, a girl from the streets, lives with Profeto, a Peruvian immigrant who adopted her as his own daughter. One night, Profeto tells Samanta that his wife and daughter have arrived to Chile to live with him. Their presence threatens Samanta’s permanence so she starts to despair and act self-destructively, trying to call Profeto’s attention and not lose her recently found home.

Director

Telephone calls

Telephone calls · 2015

Telephone calls

The autopsy report of a leg found floating on the Seine, the voice mail of a missing girl and the appearance of a ghost in her home.

Editor

A Moon Made of Iron

A Moon Made of Iron · 2018

A Moon Made of Iron

MovieDocumentary

In mid November, the dead ones appeared floating on the Strait of Magellan tied together to life vests, cellular phones, computers and passports. Two of them were found malnourished, another with scurvy and typhus and Yin Xinji’s body was never found. In June, Carmen’s cousin told her that on the lighthouse close to his ranch, a starving Asian man, hid there for three days before disappearing. Apparently, he headed towards La Pampa.

Director

October Noon

October Noon · 2024

MovieDocumentary

A spring afternoon on the San Cristobal hill, in downtown Santiago de Chile. Four friends and a sound engineer talk about the events seen and experienced during the popular revolt that began in 2019 in Chile. The film brings to the surface certain conversations related to any revolution: hope, disillusionment, fire, torture and police violence, but above all the importance of collective memory.

Director

Allonzo's Nights

Allonzo's Nights · 2019

Allonzo's Nights

Two boys meet by the side of a road. A strange desire drives them to cross the volcanic landscapes of Auvergne together, like a huge treasure hunt. To probe the mysteries that inhabit the mountains, they tell old stories of condemned wizards, spells cast in secret, forgotten sabbaths. Haunted by these stories, they gradually become the protagonists, until these adventures reflect on the present of their meeting.

Editor

Sunny 16: Helsinki

Sunny 16: Helsinki · 2024

Sunny 16: Helsinki

MovieDocumentary

On the border between Finland and Russia, lazy summer vibes become stifling. Under the burning sun, on an island, two beings rave. Tender wander or anxious waiting on a sensorial experience. What is there to fear from the horizon? They seem to be the only ones foreseeing the upcoming disaster.