Hernán Saavedra

Two undocumented Haitian siblings living in Chile face the threat of deportation. Joanne, in search of one last hope, tries to contact their parents to save her brother.

After breaking up with his boyfriend, a dance music DJ named Danilo tries to escape from his emotions and problems through his live sets, while immersed in the frenzied yet solitary nightlife of Santiago, Chile. In the crowd, a teenage girl named Marie dances to his track selections, admiring him from afar. She is dealing with her own loneliness and lack of parental affection, and sees in him a kind of role model to follow. As they get to know each other, their wildly different lifestyles clash, but in their struggles they find common ground, and a escape from their deep loneliness and anxieties.

Josefina lives trapped in a relationship, hiding her true feelings from her husband. However, an afternoon, in the company of a couple of strangers, the anger inside her will come to light in the least thoughtful way.

In 2011, the conflict of public education broke out in Chile. Protests did not revolved around violence, but rather the renewal of the social struggle from culture and altruism. Paintings instead of banners, disguises instead of hoods.This is the story of those who dared to paint, film, dance and act, redefining citizen protest forever.

In late 2021, Chile experienced its most violent anti-immigrant protest, sparked by an unprecedented influx of migrants from Venezuela. This evocative cinematic experience examines contrasting perspectives around the migrant crisis that is driving anger and violence towards the migrants.

In 1995, the Chilean state made a grave mistake when it detained Marcelina (68), an Indigenous spiritual authority, a machi of the Mapuche people. The police stripped her of her jewelry and traditional clothing and sent her to a men’s prison despite her identifying as a woman. She was unjustly accused of murdering a patient through witchcraft, triggering feelings that led her to leave her community, even after her innocence was proven. Thirty years later, Cons (34) delves into her story—into a world foreign to her—confronting lessons and prejudices she had never known.