I'm Still Here

They are women. They are mothers. They are inmates serving long sentences in a prison in Chile. Their children grow up far from them, but remain in their hearts. In prison they find the affection of other inmates who share their same experience. Mutual support among these women becomes a form of resistance and emancipation. Malqueridas reconstructs their stories through the images they themselves shot with cell phones prohibited inside the prison, recovering the collective memory of a forgotten community.

When the World is immersed in total darkness by a mysterious phenomenon, an everyday student must decide between staying righteous or give himself to his own dark side.

Cecilia is the mother of my son's father. She recorded her family life with a handycam for more than 15 years. Today, she recounts her experiences and I review her images. “No star” explores the traces left in the family archive, and the contradictions we live with motherhood.