The International Film of International Chile (Sanfic) promises big weapons at 21 years oldst Edition, opening on August 17 with Cannes Palme d’Or winner “It was only an accident” of Jafar Panahi Iranian who challenged expectations to appear at the first festival last May.
He wraps on August 24 with “Miss Carbón” with Pedro Pascal’s Trans sister, Pascal opposite Paco León de L’Espagne (“The House of Flowers”). The Argentinian-Spanish co-production, directed by Agustina Macri, is based on the true history of Carla Antonella “Carlita” Rodríguez, a trans woman and the first minor in Patagonia.
Miss Carbón, graciousness of Sanfic
Among the lights that frequent the festival are the Spanish genre, the king of the genre of the Iglesia (“30 pieces”), which receives a career production prize alongside a retrospective; The winner of the Oscar, Sebastián Lelio, who presents his latest film “The Wave” (“La Ola”); The former director of Ventana Sur, executive director, Bernardo Bergeret; Mariana Rondón (“Bad Hair”) of Venezuela) and the Chilean actress Mariana Di Girolamo, who played in the psychological drama of Lucía Puenzo “Electrophilia”.
This edition presents 89 feature films and shorts, including the first 21 of the world, first 21 in Latin America and 47 Chilean beginnings.
“This year, the official selection of Sanfic remains faithful to our mission: to present bold films by renowned and emerging filmmakers that explore the most pressing problems today. The programming is diversified, stimulating, said the director of Sanfic and emotionally powerful. Space, Sanfic Industria.
Among the first Latin American, “The Wave” by Lelio, “The Mastermind” by Kelly Reichardt, “A Poet” by Simón Mesa, a recent Cannes una a certain look, the winner of the jury and “The Light” by Tom Tykwer, who opened the Berlinale in January.
The animation is increasing from Chile, observed Nuñez, noting two world worldwide in the national competition of Sanf national talents: “In Las Estrellas The Dogs Dance” by Raimundo Bucher, Constanza Barrios, Florencia de la Maza and Matías Yune, and “I am not Yours” by Cristina Sitja – “sensitivity and strong cultural.
According to Nuñez, the new selection of Chilean cinema has eight titles in the Chilean film competition section, combining a documentary and a fiction. “This is the latest Chilean cinema, including co-productions and films made in different regions of the country, presenting new voices alongside more experienced filmmakers that have already been part of the main international festivals,” he said.
For Sandoval, Sanfic Industria continues to evolve. “When I considered Sanfic Industria for the first time 14 years ago, starting with the WIP section, the main objective was to create a space for international connection-a platform for the internationalization of Chilean cinema, which then expanded to include Latin American and Ibero-American projects,” she said.
“While we introduce new spaces such as laboratories, the emphasis has evolved towards connection with the world public.
According to Sandoval, Sanfic Industria presents two new initiatives this year: Chile Industry Academy in collaboration with Locarno – a rigorous training program designed to support young cinema professionals working specifically in the circulation of independent cinema; And the queer incubator, focused on fictional functionalities in the script writing scene which already have an artistic game, offering an early development medium to stories with LGBTIQA +themes.
“We will think of distribution strategies, but also on marketing. We will also examine how to connect because one of the main challenges in all Ibero-America is how to connect our content with the public. Very few films manage to connect and bring together an audience. she noted.
She also expressed her enthusiasm to bring from Iglesia to the industry space where retrospective will include her classics “Day of the Beast” and “Bendita Durango”.
“It is also incredibly exciting to connect it with the genre and the fantastic cinema space that we develop, in particular given the speed at which everything related to the laboratory of Mórbido and Mórbido increases. The launch of the fantastic pavilion and the Álex of the Iglesia receiving the symbolic keys, there is a real feeling of coherence in the movement.
With regard to the festival’s objectives, the objective is to “continue to expand, the diversification and decentralization of the public,” said Nuñez, adding: “Our goal is to exceed 40,000 participants in person, with a strong presence in the rooms and shared spaces. We are targeting the festival to be not only a showcase for author cinema, but also a space for the community, dialogue and the festival.
The 21st Sanfic takes place from August 17 to 24.
Here are the international titles in competition, which will compete for the best film, the best director and the best performance prices.
“The Portuguese house” (“Una Quinta Portuguesa”, Avelina Prat, Spain, Portugal)
Starting María de Medeiros, it turns on Fernando, who cries the disappearance of his wife and assumes a new identity. He becomes a gardener in a Portuguese field where an unlikely link with the owner, Amalia, attracts him to a life and not his.
“Beloved Tropic” (“Dear Tropiques”, Ana Endara, Panama, Colombia)
Featuring Paulina García from Chile who plays a rich lady at Panama City fighting against early dementia. She forms an unexpected link with her caregiver, a Colombian immigrant with her own problems.
“That Summer in Paris” (“The Summer Rendez-vous,” Valentine Cadic, France)
Start of director of Valentine Cadic, the drama takes place during the Olympic Games in Paris, 2024. Blandine, 30, arrives from Normandy to participate in swimming competitions. Lost in a chaotic city, she reconnects unexpectedly with her half-sister and her separate niece.
“The Xibalba monster” (“The Monster Xibalba,” Manuela Irene, Mexico)
The beginning of the director of Manuela Irene, he concentrated on Rogelio, eight years old, sent to the village of the jungle of his nanny, where he becomes obsessed with a ghostly silhouette of his visions – was the real “monster XIBALBA”. While investigating, his strange summer turns into a journey that changes life in the mysteries of death.
“A poet” (“UN poet” Simón Soto, Colombia, Germany, Sweden)
Winner of the Jury Award respecting Cannes de Cannes, this ironic drama follows the frustrated poet Oscar Restrepo, who finds a new inspiration with a promising adolescent. The two are played by non-pros, Ubeimar Ríos and Rebeca Andrade.
“Celeste body” (“Celestial Body”, Nayra Ilic García, Chile, Italy)
Summer 1990. While the dictatorship of Chile is approaching its end, the holidays at Celeste beach, 15, become tragic, fracturing his family and childhood. Months later, withdrawn by a solar eclipse, she returns to a changed landscape – both personal and political – and must find her own path to follow.
“They will be dust” (“Dust will be”, Carlos marked-Marcet, Spain, Switzerland, Italy)
With Alfredo Castro opposite Ángela Molina who plays Claudia, diagnosed with a terminal disease. She goes to Switzerland for assisted suicide, accompanied by Flavio (Castro), her partner over 40 years old. Their Violeta daughter joined them, the old wounds reopened as the family faces a final goodbye.
Chilean films in competition in the running for the best film, the best director and the best performance
“La Quinta” (Silvina Schnicer, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Spain)
Feature beginning. When Rudi’s family arrives in their country house, the signs of an intruder arouse suspicion. But after the roaming of children becomes disastrous, he must protect them and hide what happened – because survival is only the skin.
“What has not been said” (Ricardo Valenzuela Pinilla, Chile, Colombia)
Feature beginning. While mobile phones reach rural chili, the Margarita sales manager must face her silent mother and the distance between them.
“South of winter is the snow” (“South Winter is snow”, Sebastián Vidal Campos, Chile)
Feature beginning. At the southern end of the world, where nature is brutal and time is motionless, hunters, breeders and families endure cold and loneliness while ghosts wander on the pampa.
“Indicated” (“If you go to Chile”, Amilcar Infante and Sebastián González M., Chile)
From the Andean highlands to the iquic slums, “not welcomed” follows a choral journey through the migration crisis in northern Chile, revealing cultural clashes and increasing radicalization.
“Zafari” (“Zafari”, Mariana Rondón, Peru, Mexico, Brazil, France, Chile, Dominican Republic, Venezuela)
In a small zoo, a new hippopotamus called Zafari unites the neighbors of the conflict classes. From their ruined skyscrapers, Ana, Edgar and their son face the shortages and the danger, while strange noises haunt the dark corridors. In a world that is unleashed, only Zafari has enough to eat.
“Kaye” (“Kaye”, Juan Cáceres, Chile, Italy)
When an wandering ball kills her best friend, Yeka hunts for the truth, discovering secrets that break her confidence in dear beings and the world she calls at home.
“After the fog” (Miriam heard, Chile, United Kingdom, France)
Chile, 1988. In a guest house in Osorno, María, eight years old, aspires to her absent parents. When their friends arrive from Santiago, the games of several days leave her even quieter.
“The Reborn” (Santiago Esteves, Argentina, Chile, Spain)
Two separate brothers bring a dark commercial in the process of fueling the dead and passing people through the borders. When risky work threatens them, they must decide the fate of their family’s inheritance.
