Those presenting compete for various prizes including image post-production services and direct selection to participate at next year’s Malaga Funding & Coproduction Event . Chilean films are also eligible for the Cinema Chile award, given to the project with the most international promise. The winning project receives an invitation to participate in the San Sebastian, Guadalajara and Ventana Sur festival industry sections.
While imagining ways to twist genre gender tropes, Dupont says that, “Without thinking, the idea of a female hunter came to mind. But, not just any woman, a monster woman. Then the idea of the spider woman created itself.” Katherina Harder’s “Children of the Wind” follows Amalia and her brothers after escaping an orphanage, and their struggle to stay together on a journey across the vast southern landscapes of Chile.
From Colombia, Camilo Cadena Erazo’s “Rootless” catches the eye with the story of a former soldier returned from the Korean war who finds his mother running a brothel. Disappointed, he and his younger sister must struggle with the decision to abandon their mother. “Gloria received many awards for her work abroad, but could never get recognition in her country,” Stephens said, explaining his motivations to Variety. “More than a decade after her death, the growing interest from people and institutions in Chile ratify the significance of her work.”
Caro Bloj’s “Synchrony” focuses on three very different swimmers, their bond as women and how for all three water represents a refuge where they feel safer than on land. Another aquatic tale, “Henri: The Last Pirate,” from Julián Fernández Prieto, follows French diver Henri García, a diver on Cousteau’s Calypso.