Best Films of 2021
The best Latin American films of 2021.
Chilean Cinema
REVIEW ‘Revolutionary Dreams’: New Film Offers First-hand Account of Repression in Chile During Pinochet’s Dictatorship
José Cifuente’s revolutionary days during the government of Salvador Allende, and what happened after the 1973 Coup d’Etat, are delicately... Read Article
REVIEW The Man Who Writes Women: Chile’s Gonzalo Maza speaks about his Directorial Debut ‘Ella Es Cristina’
Sounds and Colours speaks to the screenwriter behind the Oscar-Winning A Fantastic Woman about his directorial debut Ella Es Cristina.... Read Article
Sixth Mapuche-Wallmapu Indigenous Cinema Festival Takes Place Online
Organised by the Mapuche of Southern Chile, self-representation is the theme of the sixth edition of the Mapuche Film and... Read Article
REVIEW ‘The Mole Agent’: An Unusual and Stylish Documentary about the Dilemma of Care and Dignity in Old Age
This article was originally published by Sounds and Colours’s partner, Latin America Bureau. You can read the original here. Award-winning Chilean documentary... Read Article
REVIEW ‘Ella es Cristina’: A Funny and Moving Spotlight on Female Friendship
Gonzalo Maza’s Ella Es Cristina (2019, Chile), featured on the programme of Raindance Film Festival 2020, is an endearing romantic... Read Article
Miguel Littín and Chilean Cinema’s Social Outlook
This article is by Simon Diaz-Cuffin (interview conducted by Isabel Aguilera, Ricardo Diaz-Cuffin and Simon Diaz-Cuffin) and is republished with... Read Article
REVIEW Chile’s ‘Princesita’ Sparks Debate at London’s Raindance Film Festival
Princesita follows Tamara, a 12-year-old girl growing up in a cult in the rural south of Chile, being groomed towards... Read Article
Chile’s ‘A Fantastic Woman’ Nominated for Best Foreign Language Oscar
After Chile received its first nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards in 2012 for Pablo Larraín’s No, it’s... Read Article
From Crowdfunding to Cannes, An Inside Story of New Chilean Film ‘Camaleón’
I write this having just about recovered from Cannes, where Camaleón [of which I am the producer] screened at the Marché du... Read Article
Neruda Trailer: Gael Garcia Bernal Searches For Pablo Neruda In Latest Film from Pablo Larraín
Pablo Larraín’s latest film, Neruda, captures just over a year of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s life. Set from 1946-48... Read Article
REVIEW Matar A Un Hombre
“When you reach the point of taking someone’s life, you’re going against something… biological.” Alejandro Fernández Almendras, director of the... Read Article