Chilean Film

REVIEW Ema

By Rebecca Wilson 01 May, 2020

Pablo Larraín updates our concept of the modern fiction film with Ema, a feature-length showreel of modern Valparaíso through emotive... Read Article

REVIEW Chile’s ‘Princesita’ Sparks Debate at London’s Raindance Film Festival

By Rebecca Wilson 02 October, 2018

Princesita follows Tamara, a 12-year-old girl growing up in a cult in the rural south of Chile, being groomed towards... Read Article

From Crowdfunding to Cannes, An Inside Story of New Chilean Film ‘Camaleón’

By Daniel Díaz 24 May, 2016

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

By Russ Slater 12 May, 2016

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

Icarus Films To Release 8-DVD Box Set of Patricio Guzmán’s Documentaries

By Russ Slater 07 August, 2015

Icarus Films have announced that they will be releasing a special eight-disc box set collection called Five Films by Patricio... Read Article

Fight for the Right to Be Seen: How Chilean film struggles in the face of Hollywood

By Nick MacWilliam 09 July, 2014

It’s a familiar feeling for anyone whose filmgoing tastes stray from the incoherent, overblown, cultural-imperialist offerings that Hollywood constantly pumps into... Read Article

REVIEW Gloria

By Nicholas Nicou 13 September, 2013

Chilean director Sebastian Lelio’s fourth feature-film Gloria is an at once uplifting and melancholic tale of loneliness, romance and, ultimately,... Read Article