My Imaginary Country, which premiered to standing ovations at Cannes this year, is perhaps the documentary Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán has always wanted to make. In 2019 Guzmán told me, ‘I express a longing for Chile to improve... Read Article
Sheffield DocFest returns for its 29th edition from 23-28 June in Sheffield and online, and features a number of Latin American documentaries under new Head of Programmes, Raul Niño Zambrano.
María José Ferrada, who has historically written children’s novels, published Kramp, her first novel aimed at adults, in her native Spanish in 2017. It is published in English as How to Order the Universe, translated by Elizabeth Bryer.... Read Article
This article is by Simon Diaz-Cuffin (interview conducted by Isabel Aguilera, Ricardo Diaz-Cuffin and Simon Diaz-Cuffin) and is republished with permission from Alborada’s website. The renowned Chilean director discusses today’s social movements, the COVID-19 pandemic and the relevance... Read Article
Not often do you stay in your seat to read every name in the end credits of a film. I wasn’t looking out for a friend’s or a well-known producer’s letters, checking for that cameo title, or waking... Read Article
‘It’s true there’s nothing here for people who weren’t born with a silver spoon in their mouth… But, on the other side…!’ Juan Radrigán, who died last year, was one of Chile’s foremost playwrights, winning the prestigious National... Read Article
When it comes to beloved Latin American novelists, Chile’s Isabel Allende is always in the mix. Her first novel, The House of Spirits (1985), put her on the magical realism map in the literary world. “She’ll forever be... Read Article
In the mid-90s, my hometown of Clearwater got some national attention when the mineral-stained outline of the Virgin Mary appeared on the glass-panel front façade of a finance building. The hooded Virgin’s likeness took up nine meters of... Read Article
Patricio Guzmán is one of Latin America’s most extraordinary filmmakers. The director of more than a dozen documentaries, his films chronicle the recent political history of his native Chile, from the democratic socialism of the early 1970s through... Read Article
Pablo Larrain’s latest release, Post Mortem (reviewed separately here) frames a dark and twisted story of obsession and lust in amongst the chaos of the 1973 coup in Santiago, Chile. Morgue worker, Mario Cornejo, ends up being present... Read Article
On September 18th Chile celebrated 200 years of independence from Spain, featuring fiestas, cultural events, and redevelopment. Sounds and Colours takes a look at the activities celebrating the anniversary and see how the west was won. For these... Read Article
