Fair(2023)

La Vorágine(es)

Valparaiso(fr)

In 1962 Joris Ivens was invited to Chile for teaching and filmmaking. Together with students he made …A Valparaíso, one of his most poetic films. Contrasting the prestigious history of the seaport with the present the film sketches a portrait of the city, built on 42 hills, with its wealth and poverty, its daily life on the streets, the stairs, the rack railways and in the bars. Although the port has lost its importance, the rich past is still present in the impoverished city. The film echoes this ambiguous situation in its dialectical poetic style, interweaving the daily life reality (of 1963) with the history of the city and changing from black and white to colour, finally leaving us with hopeful perspective for the children who are playing on the stairs and hills of this beautiful town.

Buenos Aires al Pacífico(es)

There was once, in 1910, a train able to cross the wild territories between Argentina and Chile, making possible a mythical journey, joining two oceans with a single ticket, from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso. The last trip of the BAP was in 1979; in the nineties, its various branches were permanently abandoned. Since then, travelers have been inhabiting the railway landscape as they dream, desire, remember or yearn: as part of their own being and national history.

Urbanites - You Can't Rewind The Years(en)

When you listen to The Years, the debut studio recording from Urbanites, you're hearing a band in progress. They wanted to make The Years differently, and decided to record the album together, live, in the same space - Studio A of Electrical Audio in Chicago, Illinois. With the exception of limited overdubs, (vocals, drum ensembles and laptop atmospherics) each song represented one collective take, warmly captured to two inch analogue tape. This recording method embraced the mistake as much as the moment. They also chose to document the making of the record with a film, appropriately titled, 'You Can't Rewind The Years'. With a new understanding and years of progress to come, these longtime friends are making the music that they'd always hoped to. As they sing, in The Years' standout track Restless, "Not without trial, not without err - this brokenness is ours to share."

El mar se mueve en una espiral(es)

Photographic and sound story, through the encounter of characters with their stories of a time without end.

Go to the Top of the Hill(es)

Through unpublished archives and the voices of its inhabitants, Ándate a la punta del cerro reconstructs the living memory of a community that has stood strong in the face of abandonment. From its founding roots in the 1970s, through the communal soup kitchens of the pandemic, to the current perspective of Luisa Maraboli, a symbol of female leadership, the documentary weaves a choral portrait of identity, territory, and self-management. More than a local story, it is a declaration of existence: at the top of the hill, people not only survive, they create, love, and start over.

A Woman Like Satan(fr)

Handsome and rich Spanish gentleman abandons his wife and riches for his love of a young girl of poor stock who taunts and degrades him.

Nicolás de Jesús' Now You See Me...(es)

Struggling fair owner Kesselring (Nicolás de Jesús) is given a unique opportunity to restore the fair to its former glory when his friend Dr. Goodkat (Fredy Roque) introduces him to Marcus Kelevra (Alexis Adrián), a man whose mysterious act will draw people back to the fair, at a deadly cost, and even sparking interest among his fellow fairgoers.

Empty Jars(es)

Twisting in from Chile, Guillermo Ribbeck’s phenomenal EMPTY JARS is a stylishly directed dark fantasy set in a decaying student residence where a woman (Ana Burgos, THE SEA) frees a ghost from a jar and works to find it a suitable human vessel to possess. Potent, inventive and wildly entertaining with a prankster heart and a melancholic soul.

Kill Pinochet(es)

Chile, September 1986. Tamara, commander of the communist guerrilla group Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front, and her comrades-in-arms set out to overthrow the military regime installed in 1973 by assassinating the dictator Augusto Pinochet.

Ireneo de Valpo(es)

Génesis(es)

In an inner world suspended between oblivion and creation, a female figure moves through a dreamlike space where forgotten ideas take shape. Genesis is an experimental piece that explores the journey toward the origin of an idea — of oneself.

Horn of Camahueto(es)

After the social uprising in Chile in October 2019, Camilo el Hueto seeks refuge in Italy, attempting to escape the memories that haunt him. However, a letter will force him to return to his homeland, where he is no longer welcome, determined to get rid of that cursed horn once and for all.

Niddá(es)

Eva tries to confront her problems with menstruation but escaping the cycle of pain seems to be impossible.

La Folie Disneyland Paris : L'Anniversaire des 25 ans du Parc(fr)

Jean Reno: The Road to 'Léon'(en)

Jean Reno discusses his career and his role in the film Léon: The Professional (1994).

Bums and Dogs(bs)

A hotel in the centre of town is a war-time home and refuge for many of Sarajevo's homeless people. Every morning they leave the hotel and wander around the destroyed city gathering again at the defunct hotel in the afternoon. This film follows their separate fates through the bitter comparing of images of the bums with those of dogs abandoned by their owners and now left et the mercy of the war ravaged streets of Sarajevo.

Two Billion Hearts(en)

For just over an hour and a half, Two Billion Hearts takes the viewer back to the adventure of the world cup of the United States and packs the audience on a journey through emotion, the expressions of their protagonists, fans in the stadiums and in the streets to the stars on the lawns, the cameras walk an uneven and vibrant path to world history. Two Billion Hearts is much more than the official World Cup film in the United States, it is a journey, for the passion of football, for the soul of the fans, for the feat of their idols. The film shows the best moments of the Cup and accompanies the Show of the fans of 24 countries in the United States, where more than 300 thousand football lovers traveled around the world

Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself(en)

Storyteller and Conceptual Magician Derek DelGaudio attempts to understand the illusory nature of identity and answer the deceptively simple question 'Who am I?'

Shelter(en)

A tale of five adventurers back on the boards. Their passion: the most beautiful summits in the world and the freedom to ride them. This year, they decided to change the practice, minimizing their CO2 emissions and finding ways to stay as neutral as possible in a changing nature. Determined to return to basics, they traveled for two months the Swiss and French Alps through valleys near their homes. Here is their message.