Synopsis

Mapu Kutran is a disease from mapuche medicine (south of Chile first nation) that attacks people who disrespects sacred places like sources of water or medicinal plants. Trough an aerial perspective, this documentary essay reflects and explores human contradictions in a world where ancient culture tries to survive amongst the contemporary society.

Team

• Roberto

  Urzúa Castillo

  Director and Producer

  Roberto Urzua studied film and specialized in directing. His work moved towards the experimental with «Aguilas Siderales» (2011), «Telemetria» (2014) and «El Buen Vecino» (2016). For four years he produced «Mapu Kutran» (2022), where he approached the Mapuche cosmovision, thus initiating a spiritual path that led him to be part of the culture as a «katripache», a mestizo who participates in the community. He is currently working on «Yakana» which talks about the survival of the Lickan Antay culture to the extractivism of the Chilean state.

Technical Info

Year of production: 2022
Format: FULL HD
Duration: 29 min.
Country: Chile
Director: Roberto Urzúa Castillo
Producer: Roberto Urzúa Castillo
Production Company: Stream Machine
Original Music: Felipe Castro
Voice-over: Rodrigo Rojas

Awards and Official Selections

Mapu Kutran was selected for the Philadephia Latino Film Festival, USA 2023, Festival Internacional de Cinema de Santarem 2023, Portugal (Premiere in Portugal), Atlantic Bridge Film Festival Amsterdam 2023 (Premiere in the Netherlands), Tierra Filme in Mexico 2023. We are also doing a tour of self-managed screenings of the film in public spaces in Independencia, Maipú, Peñalolen and La Cisterna together with their native people’s offices.