Synopsis

Pablo Navarrete’s parents were forced to leave Chile after a military coup on 11 September 1973. They arrived in the UK as political refugees after spending time in the Pinochet dictatorship’s torture centres. They didn’t know it then, but Britain would be where they would settle, have a family, and still live, nearly 50 years later. Filmed over more than three years, Mother, Country is a deeply ersonal film that follows the director as he travels to Chile with his parents in 2020 to witness a people’s uprising and finally confront their painful past.

Team

• Pablo

  Navarrete

  Director and Producer

  Pablo Navarrete is a British-Chilean journalist and documentary filmmaker. He founded Alborada Films in 2009 and released his first documentary in the same year. Since then, Alborada Films has created seven independent documentaries, in addition to producing video reports and documentaries for various media outlets such as Al Jazeera English, among others. Pablo has directed, co-directed, or produced all of Alborada Films’ documentaries, and in this context, ‘El país de mi madre’ will be the eighth documentary from his production company.

  Pablo is also the founding editor of Alborada, an independent voice on Latin American politics, media, and culture.

  The work of Alborada Films focuses on producing audiovisual material on social and political issues in Latin America and other regions.

• Alborada

  Films

  Production Company

  Alborada Films is a production company founded in 2009 in London, United Kingdom, launching its first documentary in the same year. Since then, Alborada Films has released a total of seven independent documentaries and has produced videos and documentaries for various media outlets. ‘El país de mi madre’ will be the eighth documentary from the production company.

  https://alboradafilms.net/

• Bethnal

  Films

  Co-Production

  Bethnal Films has produced award-winning films and international co-productions since its founding in London, United Kingdom, in 2005. The director of Bethnal Films is Rodrigo Vázquez-Salessi, who co-produced and co-wrote the script for ‘Mother, Country’.

  https://www.bethnalfilms.co.uk/bio

Technical Info

Production Year: 2024
Format: Full HD
Duration: 91 minutes
Country(ies): Chile, United Kingdom
Director: Pablo Navarrete
Producer(s): Pablo Navarrete and Rodrigo Vázquez-Salessi
Production Company: Alborada Films, co-produced by Bethnal Films
Website: https://alboradafilms.net/films/originals/mother-country-chile-film-2024/
www.mothercountryfilm.net
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Alborada Films https://alboradafilms.net/
Latin Quarter https://latinquarterfilms.com/