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A country imagines itself

Directed by:

Miguel Soffia

Produced by:

Camila Maureira and Valeria Fuentes

Production Company:

We Are South

Contact:

miguel@wearesouth.com

  • Format

    4K

  • Duration

    90’ and 52’ (includes a mid-length version)

  • Country

    Chile, France

Synopsis

Through unprecedented access to the new political figures, we will discover how Chile voted for a new and progressive constitutional process and then rejected the resulting proposal. What went wrong? What lessons can be learned for modern democracies? “A Country Imagines Itself» is an intimate chronicle of how post-truth politics operate today.

Team

  • Miguel

    Soffia

    Director

    Miguel Soffia is a Chilean documentary filmmaker with more than a decade of experience in film, TV, and advertising. He has collaborated with Netflix, BBC, Al Jazeera, among others. Committed to the decolonization of stories, his documentaries cover topics from climate change to sociocultural conflicts on the seven continents. He was president of the Association of Independent Producers of Chile (API) between 2021-2023 and is a member of the editorial committee of the WCSFP.

  • Camila

    Maureira

    Producer

    Camila Maureira is a Chilean film, television and advertising producer with more than 11 years of experience in the audiovisual industry. Graduated in film direction and screenwriting from the University of Valparaíso, with a diploma in executive production from the Universidad del Desarrollo, she has worked as a general producer for prominent production houses and creative agencies such as Woki Toki, Wemul, Cbra Films, Vice Media and Amoralchaos.
    Since 2022, she is the general producer of We Are South.

  • Valeria

    Fuentes

    Producer

Technical Info

Year of production: 2022.
Format: 4K.
Duration: 90′ and 52′ (includes medium-length version).
Country/s: Chile, France.
Director: Miguel Soffia.
Producer: Camila Maureira; Valeria Fuentes.
Production company: We Are South.
Website: www.wearesouth.com
Social media: https://www.instagram.com/wearesouth_contents/

Awards and Official Selections

Participated in Conecta 2022

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