Chilean directors will give lectures on their profession

19 mayo, 2020

– Paola Castillo, Joanna Reposi and Carola Fuentes will lead the panel on collaboration and capabilities during the Salon Talks at the DocSalon

– Agent Mole and Entre perro y lobo, the documentaries to be screened at Berlinale

– For the first time Chile will be Country in Focus at the European Film Market EFM

A delegation composed, among others, by the renowned documentary filmmakers Paola Castillo, Carola Fuentes, Joanna Reposi, Tiziana Panizza, Carolina Adriazola and Karin Cuyul, will represent Non-fiction on February 22nd at the European Film Market EFM, the important audiovisual market of the Berlin International Film Festival 2020.

EFM takes over the documentary sector through DocSalon, a space where the promotion of projects, the creation of networks and the insertion into the world of distribution and marketing are promoted. Among its most outstanding activities are the SalonTalks, one of which will be starred this year by Paola Castillo, Joanna Reposi and Carola Fuentes, entitled Collaboration v/s competition: the Chilean documentary landscape and its collective approach to international marketing and distribution, and it will reveal new strategies implemented by a new, mostly female, leadership whose emphasis is to connect, share information and look for alliances.

Chiledoc, the documentary sectoral brand, is in charge of this activity. In addition, along with Cinemachile they will host the Doc Lunch, a lunch event that brings together representatives and experts from the international audiovisual industry with the national directors.

Diego Pino, director of Chiledoc, emphasizes on the importance of this market and its activities: «For Chiledoc this market is very important because it is the first time that we attend as a sector brand and coincides with Chile chosen as Country in Focus, which gives account of the relevance that has acquired the national audiovisual sector and in particular the documentary, which has already been present in important categories of the festival in previous years. Being in charge of activities such as the Doc Lunch or a panel of the SalonTalks is key because it reaffirms that the Chilean documentary is a legitimate representative of the national cinematography at the level of the big spheres in marketing and distribution as EFM is.»

Documentaries at the Festival

The Berlin International Film Festival is known for premiering and exhibiting important cinematographic films, marking their presence for their themes and quality.
Agent Mole, the latest production by Maite Alberdí (The Time | The Grown Ups | I’m not from here) has just had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival (January 2020) and will be present in Berlinale with two market screenings. The film is a co-production between five countries -Chile, United States, Spain, the Netherlands and Germany- and tells the story of an older adult who infiltrates a nursing home, commanded by a secret agent who must solve a case in that place.

Entre perro y lobo is the documentary that will be part of the Forum section with five open screenings. The film tells of the lives of three Cuban ex-combatants who fought in the Angolan war and are now training to confront a new enemy. The Spanish, Cuban, Colombian and Chilean co-production is directed by Irene Gutiérrez (Spain), its associate producer is Amalric de Pontcharra (El diario de Agustín, El otro día and Como me da la gana II) and has minority funding from the Corfo Development Fund.

Producers meeting Events

Producer´s Hub is the main event that will bring together and make visible the work of ten Chilean producers, among which are four that represent the documentary sector: María José Díaz from Dos Be Producciones, Macarena López from Manufactura de Películas, Francisco Hervé from Juntos Films and Carlos Núñez from Storyboard Media. Their participation in this exclusive event is an excellent instance of associativity and networking with the world film industry.

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