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Life

Directed by:

Antonio Caro

Produced by:

Michel Toledo y Antonio Caro

Production Company:

Lemuntu Producciones, Totem Producciones

Contact:

hola@totemproducciones.cl

  • Format

    6K

  • Duration

    80 min.

  • Country

    Chile

Synopsis

Fresia, a young Pewenche (Mapuche) woman from Upper Biobío river, who is pregnant and following the rules of the Chilean health system must leave her community to give birth in the city. She returns home with her baby and the experience of two worlds that do not know each other.

Team

  • Antonio

    Caro

    Director

    Chilean filmmaker, born in 1982. He worked as a rural doctor in the Pewenche territory of Biobío before training in directing fiction in the regular course of EICTV (Cuba). He is the director of Lemuntu Producciones, from which he has made observational documentaries such as «La Máscara de Arbenin» (2021) and «Tübachi monguen mu» (2019), and in co-direction with José Carihuentro community film experiences, such as «Pentukuwün, traveling with images» (2016).

  • Michel

    Toledo

    Producer

    Michel Toledo is a Chilean director, screenwriter and producer. He studied Cinema at the University of Valparaíso, Chile; Advanced Screenwriting at EICTV, Cuba and has a Master’s Degree in Film and Digital Image from the University of Sydney in Australia. He is the founder and creative director of Totem Producciones, a company dedicated to creating audiovisual projects for film, television and digital media.

Technical Info

Year: 2024
Format: 6K
Lenght: 80 minutos
Country: Chile
Director: Antonio Caro
Producer: Michel Toledo
Production Company: Lemuntu Producciones – Tótem Producciones
Web Site: www.totemproducciones.cl
Social Media: IG @totem_producciones

Awards and Official Selections

During the development:
– Training Program for Regional Producers of Central-South Chile (Chiledoc)
– ARCA Residency: ARCA/SantiagoLab award
– Nuevas Miradas
– Hot Docs Forum

WIP:
– Cannes Docs 2023 Docs in Progress Selection
Think-Film Award Impact Production Docs in Progress from Cannes Docs 2023

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