The Eternal Memory
Chile, U.S.
DIRECTOR: Maite Alberdi
Alberdi’s follow-up to Oscar- nominated “The Mole Agent” snagged Sundance’s top doc award and a worldwide distribution deal with MTV at Sundance. Co-produced by Fabula, it centers on a loving elderly couple struggling with the man’s fading memory.
The Cardinal (“El Cardenal”)
Chile, Argentina, Brazil
DIRECTOR: Benjamín Ávila
Drama in development with Argentina’s Magma Cine, Brazil’s Gullane and Storyboard Media turns on a cardinal who struggles to accept the reality of Augusto Pinochet’s vicious dictatorship in the early 1970s.
El Conde
Chile, U.S.
DIRECTOR: Pablo Larrain
Larrain’s much-anticipated dark comedy turns on reviled Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who died in 2006 but in this film, is rather an aging vampire. After some 250 years, he’s ready to pack it in. Stars Chile’s Alfredo Castro.
Horizonte
Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Luxembourg
DIRECTOR: Cesar Augusto Acevedo
Chile’s Paulina Garcia stars in Colombian Acevedo’s follow-up to Cannes-winning “Land and Shade.” Film follows Basilio and his mother, who search for his father through a wartorn land of the dead.
The House (“La Casa”)
Chile, Germany
DIRECTOR: Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff
Docu executive produced by Maite Alberdi and Alexandra Galvis (“My Imaginary Country”) centers on Santiago as it’s hit by social protests and a pandemic-induced lockdown. As the outside world recedes, the interior of a condo reveals a multidimensional universe.
Malqueridas
Chile, Germany
DIRECTOR: Tana Gilbert
Produced by Paola Castillo, forbidden cell phone videos taken by women prisoners reveal their experiences as mothers, offering a reflection on the meaning of motherhood behind bars.
Maybe It’s True What They Say About Us
Chile, Argentina, Mexico
DIRECTORS: Sofia Gomez and Camilo Becerra
Drama revolves around Ximena, whose daughter Tamara returns with news about a cult she’d joined. She helps Tamara evade justice, despite doubts. Cast is led by actress-helmer Aline Küppenheim (“1976”).
El Porvenir de la Mirada
Chile, France
DIRECTOR: Cristián Leighton
Associate-produced by Oscar- winner Sebastian Lelio, the Storyboard Media doc feature turns on the unspeakable injuries of young protesters who were shot in the eyes by police during massive protests that roiled Chile in October 2019.
The Settlers
Chile, Argentina, Netherlands
DIRECTOR: Felipe Galvez
Galvez’s long-awaited first feature, premiering in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, is a searing account of how Chile’s South was really won, set in 1901.
Sorcery
Chile, Mexico, Switzerland, Germany, U.K.
DIRECTOR: Christopher Murray
Co-produced by Mexico’s Pimienta Films, the Match Factory and Fabula, drama is set on mystical Chiloé island in the late 19th century, where an Indigenous girl seeks sorcerers to protect her father from a brutal foreman.