- The FICValdivia 2024 Official Selection was announced in each of its categories. Austral Meetings announced the 12 projects selected to participate in Future Chilean Cinema, the Festival’s industry space; and, the Goethe-Institut donated two projectors to support the reconstruction of the offices of the Valdivia Cultural Center for Film Promotion.
The Valdivia International Film Festival (FICValdivia) announced its program for the 2024 edition, which includes a wide selection of Chilean and international releases in its official competition. The event was attended by the Undersecretary of Cultures and Arts, Noela Salas; the Deputy Executive Director of the Imagen de Chile Foundation, Jorge Cortés; the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Arts at Universidad Mayor, Esteban Calvo; the Director of the Film School at Universidad Mayor, Guillermo Bravo; and FICValdivia Director Raúl Camargo.
In addition, during the ceremony, the donation of two projectors by the Goethe-Institut, a 16MM Bauer P8 and a 35MM Kinoton FP 23, was made official to support the reconstruction, after the fire that affected the Valdivia Center for Film Promotion. The festival will take place in Valdivia, from October 14 to 20, and is possible thanks to Universidad Austral de Chile, the Valdivia Cultural Center for Film Promotion, the Great City of Valdivia, and the Los Ríos Regional Government.
Official Selection
Twelve films make up the Official Feature Film Selection and these four titles belong to Chilean productions: Una Sombra Oscilante, by Celeste Rojas; Los Años Salvajes, by Andrés Nazarala; Denominación de Origen, by Tomás Alzamora; and Cuerpo en Agua, by Javiera Véliz Fajardo.
Celebrating their international premieres are A Stone’s Throw, by Razan Al Salah; Todo Documento de Civilización, by Tatiana Mazú; ¡Aoquic iez in Mexico! (¡Ya México no existirá más!), by Annalisa D. Quagliata; Las Novias del Sur, by Elena López Riera; Viet and Nam, by Trương Minh Quý; Fogo do Vento, by Marta Mateus; Universal Language, by Matthew Rankin; and Salomé, by André Antônio.
The Official Youth Feature Selection showcases six films that talk about adolescence: Bluish, by Lilith Kraxner and Milena Czernovsky; La Suprema, by Felipe Holguin Caro; Lumbrensueño, by José Pablo Escamilla; Retake, by Kota Nakano; 78 Days, by G Emilija Gašić; and Holy Cow, by Louise Courvoisier.
In addition, the Official Latin American Short Film Selection is made up of twelve films, four of which are Chilean: A Desalambrar, by Martín Baus; Atajo, by Benjamín Leiter; Melodramas, by Celine Reymond; and Volver a Recorrer las Mismas Calles, by Beatriz Arias.
Also included in this selection are Estudo para uma Pintura o Lavrador de Café, by Desali and Rafael dos Santos; La Noche del Minotauro, by Juliana Zuloaga; Ella se queda, by Marinthia Gutiérrez; Jonás, by Violeta Mora; La Balandra, by Matías Lima; La Selva Oscura, by Lucía Malandro and Daniel Saucedo; Meu Amigo Pedro Mixtape, by Lincoln Péricles; and Nunca Fuimos un Desierto, by Agustina Comedi and Chiachio & Giannone.
The reality of children also has a space at FICValdivia, so the Official Children’s Short Film Selection includes six shorts that reflect the views of girls and boys in various locations in Latin America. The titles that make up this category are Color Piel, by Fidel Barboza and Sebastián Castaño; Me Encantó Verte, by Ricardo García; Aguacuario, by José Eduardo Castillo; 40° a la Sombra, by Eduardo “Koko” Elli; Encuentro con lo Efímero, by Bastián Guerra; and Un Buen Cielo, by Sebastián Labaronne.
Meanwhile, this year the festival has incorporated the Official Selection of Chilean Short Films by Cinema and Audiovisual Students, in line with the recent creation of the University Cinema and Audiovisual Network (RUCA), which includes thirteen higher education institutions. This section will consist of Entre el Cielo y la Tierra, by Pedro García Gallardo; La Faena, by Fiona Kemper; Buscando al Fantasma Entre los Rieles, by Teo Díaz de Valdés; Quimera, by Martín André and Gael Jara; Opacidad, by David Díaz; and Lugar de Nadie, by Catalina Galindo Sánchez.
2024 Future Chilean Cinema Selection
Austral Meetings selected the twelve projects for the 2024 edition of Future Chilean Cinema, the festival’s industry space. The chosen projects will receive specialized advice in direction, creative development, and screenwriting, as well as guidance on editing and distribution. These consultancies will be provided by a team of experts from the audiovisual sector made up of Affonso Uchoa, Alejandra Moffat, Alexandra Cuesta, Alicia Scherson, Anette Dujisin, Celina Murga, and other leading professionals.
In the First Cut and Postproduction categories, selected projects will compete for monetary prizes of 1,200,000 (one million two hundred thousand) pesos each. In addition, there will be two awards in postproduction services, thanks to partners Sonamos and Atómica. Also, for the first time, the festival will hand down the Internationalization Award, which will finance the winners’ participation at international markets, through the Council for Audiovisual Arts and Industry (CAIA), offering a significant opportunity for the global projection of Chilean cinema.
The Non-Fiction Development category features Exterra, by Celeste Rojas and José Jiménez; La Linda, by Francina Carbonell; and Papito Corazón by Tana Gilbert. On the other hand, the Fiction Development selection includes International, by Ernesto Melendez; Motochorro, by Miguel Yilales; and Zona de Sacrificio, by Violeta Paus.
In Finalize First Cut, those selected include Antitropical, by Camila José Donoso; Llegará el Silencio y me Habré Ido, by Coti Donoso; and Monguen, by Antonio Caro. In turn, Finalize Postproduction is composed of La Corazonada, by Diego Soto; Matapanki, by Diego “Mapache” Fuentes; and Viajero Immóvil, by Fernando Lavanderos and Sebastián Pereira.
The Future Chilean Cinema (CChF) program is organized by FICValdivia, funded by the Audiovisual Fund of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, and is developed collaboratively together with the Frontera Sur Festival and its training space FS_LAB, Bolivia Lab, Cinemachile, and CCDoc. The program is sponsored by ProChile, Atómica, and Sonamos.
