Starting at 8pm, the Valdivia International Film Festival celebrated the Opening Ceremony of its 24th edition. The function took place at the Aula Magna Auditorium of Universidad Austral de Chile, gathering important figures in national and international cinema, and hosted by actors Francisco Reyes and Daniela Vega. The Valdivia International Film Festival, which takes place…
Both films will celebrate their Chilean premieres, after screening at the Rotterdam and Berlin festivals, respectively. The story of Antoine de Tounens, the French citizen that, after having lived in a Mapuche community during the 19th century, proclaimed himself king, to unify these communities, is the topic of the new movie by filmmaker Niles…
The nine pictures programmed in this section include the three recent works by South Korean Hong Sang-soo, together with the latest films by Lucrecia Martel, Philippe Garrel, JF Ossang and Claire Denis, plus a classic by Jean-Luc Godard. Zama, the new film by Argentinean filmmaker Lucrecia Martel, probably one of the most highly awaited…