{"id":10759,"date":"2022-09-14T13:42:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T16:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/ficvaldivia-libera-sus-secciones-competitivas-de-largometraje-juvenil-y-de-cortometrajes-para-su-edicion-29o\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T16:15:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T19:15:44","slug":"ficvaldivia-libera-sus-secciones-competitivas-de-largometraje-juvenil-y-de-cortometrajes-para-su-edicion-29o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/ficvaldivia-libera-sus-secciones-competitivas-de-largometraje-juvenil-y-de-cortometrajes-para-su-edicion-29o\/","title":{"rendered":"FICValdivia releases 29th edition competitive sections  for youth feature and short films"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><b>This second-to-last official program announcement brings acclaimed pictures from around the world and many exclusive premieres. Festival Passes are now on sale, for this edition, taking place from October 10 to 16.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Valdivia, September 14.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In its return to complete in-person activity, the Valdivia International Film Festival (FICValdivia) announces the films that will be part of its 29<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition, in the categories of <\/span><b>Youth Feature Film<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Latin American Short Film<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>Latin American Children\u2019s Short Film<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Passes are now on sale for this new FICValdivia edition, taking place from October 10 to 16. All the information is available in the festival website at ficvaldivia.cl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Official Youth Feature Selection<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This important section debuted in 2018, during the 25<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition, and since has put its focus on productions that take on conflicts and topics associated with the 13-18 years of age segment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annually, six films make up this section, curated by filmmaker Tiziana Panizza. The first of them is <\/span><b><i>Holgut<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a documentary by Belgian director Liesbeth De Ceulaer. With the frozen Siberian landscape as a backdrop, the movie crosses two apparently opposing lines of action. One of them follows the adventure of two little brothers, one from the city, and the other from a village, who start toward the Yakutia desert, in search of a reindeer. The other follows a scientist who, at the scene of melting permafrost, the consequence of global warming, searches for the remains of a mammoth, with the hopes of cloning it. Both stories have, as a common thread, a meditation on extinction. It is not just the archaic view coming from the landscape that, in the narrative, takes on a testimonial dimension, but also the urgency of climate change and its consequences for the immediate future, a place where the picture connects myth and science.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second feature competing in this section is <\/span><b><i>Kim Min-Young of the report card<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Lee Jae-eun and Lim Jisun, a South Korean duo that deals with the transition into adulthood of a 20-year-old girl that did not go into university but chose to work halftime. Therefore, its context revolves around her memories of high school. In that line, her reunion with an old roommate, with whom she had put together a reading club, triggers small conflicts. In the territory of wishes, unsettled issues, and the search for affection, the film opts for a playful and ironic construction that is deeply warm toward the universe it depicts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At every turn in<\/span><b><i> Lobo e c\u00e3o<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a similar feeling toward the characters shines through. Portuguese filmmaker Cl\u00e1udia Varej\u00e3o extends her experience in documentary to take on this fiction set in the island of S\u00e3o Miguel, a community in the middle of the Atlantic. Their insularity has allowed the inhabitants to organize from their old traditions culturally and socially, especially with a hyper-conservative vision of gender identity. In this restrictive environment, the movie tells the story of Ana, her friend Luis, and Clo\u00e9, a Canadian that has arrived in the island for the summer. They start to confront this conservative status, and to shake the morals of the locals. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lobo e C\u00e3o<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> works as a colorful fable that deals with the tensions in the struggle for LGBTQI+ rights, expressing them with pop imaginary that contrasts and rebels against the moral opacity of the inhabitants in S\u00e3o Miguel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dilemma of staying or abandoning the place of origin is one of the topics present in <\/span><b><i>Tsumu, Where do you go with your dreams<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a documentary by Danish director Kasper Kiertzner that documents a group of LGBTQI+ youths that swarm around Tasiilaq, an isolated town of nearly two thousand inhabitants, on the east coast of Greenland, with soaring rates of youth suicide, alcohol consumption, and sexual abuse. In this unforgiving physical and social climate, Lars, Thomas, and Eino try to come into their own, amid an atmosphere of violence the film keeps off camera, but that seeps in, in dialogs and in the freedom with which the three dress and wear make-up, in themselves, a way to face the tense hostility that gravitates around the town\u2019s everyday life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something different happens with<\/span><b><i> Soy ni\u00f1o<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Chilean filmmaker Lorena Zilleruelo, a documentary that follows Basti\u00e1n, a trans 18-year-old youth that struggles to affirm his identity, in a process that the director, the boy\u2019s cousin, began to capture six years prior, at the time when the child began detecting certainties regarding his gender identity. The picture describes a path of searching, doubts, and discovery, amid social and economic obstacles. In the confessional intimacy with which the director approaches this itinerary, the picture also evinces the institutional gaps regarding transgender reality in Chile, which persist despite the social advances in the way people view sexual diversity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final film in competition is <\/span><b><i>Yamabuki<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Japanese filmmaker Juichiro Yamasaki, a story that crosses over the lives of a handful of characters in a small mountain town, overwhelmed by their social, economic, and family circumstances. The point of cohesion is a high school student who is immersed in carrying out silent protests in the town center, to attack immigration and conscription policies, before her stunned father, a police officer. At the same time, the narrative also focusses on a former member of the Korean national equestrian team that, accosted by creditors, has sought refuge with his family in this locality, where he works as a laborer at a quarry. These two parallel lives are connected by chance, by solitude, and by the vast rocky landscape they are immersed in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Soy ni\u00f1o, Lorena Zilleruelo. Chile, France, 2022, 62 min. Latin American Premiere.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><i>Kim Min-young of the Report Card, Lee Jae-eun, Lim Jisun. South Korea, 2021, 94 min.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><i>Tsumu \u2013 Where Do You Go With Your Dreams, Kasper Kiertzner. Sweden. Denmark. 2022. 80 min.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><i>Holgut, Liesbeth De Ceulaer. Belgium. 2021. 75 min.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><i>Yamabuki, Juichiro Yamasaki. Japan, France. 2022. 97 min.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><i>Lobo e C\u00e3o, Cl\u00e1udia Varej\u00e3o. Portugal, France. 2022. 111 min.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Five Chilean productions in the Official Latin American Short Film Selection\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Official Latin American Short Film Selection groups together fourteen motion pictures of a broad formal and thematic range. The first of them is <\/span><b><i>Cerro saturno<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Bolivian artist Miguel Hilari, a visual work that delves into the graphic relationships between nature and city. <\/span><b><i>Copalli<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by the Mexican collective Los Ingr\u00e1vidos, explores relationships with the Nahuatl worldview, based on the extraction of resin from different vegetable species and the rituals that stem from it. <\/span><b><i>\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 Marie Anne?<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an experimental short by Peruvian director Yaela Gottlieb, while the documentary <\/span><b><i>Gambote<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Argentine filmmaker Sof\u00eda Bensadon, describes the routines of a couple that manufactures a specific type of brick. <\/span><b><i>Los mayores r\u00edos se deslizan bajo tierra<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a 16mm film by Colombian native Sim\u00f3n V\u00e9lez, about a woman that leaves everything to grow strawberries. <\/span><b><i>Luto<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Argentinean author Pablo Weber, virtually narrates, with fixed images, the existential tale of an anonymous protagonist whose voiceover reflections emerge out of Diego Armando Maradona\u2019s death. <\/span><b><i>Luz Nocturna<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Costa Rican director Kim Torres, tells the story of three small siblings that must contend with the loss of their mother. <\/span><b><i>Serr\u00e3o<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the documentary by Brazilian director Marcelo Lin, narrates the difficulties a man trying to rebuild his life in the favelas. And, in <\/span><b><i>Trazos de silencio<\/i><\/b><b>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mexican filmmaker Valentina Pelayo documents her journey in Mexico City, to track through her gaze, a history of the endemic violence in her country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Chile, the selection includes <\/span><b><i>Geranios<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Lou Marino, a drama about a woman that must adapt to the extravagant lifestyle in Santiago\u2019s upscale neighborhood, after being driven from Pudahuel. The science fiction-tinged<\/span><b><i> Las criaturas que se derriten bajo el sol<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Diego C\u00e9spedes, depicts a trans woman that, together with her son, visits her former partner, with whom she had a toxic relationship. Tana Gilbert\u2019s <\/span><b><i>Ninguna estrella<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> builds a narrative based on family images that her son\u2019s grandmother documented for fifteen years. <\/span><b><i>Quebrantahuesos<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Mart\u00edn Baus, is a documentary built out of digital archives of films shot before the coup d\u2019\u00e9tat. Felipe Rodr\u00edguez Cerda\u2019s <\/span><b><i>Cuaderno de agua<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> refloats an old journal by a relegate from the dictatorship in the southern reaches of Melinka, which is found by her niece, 35 years later.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Quebrantahuesos, Mart\u00edn Baus. Chile. 2021. 10 min. Chilean Premiere.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Geranios, Lou Marino. Chile. 2022. 21 min. World Premiere.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Ninguna estrella, Tana Gilbert. Chile. 2022. 25 min. World Premiere.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Las criaturas que se derriten bajo el sol, Diego C\u00e9spedes. Chile. 2022. 17 min.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Cuaderno de agua, Felipe Rodr\u00edguez Cerda. Chile, France. 2022. 15 min. Latin American Premiere.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Luto, Pablo Weber. Argentina. 2021. 27 min.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Copalli, Colectivo Los Ingr\u00e1vidos. Mexico. 2022. 7 min.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Cerro Saturno, Miguel Hilari. Bolivia, United States. 2022. 13 min.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Serr\u00e3o, Marcelo Lin. Brazil. 2021. 19 min.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Gambote, Sof\u00eda Bensadon. Argentina, Chile, Bolivia. 2021. 24 min. World Premiere.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 Marie Anne?, Yaela Gottlieb. Argentina, Peru. 2022. 6 min.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Los mayores r\u00edos se deslizan bajo tierra, Sim\u00f3n Velez. Colombia. 2022. 19 min.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Luz nocturna, Kim Torres. Costa Rica. 2022. 15 min. Chilean Premiere.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Trazos del silencio, Valentina Pelayo Atilano. Mexico, Spain, Portugal. 2022. 28 min. International Premiere.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Urban childhood and environmental awareness in Latin American Children\u2019s Short Film\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, the Latin American Children\u2019s Short Film competition is made up of six pictures that, in different formats and techniques, take on topics related to nature and the troubles of childhood in the city. <\/span><b><i>La incre\u00edble historia del choclo gigante<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Brazilian author Aldenor Pimentel, tells the tale of friendship and trust between an ant and an aardvark, with the relationship of balance and solidarity in the Amazonian savannah as a backdrop. <\/span><b><i>El cuervo y el venado<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Mexican filmmaker Mauricio Calder\u00f3n Rico, also speaks of friendship among wild animals, this time between a crow and a lost deer, looking for its family in the woods. By Colombians Andr\u00e9s Castillo and Diego Castillo, <\/span><b><i>Kerad\u00f3<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shows a little girl\u2019s process of awareness, regarding the dangers the operations of a hydroelectric plant pose to the survival of her village. <\/span><b><i>Una pausa para la madre tierra<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Aldana Loiseau, depicts how environmental damage took a pause during the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Child neglect in the modern city is the topic of the other two films in competition. <\/span><b><i>Un ni\u00f1o s\u00f3lo<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Argentinean author Miguel Garc\u00e9s, takes on the troubles of a small orphan that barely has enough to warm his house over the winter, along with the bond that will unite him to a high-class girl, who celebrates her birthday. Along a similar line, the final short in this category is <\/span><b><i>Todos los seguidores de Ness<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Brazilian director Bruna Steudel, about a boy that will do everything possible to get recognition for the internet channel he manages from home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>El cuervo y el venado, Mauricio Calder\u00f3n Rico. Mexico. 2021. 8 min. Chilean Premiere.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Kerad\u00f3, Andr\u00e9s Castillo and Diego Castillo. Colombia. 2022. 15 min. World Premiere.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Una pausa para la madre tierra, Aldana Loiseau. Argentina. 2022. 3 min. Chilean Premiere.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>La incre\u00edble historia del choclo gigante, Aldenor Pimentel. Brazil. 2021. 14 min. Chilean Premiere.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Todos los seguidores de Ness, Bruna Steudel, Brazil. 2022. 19 min. Chilean Premiere.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Un ni\u00f1o solo, Miguel Garc\u00e9s. Argentina. 2022. 11 min. Chilean Premiere.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>FICValdivia is funded and organized by Universidad Austral de Chile; produced by the Valdivia Cultural Center for Film Promotion; convened by the Great City of Valdivia, the Los R\u00edos Regional Government, and Codeproval; financed by the Audiovisual Fund, the Collaborating Festivals Program of the Audiovisual Arts and Industry Council (Call 2021-2022), and the Collaborating Cultural Organizations Program of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This second-to-last official program announcement brings acclaimed pictures from around the world and many exclusive premieres. Festival Passes are now on sale, for this edition, taking place from October 10 to 16. Valdivia, September 14. 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