Narciso won the international feature prize and Monguen the Chilean competition at the Santiago International Film Festival in Chile. The festival’s closing ceremonies were subdued following filmmaker Sebastián Lelio’s death. The awards also recognised Thomas Woodroffe’s directing and Ariel Amor’s short film Reina de Puerto, with screenings continuing through November 8.
At Chile’s Santiago International Film Festival, known as SANFIC, Narciso won the international feature prize and Monguen won the Chilean competition. The festival scheduled its final screenings for November 8. Antonio Caro directed Monguen but died during production, after which his producer took over completion. Festival director Carlos Núñez described its attention to Mapuche culture and communities in southern Chile.[1], [2]
Paraguayan filmmaker Marcelo Martinessi’s Narciso adapts Guido Rodríguez Alcalá’s novel. It follows a rock star found dead at the height of his career during Stroessner’s dictatorship. Thomas Woodroffe received the Chilean directing award for his debut feature Erratics. In that film, Denis Lavant plays a ghost released from a glacier after a century, in a futuristic Patagonia.[1]
Following director Sebastián Lelio’s death on November 6, organisers cancelled the red carpets at the industry and festival ceremonies on November 6 and 7. Paulina García accepted the acting award for Love Is the Monster while holding the Silver Bear she won for Lelio’s Gloria in 2013. Ariel Amor’s Reina de Puerto won the short competition, which contained 21 films.[1]
