SANFIC 5

2009
SANFIC 5
18 – 24 August

List of Films by section:

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:

April Showers; Portugal, dir: Ivo M. Ferreira
The General; Mexico, dir: Natalia Almada
The Wind Journeys; Colombia, dir: Ciro Guerra
Navidad; Chile, dir: Sebastián Lelio
No puedo vivir sin ti; Taiwan, dir: Leon Dai
November Child; Germany, dir: Christian Schwochow
Be Good; France, dir: Juliette Garcias
The Exploding Girl; USA, dir: Bradley Rust Gray
The Happiest Girl in the World; Romania, dir: Radu Jude

LATIN AMERICAN COMPETITION:

Acácio; Brasil, dir: Marília Rocha
Acné; Uruguay, dir: Federico Veiroj
Dioses; Peru, dir: Josué Méndez
The Wind and the Water; Panama, dir: Vero Bollow and the Igar Yala Collective
Gasolina; Guatemala, dir: Julio Hernández Cordón
Grita; Chile, dir: Marcelo Leonart, Paulo Avilés
María y el Nuevo Mundo; Venezuela, dir: George Walker Torres
Perfidia; Bolivia, dir: Rodrigo Bellott
They all lie; Argentina, dir: Matías Piñeiro

CHILEAN CINEMA COMPETITION:

A Stop Away from You; dir: Daniel Henríquez
Debut; dir: Andrés Nazarala
Melodrama Lo-Fi; dir: Alexis Aldana
Nosotros; dir: Cristóbal Cohen, Marcelo Hermosilla
Paseo; dir: Sergio Castro San-Martín
Retrato de un antipoeta; dir: Víctor Jiménez
Weekend; dir: Joaquín Mora

LOCAL TALENT:

A tiempo; dir: Gabriela Larraín
Ausente; dir: Jorge Fried
Aztlan; dir: Carolina Adriazola
Domingo; dir: Pablo Cerda Adaro
El asombro; dir: Pelayo Lira
Hambres; dir: Constanza Biotti
La ausencia; dir: Ricardo Greene
La cola de Moebius; dir: Simón Bergman
La (des) aparición de una familia; dir: Paulina Soto Cisternas
La Yashica; dir: Elizabeth Escobar
Mudo corazón; dir: Chamila Rodríguez
Perro que ladra; dir: María José Iruretagoyena
Reaccionario; dir: Francesca Peluca
The bridge; dir: Nicolás Ureta Stagnaro
Thirst; dir: Tomás Majluf

WHAT’S NEW IN LATIN AMERICA:

16 memorias; Colombia, dir: Camilo Botero Jaramillo
Adiós al cholero; Colombia, dir: Carolina Arango, Carlos María Urrea
Aguas verdes; Argentina, dir: Mariano De Rosa
Castro; Argentina, dir: Ariel Moguillansky
The Power of Speech; Chile, dir: Francisco Hervé
Spiral; Mexico, dir: Jorge Pérez Solano
Together; Mexico, dir: Nicolás Pereda
The Morning After; Uruguay, dir: Gonzalo Regules
Limbus; Chile, dir: Miguel Angel Vidaurre
Retiro Shelter; Argentina, dir: Jorge Leandro Colás
Dog eat Dog; Colombia, dir: Carlos Moreno
Return to Fortín Olmos; Argentina, dir: Patricio Coll, Jorge Goldenberg
Rehje; Mexico, dir: Anaís Huerta, Raúl Cuesta
Pacific Tumaco; Colombia, dir: Samuel Córdoba
One more Day; Bolivia, dir: Leonardo de la Torre Avila, Sergio Estrada López
I’m gonna Explode; Mexico, dir: Gerardo Naranjo
Yo soy otro; Colombia, dir: Oscar Campo Hurtado

VISIONS OF THE WORLD:

Latitudes and Parallels:

The Blue Bull; Spain, dir: Daniel V. Villamediana
The Last Script; Spain, dir: Javier Espada, Gaizka Urresti
Hansel and Gretel; South Korea, dir: Yim Phil-sung
Hunger; UK, dir: Steve McQueen
Jay; Philippines, dir: Francis Xavier Passion
Original; Denmark, dir: Alexander Brondsted, Antonio Tublén
The Eclipse; Ireland, dir: Conor McPherson

Germany Today:

10 Seconds; dir: Nicolai Rohde
In Berlin; dir: Michael Ballhaus, Ciro Cappellari
A Year ago in Winter; dir: Caroline Link
Hilde; dir: Kai Wessel
John Rabe; dir: Florian Gallenberger
Heroes from the Neighbourhood; dir: Jovan Arsenic
Long Shadows; dir Connie Walther
A Woman in Berlin; dir: Max Färberböck

USA: Point of View:

Afterschool; dir: Antonio Campos
Good Boy; dir: Patrick Roddy
Momma’s Man; dir: Azazel Jacobs
New Brooklyn; dir: Christopher Cannucciari

Tour de France:

La vie ailleurs; dir: David Teboul
Louise-Michel; dir: Benoit Delépine, Gustave Kervern
A Virus in the City; dir: Cédric Venail
Versailles; dir: Pierre Schöller

Jewels from the Middle East:

5 Minutes from Home; Palestine, dir: Nahed Awwad
About Elly; Iran, dir: Asghar Farhadi
Salt of this Sea; Palestine, dir: Annemarie Jacir
Smile, you’re in South Lebanon; Jordan, dir: Dalia Al-Kury
Z32; Israel, dir: Avi Mograbi

ANDREAS DRESEN RETROSPECTIVE:

Grill Point; Germany
Cloud 9; Germany
Night Shapes; Germany
Policewoman; Germany
Summer in Berlin; Germany
Whisky with Vodka; Germany

SHOOT THE SHOOTER:

Benjamin Smoke; USA, dir: Jem Cohen
Chain; USA, dir: Jem Cohen

EXPERIENCES:

Beeswax; USA, dir: Andrew Bujalski
Lorna’s Silence; Belgium, dir: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Private Lessons; Belgium, dir: Joachim Lafosse
The Class; France, dir: Laurent Cantet
Goodbye Solo; USA, dir: Ramón Bahrani
Cherry Blossoms; Germany, dir: Doris Dörrie
Jerichow; Germany, dir: Christian Petzold
Frontier of the Dawn; France, dir: Philippe Garrel
Romance of Astree and Celadon; France, dir: Eric Rohmer
Of Time and the City; UK, dir: Terence Davies
Still walking; Japan, dir: Hirokazu Koreeda
The Sound of Insects; Switzerland, dir: Peter Liechti
Wendy and Lucy; USA, dir: Nelly Reichardt

SANFIC MUSIC:

Berlin calling; Germany, dir: Hannes Stöhr
The Man who bottled Clouds; Brazil, dir: Lírio Ferreira
Kikoe; Japan, dir: Chikara Iwai
Loki; Brazil, dir: Paulo Enrique Fontenelle
Mellodrama; USA, dir: Dianna Dilworth
Soul Power; USA, dir: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte

SPECIAL SCREENING:

Super; Chile, dir: Fernanda Aljaro, Felipe del Río

WORK IN PROGRESS:
Drama; dir: Matías Lira
Las traducciones de Piotr Herroll; dir: Martín Seeger Castellano
Metro cuadrado; dir: Nayra Ilic
Perro muerto; dir: Camilo Becerra
Un nombre para Ana; dir: Antonia Rossi

JURY:

International Competition:
Andreas Dresen, filmmaker (Grill Point, Cloud 9)
Marco Lombardi, critic and programmer Internacional Film Critics Week, Venice Internacional Film Festival
Genna Terranova, senior programmer Tribeca Film Festival

Latin American Competition:
Caroline Libresco, producer and curator, programmer Sundance Film Festival
Joshua Siegel, curator Department of Film and Media, MoMA
Andrés Wood, filmmaker (Machuca, The Good Life)

Chilean Cinema Competition:
Azazel Jacobs, filmmaker (The GoodTimesKid, Momma’s Man)
Gerardo Naranjo, filmmaker (Drama/mex, I’m gonna Explode)
António Pinto Ribeiro, director of the Creativity and Artistic Creation Programme at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Work In Progress:
Diego Batlle, journalist and film critic, director and editor OtrosCines.com website
Pablo Cruz, film producer, Canana Films
Esther Robinson, filmmaker (A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory)

Awards:

-Best Film International Competition:
The Exploding Girl (USA; dir: Bradley Rust Gray)
-Best Director International Competition:
Ciro Guerra, by The Wind Journeys (Colombia)
-Special mentions International Competition:
The General (Mexico; dir: Natalia Almada)
Navidad (Chile; dir: Sebastián Lelio)
No puedo vivir sin ti (Taiwan; dir: Leon Dai)
-Best Film Latin American Competition:
They all lie (Argentina; dir: Matías Piñeiro)
-Best Director Latin American Competition:
Federico Veiroj, by Acné (Uruguay)
-Special Mentions Latin American Competition:
The Wind and the Water (Panama; dir: Vero Bollow and Igar Yala Collective)
María y el Nuevo Mundo (Venezuela; dir: George Walker Torres)
-Best Film Chilean Cinema Competition:
Paseo, by Sergio Castro San-Martín
-Best Director Chilean Cinema Competition:
Cristóbal Cohen and Marcelo Hermosilla, by Nosotros
-Public Prize to the Best Film of the three competitions:
Retrato de un antipoeta, by Víctor Jiménez
-Signis Award Latin American Competition:
The Wind and the Water
-Signis Award Chilean Cinema Competition:
Nosotros
-Work In Progress SANFIC 5:
Perro muerto, dir: Camilo Becerra
Special Mention: Metro cuadrado, dir: Nayra Ilic

International guests:

Alejo Moguillansky (filmmaker); Andy Moor (musician); Bradley Rust Gray (filmmaker); Carmina Samayoa (producer and distributor); Carol Ann Figueroa (producer); Carolina Fernández (producer); Christian Schwochow (filmmaker); Ciro Guerra (filmmaker); Cristina Marrón (investigator); Enid Campos (producer); Fernando Epstein (producer and editor); George Walker Torres (filmmaker); Guy Picciotto (musician); Ivo M. Ferreira (filmmaker); Jace Clayton (DJ Rupture, musician); Jem Cohen (filmmaker); Josh Marcantel (actor); Juan Pablo Bastarrachea (curator and director Cinema Global); Juliette Garcias (filmmaker); Luana Melgaco (producer); Luis Pérez Endara (distributor); Mathieu Fournet (regional France Embassy’s audiovisual attaché); Matías Piñeiro (filmmaker); Miguel Sánchez (producer); Natalia Almada (filmmaker); Rodrigo Bellott (filmmaker); Sergio Wolf (critic, filmmaker and Bafici’s director); Todd Griffin (musician); Vasile Muraru (actor)

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES:

-Ciudad de México por Azar, in Cine Arte Normandie, with live music performed by Todd Griffin, Guy Picciotto, Andy Moor and DJ Rupture; texts readed by Juan Pablo Bastarrachea

-Round Table The Summit of the Chilean Cinema, in Cineteca Nacional Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda
Panelists: Marcelo Leonart, Paulo Avilés, Sergio Castro, Sebastián Lelio, Daniel Henríquez / Presents: Ignacio Aliaga / Moderator: Carlos Núñez

-Another Kind of Music: Masterclass by Jem Cohen, in Cineteca Nacional Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda
Panelists: Todd Griffin, Guy Picciotto y Andy Moor

-Conference Cinema of the Future / organizad with La Fuga
Panelists: Enrique Rivera, Daniel Reyes León, Enrique Ramírez
Moderator: Iván Pinto

-Special activities for children by Alicia Vega, in 5 comunas (districts) of Santiago

-Screening of short films by the association La Matatena (Mexico), for childrens of 5 comunas of Santiago

-SANFIC goes to your Comuna: free screening in 5 comunas of Santiago

-SANFIC goes to the Snow
Free Screenings in Farellones School

-Different activities in DUOC UC, between them:

-Round table The Contemporary Realism in the American Cinema
Panelists: Mary Monahan, Gina Lemoine, Josh Marcantel, Esther Robinson
Moderator: Jorge Tacla

-Round table Author’s Cinema: The Tension of the Languages
Panelists: Ivo Ferreira, Natalia Almada, Joaquín Mora, Sebastián Lelio, Christian Schwochow / Moderator: Carlos Núñez

-Meeting with Jem Cohen
Moderator: Joel Poblete

-Audiovisual Creation’s Clinic to Students’ Projects
Special Guest: António Pinto Ribeiro

-Screening of the film Castro, Audiovisual Creation’s Clinic to Students’ Projects
Special Guest: Alejo Moguillansky