Canadian Premiere
CSE 2023

Fantasmagoría

In the middle of the Atacama Desert through the remains of the last saltpeter industry, where the inhabitants witness the decline of industrialization in the driest geographical point in the world. 

SYNOPSIS

In the middle of the Atacama Desert through the remains of the last saltpeter industry, where the inhabitants witness the decline of industrialization in the driest geographical point in the world.

Theme(s): , Culture, Work

DETAILS

Director | , Juan Francisco Gonzalez
Year | , 2022
Country | , Chile, France, Switzerland
Duration | 14 minutes
Original language | , Spanish
Subtitles | , French
Image | Juan Francisco Gonzalez
Sound | Diego Aguilar
Music | Nova Materia
Editing | Juan Francisco Gonzalez

DIRECTOR

Photo

Juan Francisco Gonzalez

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

A graduate of a master’s degree in documentary cinema at the EICTV (in Cuba), he did an advanced course in documentary directing at the Ateliers Varan (in Paris). He has worked on various audiovisual and photographic projects, and in parallel he has conducted practical workshops and artistic residencies in different regions of Chile and France.
In 2012, he directed documentaries for the website mafi.tv and participated in the feature documentaries «Propanganda» (2014) and «Dios» (2019).

In 2020, he completed the short film «Maria K», presented at the Cinéma du Réel festival, where he won the Audience Prize «Première Fenêtre» and a Special Mention from the FIDOCS Jury (2020). It was also selected as «Talents Guadalajara» (2020), «Talents Buenos Aires» (2021) and «BaseCamp – Locarno Film Festival» (2021).

PAST SCREENINGS

SCREENING 1

27 July 2023 at 20h45

Parc Molson

This film is included in screening Short film competition – Programme #4

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