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Chile Hits New Awards Record as CinemaChile, Now 15, Illustrates the Virtues of an Industry Priority: Promotion
Exploding onto the scene over 2003-05, Chilean cinema is now part of the international landscape.
Last month Chile scored a double Oscar nomination for Maite Alberdi ’s “The Eternal Memory” and Larrain’s “El Conde’ in the categories of documentary and cinematography, respectively, notes Alexandra Galvis, co-founder and vice-president of APCT (Association of Film and Television Producers), which backs CinemaChile. From the Novíssimo Cine Chileno, which heralded the emergence of a clutch of young star auteurs – Andrés Wood, Alicia Scherson, Sebastián Lelio – Chile’s cinema has grown to one of the most preeminent in Latin America. “The films and prizes of a national cinema such as Chile’s are the product of a political culture sustained in time allowing cineastes – if this case, no doubt, of large talent – to develop and gain international reach,” says Bava.
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