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New Chilean Troika, Maquina, Launches at the 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
Maquina, a new production entity comprising three Chilean companies, has launched at the 72nd San Sebastian Festival.
Formed by three firms led by seasoned Chilean producers – Augusto Matte’s London-based Deptford Film, Úrsula Budnik’s Horamágica in Valdivia and Fernando Bascuñán’s Santiago-based Planta – Maquina has been established to leverage the combined strengths of its founding partners, all of whom are attending the prominent Spanish festival. “We’ve always wanted to work together, Maquina provides us with a more flexible structure that allows us to be more agile and practical,” Matte told Variety, explaining: “It is conceptually inspired by the idea of machinic assemblages, which refers to a fluid and dynamic system where different elements come together to create a functional whole without a fixed center.” Prior to founding Deptford Film, he was CEO and producer at Jirafa, where he played a key role in launching the careers of prominent filmmakers and managing multiple international projects, including Francisca Alegria’s “The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future” and Hoffmann’s “AliEN0089.” He holds an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths, University of London.
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