SANFIC ends its digital edition awarding the best national and international productions

The Santiago International Film Festival, organized by Fundación CorpArtes and produced by Storyboard Media, screened 84 national and international films between August 16 and 23, for the first time digitally, free of charge and throughout Chile. As of Saturday, August 22, the contest reached more than 45,000 views, with reproductions in all regions of the country, from Arica to Punta Arenas.

“holy“, by Joshua Gil (Mexico), in the International Competition;”The women of my house“, by Valentina Reyes in the Chilean Film Competition; and”Casimira“, by Carolina Fuentealba, in the National Talent Short Film Competition, were chosen as Best Film in their respective categories. In turn, the juries selected Best Director and Best Performance in the International and Chilean Cinema competitions, and recognized with honorable mentions some of the productions.

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Eight productions from Germany, Argentina, China, Spain, Lesotho, Mexico, Peru and Chile were part of the eight days of # SANFIC16 exhibition, competing to be the winners of this section of the contest. ⠀ Álvaro Longoria, winner of the Goya for the best documentary for “Children of the clouds, the last colony”; national actress Paulina García, winner of the Berlin Silver Bear for her performance in “Gloria”; and Paula Hernández, winner of three awards at the Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana for “Los sonámbulos”, determined: ⠀ película Best film: “Sanctorum” by Joshua Gil. ⠀ ???? Best Director: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese for “This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection.” ⠀ ???? Best actor: Alberto Ammann for “The silence of the hunter”. ⠀ ???? Special mention address: “Blanco en blanco” by Theo Court. ⠀ ???? Special mention actress: Mary Twala Mhlongo for “This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection”. With great regret, we presented this award posthumously and affectionately bid farewell to Mary Twala Mhlongo, who passed away on July 20, 2020. ⠀ Congratulations to all of you! ???? ⠀ ➖ SANFIC16 – August 16-23. free I digital I throughout Chile ⠀ ▪️Organized: @fundacion_corpartes ▪️Produce: @storyboardm_ ▪️Co-financed: @culturas_cl

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“This version of SANFIC has been very special for us, since making the decision not to cancel despite the pandemic it meant a great challenge. We wanted to carry out the festival in this digital format so that people from all over the country could enjoy films with diverse content and socially relevant themes, which often do not reach movie theaters and which, even more so with the health contingency, would have been very difficult to see otherwise, “said Francisca Florenzano, Executive Director of Fundación CorpArtes.

On the last day of the festival, which ends this Sunday, August 23, people will be able to enjoy of the 16 films in the SANFIC Educa section, as well as the scheduled films of the Masters of Cinema sections, which are released at 6:00 am: “Sorry We Missed You” (United Kingdom), by Ken Loach, screened at the Cannes, San Sebastián and Toronto festivals , and winner of the Audience Award for Best European Film at the San Sebastián Festival and “Nomad: In The Footsteps Of Bruce Chatwin” (United Kingdom), by Werner Herzog, where the director makes a journey around the world, including Patagonia Chilean, in honor of his friend, writer and adventurer Bruce Chatwin. This documentary was featured at festivals like Tribeca and Telluride.

“We have had a great week of national and international cinema to share and accompany our audience from all over the country, connecting it with the new productions of incredible Chilean and world filmmakers. We are very grateful for the welcome that the festival had by the audience, quickly exhausting the viewings of the films, which makes the effort for this special edition complete “, said Carlos Núñez, Artistic Director of SANFIC.

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