Chilapa´s Girl

Original Title: Muchachita Chilapa

Runtime: 90'

Expected Release: January 2028

Production Stage: Editing, Production

1st Feature: Yes

Looking for: Sales Agents / Distributors, Buyers, Co-Producers, Impact Producer

Synopsis:

Yulieth (11–15), a brave and rebellious girl grows up in a wild territory where natural beauty coexists with the harshness of machismo. As she becomes a mother, she forms a fragile adolescent family while striving to shape a different path from the one inherited by the women in her family.

Director’s Profile:

Juana Lotero is a Medellín-based filmmaker, lifelong learner, feminist, and economist. She studied directing at EICTV and is co-founder of Noctámbulos Cine. She is currently producing Muchachita Chilapa, winner of the Colombian Film Development Fund (FDC). At the same time, she is distributing Niña Chilapa (2025), selected for the Refresh Vol. 6 catalogue. The film won Best Colombian Short Film at FICCI and MIDBO, as well as the Americana Award at Festival Regard, and has been screened at Durban, Winterthur, Uppsala, Oberhausen, FIPADOC and DOC NYC.
She wrote, directed, and co-produced Wild Strawberries (2022), which premiered at FICCI and received an Honorable Mention for Best Actress at the Libélula Dorada Film Festival, and Sweet Dreams (2020), which premiered at the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival, received FACIUNI grants, and won Best Fantasy Short Film at the Colombian Women’s Film Festival.

Producer’s Profile:

Anahí Farfán is an Argentine producer based in Colombia and the founder of Fuega Cine. Her work focuses on auteur cinema and feminist and territorial narratives. She has produced or co-produced films such as Las almas (dir. Laura Basombrío, Best Director, Mar del Plata 2023), Transfariana (dir. Joris Lachaise, Berlinale 2023), Al impenetrable (dir. Sonia Bertotti, Best Film and Best Production, Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre 2023), and the short Geografía espectral (dir. Manuel Mateo Gómez, Vision du Reel 2026). She is currently developing the feature documentaries Muchachita Chilapa (dir. Juana Lotero, FDC Development 2022 and Production 2024) and Mujeres públicas (dir. Agustina Comedi, FDC Minority Co-production 2024).