Projects

Runtime: 80'

Expected release: September 2026

Production stage: Editing

Budget: €440,894 (65% in place)

1st feature: No

Looking for: Festivals, Sales Agents / Distributors, Buyers, Gap Financing

Synopsis:

Camila and her family reconstruct the image of her swindler father through photographs, court records and memories fractured by his violence. A charismatic man who promised limitless success. When the fantasy crumbled, intimacy became fear and silence a way to endure. The film traces the dismantling of a father shaped by neoliberal illusion, and the fragile rebuilding of those who survived his fiction

Director’s Profile:

Tana Gilbert is a filmmaker graduated from the University of Chile with a Master’s degree in Documentary Cinema. Her work focuses on the representation of the domestic and the political, exploring family archives and the lives of women in Latin American contexts.
Her first feature film, Malqueridas (2023), received the Grand Prize for Best Film at the Critics’ Week of the Venice International Film Festival and has earned over 30 awards and 60 official selections at international festivals. Her short films — Rest, Zulema (2013), I’m Still Here (2017) and No Star (2022) — were screened and awarded at festivals such as Hot Docs, Chicago and the Valladolid International Film Week.
She is currently pursuing a PhD in Communication at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, within the research line in Cinema. Her work has established her as one of the new voices in contemporary Chilean cinema.

Producer’s Profile:

Paola Castillo Villagrán is a director and producer of award-winning documentaries, including Beyond My Grandfather Allende (Golden Eye Prize, Cannes Film Festival, 2015), Malqueridas (Best Film, Venice International Critics’ Week, 2023), The Lifeguard, Cielo and Relentless Memory, among others. She has also directed Frontera, Genoveva and 74m².
She is co-founder and Executive Director of the Chilean Documentary Corporation (CCDoc) and Deputy Director of the Chiledoc sector brand, both non-profit organisations supporting the national and international distribution of Chilean documentaries. She has served as a jury member at film festivals, a mentor for documentary labs, and an evaluator for international funding programs.
She is a professor in the Film and TV programme at the University of Chile and in the Audiovisual Direction programme at the Catholic University.

Runtime: 82'

Expected release: November 2027

Production stage: Post-Production

Budget: $427,900 (50.87% in place)

1st feature: Yes

Looking for: Post Production and Distribution Gap Financing, Buyers, Festivals, Distribution Partners

Synopsis:

A young filmmaker, Sidka—the director of the film—dives into Buenos Aires’ underground drag scene through his lens. As he follows the unconventional drag artist Gothik Whale during his ascent from the underground scene to international fame, in return, he embarks on a personal journey of self-discovery, ultimately coming to understand his own identity as a transgender man.

Director’s Profile:

Sidka Saavedra Vera (Santiago de Chile, 1998) is a filmmaker of Palestinian descent. He studied Film Direction at Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires, where he also worked as a teaching assistant for a year and a half, and gave guest classes in Windhausen’s course at NYU Buenos Aires. Sidka is currently directing his first feature film with support from Mecenazgo Cultural fund and FUC. The project has participated in FIDBA LAB Link (2023), IDFAcademy (selected as one of three projects to pitch, 2025), and Doculab at FICG (2026). He is also developing his second feature, taking part in Residencia Audiovisual Queer Cuórum (Mexico) and the Sentimientos Encontrados residency by Manuel Abramovic (2026). His first short film, Underground Morphology, screened at BAFICI, SANFIC (Special Mention), Vancouver Queer Film Festival, INTERFILM Berlin, and Beijing Queer Film Festival (2025).

Producer’s Profile:

Constanza Schmidt holds a diploma in International Producing from Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and a Film Production degree from Universidad del Cine (Buenos Aires). She works in documentaries and shorts across Germany, Latin America, and France, with support from SWR/ARTE. Her films screened at BAFICI, SANFIC, Cairo, Hof, and Interfilm. She has coordinated locations for Netflix and Hulu, interned at Beta Film, and was a juror at the Berlinale Coproduction Market.

Claudia León is a Chilean producer trained at the University of Toulouse and Lussas. With 15+ years of experience, she founded Faro Cine in 2018 to produce creative documentary and has participated in Eurodoc international production workshop training in 2022. Filmography highlights: “Volcan” premiered in Millenium FF, “Synchrony”, filmed in Patagonia and the Atacama desert, world premiered in Hotdocs 2024 and Trento ff 2026.