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54 articles available in total starting from 07/06/2013. Last article published on 12/08/2026.

Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña • Directors of Donkey Princess

Interview: Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña • Directors of Donkey Princess

Donkey Princess springs from that exact encounter between the strange, the distorted, and the profoundly pop and recognisable”

The directing duo talk about venturing into the realm of fairy tales, myths and the unconscious, blending live action, animation and an imagination rooted in Chilean popular culture  

12/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Review: Donkey Princess

Review: Donkey Princess

The latest film by the Chilean directorial duo composed of Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña - who are known for their stop-motion universe - also features flesh and blood actors for the first time  

07/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

REPORT: First Look @ Locarno Pro 2026

REPORT: First Look @ Locarno Pro 2026

Uruguay takes centre stage in Locarno Pro’s work-in-progress showcase, with six features seeking the partners, positioning and festival launches needed to complete their international journeys  

07/08 | Locarno 2026 | Locarno Pro

Alicia Scherson • Director of Summer War

Interview: Alicia Scherson • Director of Summer War

“It's always a bit of a mystery how you capture a specific tone – it’s mysterious in literature, and it's just as mysterious in cinema”

The Chilean director adapts Roberto Bolaño’s The Third Reich with her latest film, in which the shadow of Pinochet’s dictatorship hangs over a man’s seemingly carefree holiday  

16/06 | Tribeca 2026

Review: Summer War

Review: Summer War

In her second adaptation of a Roberto Bolaño novel, Alicia Scherson takes a tonally singular approach to the unconventional holiday of a young man obsessed with tabletop wargames  

12/06 | Tribeca 2026

Review: Double Freedom

Review: Double Freedom

CANNES 2026: Lisandro Alonso makes a welcome return to the territory of his pathbreaking film Freedom, tracking the life of the same Las Pampas woodcutter 25 years later  

16/05 | Cannes 2026 | Directors’ Fortnight

Rodrigo Spagnuolo wraps filming on Amalia y el Diablo

Rodrigo Spagnuolo wraps filming on Amalia y el Diablo

The film, written by the director himself, stars Ana Claro Guanco, Paco Sepúlveda, Hugo Piccinini, Rui Ricardo Díaz, Fernanda Thurann, Laura Grandinetti and Ezequiel Rodríguez  

16/04 | Production | Funding | Uruguay/Spain/Argentina/Brazil

Lucía Casañ Rodríguez directs Bypass

Lucía Casañ Rodríguez directs Bypass

Alba Flores stars in an ironic road-movie comedy about a 35-year-old woman and a pig  

09/04 | Production | Funding | Spain/Uruguay

Review: Better Class

Review: Better Class

Víctor García León pokes fun at—and shares in—the contradictions of modern fatherhood, where men are willing to trample their own ethical principles in order to climb the social ladder  

26/03 | Films | Reviews | Spain/Uruguay

Review: The Map to Touch You

Review: The Map to Touch You

Mercedes Afonso’s documentary is a sensitive, optimistic and moving portrait of autism, shaped by the filmmaker’s deep love for her son Airam  

25/03 | Málaga 2026

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