CHILE Production Listings - December 15 2003

A MAN ON THE SIDEWALK (UN HOMBRE EN LA VEREDA)
(Arauco Films/Antuco Pictures) Thriller. An adaptation of A Chilean bestselling novel by Elizabeth Subercaseaux. A Supreme Court judge kills his married lover at a golf course. The sole witness is the married editor of a powerful newspaper but he has witnessed the crime from the balcony of his gay lover. Exec prod: Craig Roth (US). Dir: Carlos Carrera. Scr: Yenny Nun and James Katz.
Contact: Nun, (1) 310 454 2123 e-mail nunyenny@yahoo.com

DECEMBER MEN (HOMBRES DE DICIEMBRE)
(Alce Prods) Co-prod: Matanza Cine (Arg). Budget: $700,000. Backers: Corfo, Fondart Chile. Dramatic comedy. Exec prod/prod: Adrian Solar. Co-prods: Pablo Trapero, Hugo Castro. Dir: Alex Bowen C. Scr : Julio Rojas, Paula del Fierro, Alex Bowen. DoP: Patricio Riquelme. Ed: Danielle Fillios. Prod des: Carolina Fuentes. Main cast: Erto Pantoja, Jorge Roman. Shooting in Punta Arenas, Chile from February until March,2004.
Contact: Alex Bowen, Alce Producciones, (56 ) 2 206 3823

IN BED (EN LA CAMA)
(Ceneca Prods) Two strangers see their outlook on life change after their intense sexual encounter in a motel. Exec prod: Adrian Solar. Dir: Matias Bize. Scr: Julio Rojas Main cast: Gonzalo Valenzuela, Blanca Lewin To shoot in February 2004 in Santiago, Chile.
Contact: Matias Bize, (56) 9 358 8431/ (56) 2 228 2598 E-mail: laduraladura@hotmail.com

LA SINFONIA
(Claudio Ferrer Prods) Backer: Fondart. Dir: Pablo Larrain.
Contact: (56) 2 09 322 4473 E-mail: claudioferrer@ferozfilm.com

PROMEDIA ROJO
(Sobras Prods) Backer: Fondart. Co-prods: IJV Prods (Sp), Amiguetes Enter (Sp). Budget: $1m. Dark comedy, set in a high school. Misfit Roberto Rodriguez falls in love with a new schoolmate, a spectacular Spanish girl. Exec prods: Nicolas Lopez, Javier Valino, Santiago Segura. Prod: Miguel Asensio. Dir/scr: Nicolas Lopez. DoP: Teo Delgado. Ed: Diego Macho. Prod des: Nelson Daniel. Hair/make-up: Karina Arbulu. Music: Josele Santiago. Main cast: Ariel Levy, Benjamin Vicuna, Eduardo Bertran, Cristina Pena Lillo, Sebastian Muniz.Shooting in Santiago de Chile and Madrid from January 7 until February 15, 2004.
Contact: Nicolas Lopez, Sobras Prods, (56) 2 461 99 72 / (56) 2 461 99 51 e-mail: lopez@sobras.com

VIOLETA: THANKS TO LIFE (VIOLETA: GRACIAS A LA VIDA)
(Luis R Vera Prods/ PerroVerde) Co-prods: Morgana (Fr), LatiNordisk FP (Swe). Budget: U$1.6m. Int'l sales: FilmoCentro S.A. Drama. Bio-epic on one of the most fundamental myths and pillars of Chilean culture, artist Violeta Parra, and her passionate relationships with men, family and society. Exec prod: Luis R Vera. Prods: Juan Enrique Forch, Alberto Celery. Dir/scr: Luis R Vera. DoP: Patricio C Alvarez. Ed: Mario Solis. Prod des: Sergio Trabucco. Shooting in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, France and Switzerland from October 2004 until December 2004.
Contact: Luis R. Vera, tel: (56) 32 496987 and (56) 09 9274228

AZUL Y BLANCO
(Araya Prods) Budget: $472,000. Backer: Corfo. Dist: PWI. Dir:Sebastian Araya. Main cast: Tamara Acosta, Juan Pablo Saez, Daniel Munoz, Pablo Macaya, Luis Dubo, Ramon Llao.
Contact: Araya, (56) 2 264 1368 e-mail: Tebiaraya@hotmail.com

BUSCANDO A LA SENORITA HYDE
(Artar Prods) Backer: Fondart. Prod: Mauricio Artar. Dir: Pepe Maldonado.
Contact: Mauricio Artar, (56) 2 341 4496 / (56) 2 225 3197

CACHIMBA
(Andrea Films). Co prods: Viriato Films (Sp), Zarlek Prods (Arg).Budget: $839,767. Backers: Ibermedia, Fondart. A series of tragic-comic events unfold when a couple discovers a museum in a coastal town with hundreds of paintings by a little known painter. Exec prods: Silvio Caiozzi, Guadalupe Bornand. Prod: Edgardo Viereck. Co-prods: Jose Luis Segura (Sp), Pablo Rovito (Arg). Dir/ed: Silvio Caiozzi. Scr: Caiozzi, Nelson Fuentes. DoP: Miguel Abal. Prod des: Bornand. Makeup: Lucila Rubirosa. Music: Osvaldo Montes. Main cast: Julio Jung, Pablo Schwarz, Mariana Loyola, Jesus Guzman, Patricio Contreras . Shot from July 15 to September, 2003 in Santiago and Cartagena (Chile).
Contact: Silvio Caiozzi, Andres Films, (56) 2 209 9031 e-mail: andreafilms@andreafilms.cl

DOGME #33 RESIDENCE (RESIDENCIA)
(Nuevo Extremo Cine Television Digital Chile) Budget: $229,000. Int'l sales (TV): Frixa. Shot on digital video and strictly adhering to the dogme style, the film follows the evolution of a young man from the provinces who arrives at the capital of Santiago to study. Dir/prod: Artemio Espinoza. Scr: Carlo Crino. Ed: Vicente Espinosa. Main cast: Antonio Chuaqui, Nicolas Fontaine, Margarita Murua, Nicolas Allendes, Javier Figueroa.Shot in Santiago de Chile from May 2002 until January 2003.
Contact: Artemio Espinosa, Nuevo Extremo Cine TV Digital, (56 2) 635 6320 / (56 2) 635 6321 web: www.dogme95.cl e-mail: artemiomc@nuevo-extremo.cl

EL BANO
(Orellana Prods) Budget: $219,690. Backer: Fondart. Digital feature. Twenty years in Chile as seen through a security camera in a public bath. Prod: Rodrigo Orellana. Dir: Gregory Cohen.Main cast: Aline Kuppenheim, Pablo Macaya, Alex Zisis, Ramon Llao and Loreto Moya.
Contact: Orellana, (56) 2 09 338 4298 e-mail: orellana@dospasos.cl

EL HUESPED
(Hidalgo Prods) Budget: $81,366. Five medical students visit an old hospital and are attacked by a resident alien. Dir: Coke Hidalgo. Main cast: Inigo Urrutia, Jaime Vadeli.
Contact: Hidalgo, Hidalgo Prods, (56) 2 352 02 28 e-mail: cokehidalgo@yahoo.com

EL LUGAR ENCANTADO
(Nicephore Films) Budget: US$ 300, 000. Drama. A married pianist sees his world view change when he embarks on an affair with a younger woman. Prod/dir/scr: Juan Vicente Araya Hair/make-up: Malena Yanez. Music: Arnaud Romet. Main cast: Gabriela Aguilera, Miguel Angel Bravo, Rodolfo Pulgar, Tichy Lobos,Maricarmen Arrigorriaga. Shot in Santiago, Valparaíso, Pichidangui from Feb 1 until March 1 2003
Contact: Juan Vicente Araya, Nicephore Films, (56) 2 273 7541

EL VISITANTE NOCTURNO
(Maldonado Prods) Budget:$358,014. Backers: Fondart, Corfo. A timid librarian goes to live in a haunted flat. Dir: Pepe Maldonado. Main cast: Aline Kuppenheim, Luis Ginecco.
Contact: (56) 2 341 4496 / 225 3197

HORCON AL SUR DEL MUNDO
(Goncalves Prods) Budget:$130,187. Backer: Fondart. A German with Chilean parents goes back to their hometown of Horcon to scatter their ashes. Dir: Sergio Goncalves. Main cast: Alejandro Castillo and Juan Pablo Saez.
Contact: goncalve@ctc-reuna.cl

THE LAST MOON (LA ULTIMA LUNA)
(Azul Films) Co prods: Buenaventura Films, Churubusco Azteca, (Mex). Backers: Ibermedia, Fondart, Ibermedia.Drama. The story of a friendship between two men: a Jew and a Palestinian. Exec prods: Miguel Littin C., Miguel Joan Littin Menz. Prod:Miguel Littin, Jorge Infante. Dir/scr: Miguel Littin. DoP: Joan Littin. Ed:Rodolfo Wedeles. Prod des: Carlos Garrido. Main cast: Francisca Merino, Tamara Acosta, Alejandro Goic, Ayman Abu Zolof, Khalid Massou. Shot in Palestine, from May 1 2003, until July 28 2003.
Contact: Miguel Littin, Azul Films, (56) 2 356 4912 e-mail: mlittin@yahoo.com

LOVE TO KILL (AMOR QUE MATA)
(VdeB Films) Co-prods: Chilefilms, Andrea Films. Budget: $350,000. Backers: Corfo, Fondart.Thriller. Friends bring a prostitute to a stag night. Days later she is found dead. Exec prods: Edgardo Viereck, Claudia Demaria. Prod: Claudia DeMaria. Co-prods: Silvio Caiozzi, Gonzalo Marambio, Juan Carlos Arriagada, Cristian Aguilar. Dir: Edgardo Viereck. Scr: Viereck, Pedro Mallol and Daniel Henriquez. Prod des: Claudia Demaria.Main cast: Viviana Rodriguez, Luciano Cruz-Coke, Alejandro Trejo, Katyna Huberman, Francisca Reiss and Francisco Melo. Shot in Santiago de Chile from February 20 to March 22, 2003.
Contact: Viereck or DeMaria, VdeB Films, (56) 2 224 9643 or 242 5395 e-mail: eviereck@hotmail.com

MACHUCA
(Wood Prods) Co-prods: Chilefilms, Tornasol (Sp) Mamoun Hassan (UK), Paraiso (Fr). Backers: Ibermedia, Fondart. Two boys from the opposite sides of the track see their friendship tested when the poor one is admitted to the school of his rich friend and trouble erupts. Dir/prod: Andres Wood. Scr: Wood, Roberto Brodsky, Mamoun Hassan. DoP: Miguel Joan Littin. Ed: Fernando Pardo. Prod Des: Rodrigo Bazaes. Main cast: Francisco Reyes, Ariel Mateluna, Alinne Kuppenheim, Federico Luppi, Matias Quer, Alejandro Trejo and Tamara Acosta.
Contact: (56) 2 269 8764 / (56) 2 269 7472 e-mail: awood@woodproducciones.com

MALA LECHE
(Cine FX) Budget: $1.2m. Backers: Fondart, Corfo. Intl sales/dist: Cine FX. Action thriler. Two juvenile delinquents lose the money from their first drug deal and have two days to recover it. Exec prods: Leon Errazuriz, Matias Ovalle. Prod: Matias Ovalle. Dir/ed: Errazuriz. Scr: Errazuriz, Matias Ovalle. DoP: Andres Garces. Prod des:Federico Jaeger. Cost des: Constanza Lopez & Carolina Espina. Hair/make-up: Francisco Llancaqueo/ Carolina Lizana. Music: Miguel Miranda, Jose Miguel Tobar. Main cast: Juan Pablo Ogalde, Adela Secall, Mauricio Diocares, Luis Dubo, Ramon LLao. Shot in Santiago,Chile from February 1st until March 20th, 2003.
Contact: Leon Errazuriz, Cine FX, (56) 2 458 1508 e-mail: leon@cinefx.cl

PARENTHESIS (PARENTESIS)
(Follow Films Ltd) Budget:$340,000. Romantic-drama. After his fiance breaks up with him, 28-year-old Camilo meets a 16-year-old schizophrenic who changes his outlook on life. Exec prod(s): Francisca Schweitzer, Pablo Solis. Prod: Joaquin Mora. Dir/scr/ed: Pablo Solis, Francisca Schweitzer. DoP: Christian Mcmanus. Prod des: Rodrigo Duque Motta. Cost des: Maria de la Luz Briceno.Hair/make-up: Victoria Chadwick. Music: Silvio Paredes. Main cast: Francisco Perez-Bannen, Carolina Castro, Sigrid Alegria, Luis Gnecco, Inigo Urrutia Shot in Santiago de Chile from March 19 until April 13, 2003
Contact: Schweitzer, Follow Films, (56) 2 632 1775 e-mail: franschweitzer@hotmail.com

TENDIDO MIRANDO LAS ESTRELLAS
(Racz Prods) Budget:$342,000. Shot in digital. A young girl commits a crime. Backer: Fondart. Dir: Andres Racz. Main cast: Sibonay Lo, Paulina Urrutia.
Contact: (56) 2 639 2630 e-mail:jaracz@ctcinternet.cl

XS: THE WORST SIZE (XS: LA PEOR TALLA)
(JL Prods) Intl sales: JL 4 Int. Budget: $300,000. Youth comedy. Set at a high school, the class bully threatens to kill a classmate for spreading a damning rumour about him. Exec prods: Gustavo Valenzuela, Jorge Lopez Sotomayor. Dir: Jorge Lopez. Scr: Luis Ponce & Gonzalo Maza. DoP: Ralf Oberti, Sebastian Moreno. Ed: Marcelo Zamora. Prod des: Gerardo Moro. Cost des: Jenny Larenas. Hair/make-up: Ilse Moro. Music: Nacho Mena .Main cast: Benjamin Vicuna, Maria Elena Swett, Gonzalo Valenzuela, Nicolas Saavedra, Florencia Romero. Shot in 2003 from January until March.
Contact: Jorge Lopez Sotomayor, JL Producciones de Cine, (56) 2 206 7856