PATRICIO GUZMAN

Linking the exploration of Nature and History, the natural landscape, historical memory and the open wound of the Pinochet dictatorship, Chilean Patricio Guzmán completes his great trilogy by turning his attention to the Andes mountain range. — After the masterpiece "Nostalgia for the Light" and the Silver Bear award-winning "Pearl Button", Patricio Guzman now turns his gaze to the Chilean Andes mountain range. Taking as his point of reference another characteristic natural feature of a homeland that he now barely recognizes, the leading exponent of poetic and political documentary cinema continues a unique exploration of this delicate frontier where man and the eternity of Nature meet. — Best Documentary | Cannes Film Festival | 2019 Official Selection | San Sebastian Film Festival | 2019

Veteran Patricio Guzman (Nostalgia for the Light, Pearl Button) reconnects the past with the present, turning his gaze to the social upheaval that sparked in Chile in October 2019, in a gripping and beautiful narrative of the change happening before our eyes. — In October 2019, 1.5 million people marched through the streets of Santiago demanding more democracy, a better life, education, health care and a new constitution. Chile has regained its memory, and for the first time since the cruel 1973, its people are vigorously demanding their rights. — Official Selection - International Competition | Cannes Film Festival | 2017 Official Selection - International Competition | San Sebastian Film Festival | 2017

Heaven is in the sky and hell beneath the ground. One of the best existential documentaries ever made, Patricio Guzmán's study of the dichotomy between ignorance of the unknown and the sad knowledge of political events that shook Chile, brings history and astronomy closer than ever. — In Chile's Atacama Desert, at an altitude of three thousand feet, astronomers from all over the world gather to observe the stars. The desert's sky is a place where the harsh heat of the sun "falls" on human existence, which remains intact: on mummies, miners and explorers... as well as on the political prisoners of the dictatorship; and while astronomers examine the farthest galaxies, just below the observatories, women dig through the desert in search of their missing relatives. — European Documentary Award | European Film Awards | 2010 Black Pearl Award | Abu Dhabi Film Festival | 2010 Official Selection | Toronto International Film Festival

An informal continuation of the movie "Nostalgia for the Light", linking the disappearance of the indigenous people of Chile with the secrets hidden in one of the country’s most important elements, water. An unconventional narrative lament that magically travels through space and time. — Water is the largest border of Chile and at the same time hides the secret of two buttons found at the bottom of the ocean. The water has trapped the voices of local natives from past centuries. The whole history of Chile is transformed into an incredibly wonderful contemplation that starts from the sea and the wild adventures hidden in its waters and reaches the sky and the genesis of the universe itself. At the centre of it all, a time traveller named Jeremy Button. — Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Berlin Film Festival | 2015 Best Script | Berlin International Film Festival | 2015 Official Selection | London Film Festival | 2015 Official Selection | San Sebastian Film Festival | 2015