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Berlinale 2016
The Berlinale is a great cultural event and one of the most important dates for the international film industry. More than 337,000 sold tickets, more than 20,000 professional visitors from 128 countries, including more than 3,700 journalists: art, glamour, parties and business are all inseparably linked at the Berlinale.
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Berlinale 2016
The world’s film industry will come together February 11th-21st for a new edition of the Berlin International Film Festival.
After the triumphs of Pablo Larraín’s “El Club (The Club)” (Grand Jury Prize, 2015), “El botón de nácar (The Pearl Button)” by Patricio Guzmán (Best Screenplay, 2015), and Sebastián Lelio’s “Gloria” (Best Actress, 2013), this year Chile will be represented by four feature films in two official sections of the festival.
“Aquí no ha pasado nada (Much Ado About Nothing)” by Alejandro Fernández Almendras, who won at the 2014 Sundance Festival with the film “Matar a un hombre (To Kill A Man),” will compete in the Panorama section along with “Nunca vas a estar solo (You’ll Never Be Alone)” by director Alex Anwandter. Anwandter has won two post-production awards at the Guadalajara Festival in Mexico.
Debut films by Pepa San Martín (“Rara”) and Roberto Doveris (“Las plantas [The Plants]”) will compete in the Generation section, which features pieces by a generation of new directors who are positioning themselves with increasing success on the international stage. Pepa San Martín is returning to the Berlinale after winning the DAAD Prize in 2011 with her short “La ducha (The Shower),” which allowed her to complete a residency in Berlin.
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The Chilean audiovisual sector
Chile’s cinematographic achievements have been increasing over the past few years. In January 2013, the film “No” became the first Chilean film to be nominated for an Oscar. This year, the animated short “Bear Story” received a nomination for an Academy Award as well. In addition, Maite Alberdi’s “La once (Tea Time)” was selected for the “Best Foreign Film” category in the Goya Awards. In the past, that prize has gone to the Chilean films “La buena vida (The Good Life)” (2009) and “La vida de los peces (The Life of Fish)” (2011).
Meanwhile, at the Berlinale, “La ducha (The Shower)” was awarded the DAAD Short Film Prize in 2011, which came in addition to the three Silver Bears that Chile took for “Gloria” (2013), “El Club (The Club),” and “El botón de nácar (The Pearl Button)” (both 2015).
Chilean cinema has a presence in the main festivals and markets of documentary and fiction film, short films, animation, and TV in Chile and around the world under the brand CinemaChile. This public-private initiative is led by the country’s Film and Television Producers Association in collaboration with ProChile, Chile’s Export Promotion Bureau. The goal is to position the Chilean audiovisual sector as an industry that offers quality films as well as talented writers, actors, directors, producers, musicians, and writers with a great capacity to work and the ability to create unique and surprising stories. These characteristics inserted in a competitive, transparent, and stable socio-economic system like the Chilean one guarantee the swift and effective internationalization of its services, products, and talents.
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Total Export Numbers for Audiovisual Services from Chile (US$)
Audiovisual Services 2013 2014 Variation
2013 – 2014Shooting of cinematographic films for promotion or publicity (commercials) 17,895,879 20,209,968 12.9% Shooting of films (feature films, documentaries, series, cartoons, etc.) for screening in movie theatres and on TV 5,164,129 7,811,670 51.2% Post-production services for cinematographic films and videos 6,373,385 4,064,746 -36.2% Rating measurement services for open TV and cable 803,417 1,354,257 68.5% Satellite TV dissemination services by foreign satellite TV distribution firms 42,007 107,712 156.4% Animation services 232,991 58,058 -75% Post-production sound services – 4,000 – Total general 30,511,809 33,610,411 10% Source: Commercial Information Division, DIRECON- ProChile based on National Customs Service data.
Total Export Statistics for Audiovisual Services to Germany (US$)
Audiovisual Services to Germany 2013 2014 Variation 2013-2014 Shooting of cinematographic films for promotion or publicity (commercials) 8,747 1,531,264 17.406% Shooting of films (feature films, documentaries, series, cartoons, etc.) for screening in movie theatres and on TV 555,504 383,721 -30.9% Post-production services for cinematographic films and video tapes 2,798 26,904 862% Total general 567.049 1.941.889 242% Source: Commercial Information Division, DIRECON- ProChile based on National Customs Service data.
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More information
You are cordially invited to visit our stand to meet our producers, representatives of the CinemaChile brand and the Chilean Film Commission, and the members of our ProChile Germany team. We also will be distributing current catalogues of films in the portfolio and information about locations in Chile.
More information about our films at the Berlinale 2016 and Chilean participants in the EFM
Contact
Bettina Stengel | Director ProChile Germany
Mohrenstrasse 42, 10117. Berlin
+30 726 203 730 | 726 203 740
bstengel@prochile.gob.cl
