Film

Hollywood is seizing the presence of film in Chile in an outstanding way. In 2015, Chile had the lowest market share in five years, at 3.4 percent. The charts were dominated by American major motion pictures, where the top ten films accounted for almost half of the national box office revenue. Onto two local Chilean films saw spots in the top-10 charts in the whole year. However, despite this over-running of American film, Chilean directors have been stepping up in recent years to the plate and creating strong films that are getting international recognition. Here are some of the most recent Chilean films making waves in the world of cinematography.

“No,” depicts the true story of a real television campaign run to get the Chilean people to overthrowing General Augusto Pinochet during the end of his dictatorship by voting ‘no’ in the upcoming deciding election, was the first Chilean film up for an academy award.

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"Gloria" tells the story of a 58-year-old divorcée who meets a man seven years her senior who, like her, seeks companionship, but he cannot give up his other relationships. The film received excellent reviews when it premiered at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival, topping both Screen International's Screen jury poll of international critics and IndieWire's critics poll of the best films screened at Berlin in 2013.

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The animated short was inspired by the director's grandfather, Leopoldo Osorio, who after the Chilean coup d'état was imprisoned for two years. The film was a critical success, winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards. It is the first ever Chilean winner of an Academy Award and the first Latin American animation to win an Oscar.