Frontera: el mundo con otros ojos

No Dogs or Italians Allowed

January 2023 •French

Early 20th century, in the Ughetto family's home village, Ughettera, Northern Italy. Life in the region had become very difficult and the Ughettos dreamed of a better life abroad. Legend has it that Luigi Ughetto crossed the Alps and started a new life in France, thus changing his beloved family's destiny forever. His grandson retraces their story.

A Paradise Without Billiards

January 1991 •Italian

An Italian man emigrates to Sweden after getting tempted by the picture painted by his friend's letters but finds the reality quite different.

31 Minutos, Calurosa Navidad: la película

Invalid date •Spanish

A movie from the TV show "31 Minutos" set to release on Prime Video. A movie adaptation to the classic christmas special episode from the original series.

Dolores

January 1984 •Spanish

First Born

October 2016 •Spanish

While Thomas spends his last weekend in Chile with his family, before traveling abroad for the first time, a flaw in the sewage system produces a flood of smelly water. The problem shows the essence of family relationships.

The Wedding Planner

January 2001 •English

San Francisco's premiere wedding planner, Mary Fiore is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, pediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he is the fiancé of her latest client. As Mary continues making their wedding arrangements, she and Steve are put into a string of uncomfortable situations that force them to face their mutual attraction.

Folil

October 2020 •Spanish

Folil, "root" in mapunzungun, is an invitation to question the relationship of humanity with nature; the way we think about it and inhabit it. Two young Mapuche people from the communities of Pukura and Traitraico, in southern Chile, face the difficulty of protecting the forest in order to continue collecting wild mushrooms, their food and medicine. The territory itself and the affected Mapuche communities are making the world aware of their problems, where the language of nature faces the paradoxes of development.

Sacco & Vanzetti

March 1971 •Italian

Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.

ABUHADBA

March 2024 •Spanish

From the slow waitings for opening of the big top to the loneliness in the dressing room backstage, Abuhadba follows the life of a small circus in Chile run entirely by a traditional circus family.

A Haunting in Council House

July 2024 •Italian

Yara is an immigrated girl. Escaped from the horrors of the war, she finds herself in a refugee center. Here she will meet Lucas, with whom she will start a relationship. With the help of the social worker, Nadia, the couple, in economic difficulties, manage to find a temporary accommodation in a council house, unaware that the real horror will start as soon as they cross that door.

Salvaje

July 2021 •Spanish

One Who's Been a Sailor

September 1951 •Spanish

Two shoeshine girls and a newspaper vendor survive in the Mapocho neighborhood of Santiago. While looking for better luck, Maruja becomes involved with a businessman who helps her become a famous singer. Meanwhile, the two shoeshine boys happen to come across some money from a bank robbery, changing their luck.

Montaje: Caso Bombas

June 2013 •Spanish

What Can I Tell You

January 1978 •English

A portrait of three generations of wonderfully eccentric Italian American women living in a small town near Boulder.

Wild Is the Wind

December 1957 •English

A widowed Nevada rancher goes to Italy and marries the sister of his deceased wife and brings her back to the ranch, but his haunting memories of his lost love and her tendency to drift away to other men cause the two to have a tough time at keeping a marriage together.

The Night & The Universe

July 2010 •Spanish

A middle class couple in Chile at the night that Cecilia Bolocco becomes Miss Universe.

Todos tienen algo Desierto

December 2011 •Spanish

Documentary-essay short film about a inner/outter trip to the flowery desert in the north of Chile.

My Name is Bruce

July 2011 •Spanish

An unemployed man wanders the streets of Santiago de Chile in the 80s (Pinochet's Chile), looking for a chance to be a hero. In an old cinema in the center of the city, it may has his opportunity

Sons of Wood

September 2014 •Spanish

Don Luis Valdez is a luthier of traditional music instruments, who embarks on the task of teaching a group of inmates from the "Santiago 1" prison (Chile), to build a guitar.

Deformes

December 2012 •Spanish

Pablo Deformes is a dreamy child who lives in Santiago in the 1960s. Little by little, reality begins to enter his childish world of fantasy, forcing him to grow up.