My Imaginary Country
The films gathered in this series were all directed and produced during the last ten years. They sometimes show the state of the world. These singular works also explore new poetic registers, methods of filming that surprise by their capacity to render the air we breathe, with a sense of metaphor, provocation or play.
“October 2019, an unexpected revolution, a social explosion. One and a half million people demonstrated in the streets of Santiago for more democracy, a more dignified life, a better education, a better health system and a new Constitution. Chile had recovered its memory. The event I had been waiting for since my student struggles in 1973 finally materialized.” (Patricio Guzmán)
Patricio Guzmán
Patricio Guzmán is a Chilean filmmaker, best known for his numerous documentaries on the history of Chile. He studied at the Official School of Cinematographic Art in Madrid in the late 1960s. He became interested in the government of Salvador Allende, producing and directing The Battle of Chile, a documentary trilogy for which he collaborated with Chris Marker. This work, which earned him several important awards, laid the foundation for his cinema. Living in Paris, he remained deeply attached to his country, making numerous documentaries about 20th-century Chile, including The Pinochet Case (2001) about Augusto Pinochet. In 2019, he presented The Cordillera of Dreams at the Cannes Film Festival, a poignant documentary filmed in the Andes Mountains, which completes another trilogy initiated by Nostalgia for the Light (2012) and The Pearl Button (2015). My Imaginary Country (2022), his most recent film, examines the 2019 Chilean protests and their consequences.
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