November closes with a billboard with free shows, movie theaters and premieres at the Antofagasta auteur movie theater.
Different historical commemorations will take place around the cinema in Esquina Returnable Cineclub + Arte, instances that seek the encounter between the arts in their various expressions. This initiative is financed by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage through its Support Program for Collaborating Cultural Organizations (PAOCC).
Commemoration of Chilean Cinema Day
38 years ago, the Association of Audiovisual Professionals and Technicians established Chilean Cinema Day, a date that commemorates the disappearance of the renowned filmmaker couple Jorge Müller and Carmen Bueno, victims of the civic-military dictatorship.
In commemoration of this date, Esquina Returnable will have a special cycle, with free screenings of national films. To attend, it is only necessary to fill in the corresponding registration form, available in www.esquinaretornable.cl.
This cycle will start with Under Suspicion: Zokunentu, documentary narrated in Mapuche language, Directed by Daniel Diaz. The director presents an intimate reflection on the identity and spirituality of his uncle, the visual artist Bernardo Oyarzún, in a context of social injustice in contemporary Chile.
the colorina, a non-fiction feature film by directors Fernando Guzzoni and Werner Giesen, corresponds to the second special exhibition of Chilean cinema. This function coincides with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and will have audiovisual accessibility, which includes descriptive subtitles, audio-description and interpretation of Chilean sign language.
Anti-systemic, idealistic, muse of writers of her generation. This was the life of the renowned Chilean poet Stella Díaz Varín, whose experiences and work are rescued in this documentary, which was recognized as Best Film in the Contemporary section of the Trieste Film Festival, Italy.
Day Without Art 2022
Within the framework of World AIDS Day, Esquina Returnable joins with the organization Visual AIDS for the Day Without Art, presenting the program being and staying, consisting of seven international short films, which highlight the rarely told stories about HIV and AIDS from the perspective of artists who live this reality in different locations around the world.
After the exhibition, which will be free with prior registration, a discussion will be held with Elayne Leyton Pereira and Guillermo Moreno Walker, founders of the Association of People Living with HIV, Family and Friends, ARPEVIH of Antofagasta.
The program presents cinematographic works directed by Camila Arce (Argentina), Davina “Dee” Conner and Karin Hayes (United States), Jaewon Kim (South Korea), Clifford Prince King (United States), Santiago Lemus and Camilo Acosta Huntertexas (Colombia ), Mikiki (Canada), Jhoel Zempoalteca and La Jerry (Mexico).
premiere of the week
Zurita and the assistants, Directed by Jael Valdivia, it documents five years of rehearsals with the band González y Los Asistentes and the praised Chilean poet, Raúl Zurita. The nerves behind the scenes and the transformation of a shy man of letters into a rocker frontman are the elements that make up this film, winner of the Chilean Premiere on the Internet, by the Red de Salas de Cine Chile.
Returnable Corner is located at El Tabo No. 665, Playa Blanca sector, Antofagasta. The schedules of the functions and all the films available on the billboard can be reviewed on the web www.esquinaretornable.cl and on their social networks Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
Esquina Returnable Cineclub + Arte is financed by the Support Program for Collaborating Cultural Organizations of the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, which seeks to strengthen and give continuity to private and non-profit cultural institutions and organizations.