The Settlers

02/11/2024 - quanly

Feature Film/ Chile/ 97 min/2023

Director: Felipe Gálvez

Screenwriter: Felipe Gálvez, Antonia Girardi

Director of Photography: Simone D’Arcangelo

Production: Giancarlo Nasi, Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, Matías Roveda, Emily Morgan, Thierry Lenouvel, Stefano Centini, Katrin Pors, Eva Jakobsen, Mikkel Jersin, Kristina Börjeson, Anthony Muir, Ingmar Trost, Fernando Bascuñán

Music Composer: Harry Allouche

Production Designer: Sebastián Orgambide

Cast: Alfredo Castro, Mark Stanley, Benjamin Westfall, Camilo Arancibia

Synopsis:

In early-20th century Chile, José Menéndez, a wealthy landowner, hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia.

Director’s biography:

Felipe Gálvez Haberle born in 1983, is a Chilian director, screenwriter and editor. He graduated from the Universidad del Cine, where he participated in several short films as an editor. He directed five short films. Standing out among them are Silencio en la sala, which participated in several international festivals and received the Bafici Best Short Film Award (2009), and De lo primitivo, a video performance which was exhibited in art galleries and cultural centers. His recent short film Yo de aquí te estoy mirando, received support from the Audiovisual Fund in Chile. He currently resides in Santiago, where he obtained a degree in Documentary Film and works on his first feature film