The Santiago International Film Festival (Spanish: Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine; SANFIC) is a film festival that launched in 2005. As its name suggests, the festival takes place in Santiago, Chile.
There are two main competitions at SANFIC: the Chilean Cinema Competition, and an International Competition, each featuring nine shortlisted films.
There is also a Local Talent competition for local directors and producers, dedicated to short films, with 18 shortlisted works.
The judging panel and jury are made up of international and Chilean experts from the film industry.
10th Anniversary edition
SANFIC 2014 (the 10th edition) took place between the 21 and 26 of October, and screened more than 90 titles from 30 countries, some of which had won prizes at the world's most prestigious film festivals (Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Sundance, among others).
Participating films
The following films took part in the two competitions:[1]
La mujer de la esclavina, by Alfonso Gazitúa (Chile)
Santiago LAB SANFIC Industry Award for documentary projects
(“Premio a proyectos Santiago LAB Documental de SANFIC Industria”)
Vidas cruzadas, by Paola Castillo
Honorable Mention: LasFieles, de Valeria Hofmann
Honorable Mention: El viento sopla donde quiere, by Cristián Saldía
Premio DocsDF:
Las felicidades del mundo, by Ainara Aparici
Santiago LAB SANFIC Industry Award for fiction projects
(“Premio a proyectos Santiago LAB Ficción de SANFIC Industria”)
Encuentros Cartagena Prize: El treinticuatro, by Waldo Salgado
Mercado Guadalajara Prize: La Carola, by Juan Francisco Olea
Argentina HD Prize: Cabros de mierda, de Gonzalo Justiniano
2010 – Special Mention for Performance: Cast of October (Octubre) (Peru) Special Mention for Direction, Screenplay and Cinematography: Sophie Deraspe for Vital Signs (Les signes vitaux) (Canada)
2010 – 31 de abril [es] by Víctor Cubillos Special Mention for Screenplay: Martín Seeger and Simón Palacios for Piotr: una mala traducción Special Mention for Actor: Pablo Cerda [es] for Velódromo [es]