Maremoto Productions https://www.maremotofilms.com Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:02:49 +0000 es hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://www.maremotofilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/favicon-maremoto.png Maremoto Productions https://www.maremotofilms.com 32 32 Bodies in Crisis secures support for its Impact and Distribution Campaign https://www.maremotofilms.com/bodies-in-crisis-secures-support-for-its-distribution-and-impact-campaign/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:46:00 +0000 https://www.maremotofilms.com/?p=945 It is with great pride and joy that we come to tell you the news that Bodies in Crisis has been awarded another grant. This time, the funding comes from the Canada Council for the Arts’ Touring and Circulation Program. This support will allow us to begin implementing the first stage of the Impact and Distribution Campaign we have been developing for several months with the five activists who are the main protagonists of the film.

During this first stage, we aim to bring Bodies in Crisis to broad audiences through our targeted international film festival strategy. At the same time, we are working to reach both rural and urban communities in Chile and other countries. To this end, we have been collaborating with key individuals and organizations that have invited us to screen the film in their communities. Together, we are planning post-screening activities, including audience dialogues, panel discussions, and other opportunities for collective reflection and exchange.

As part of our outreach and promotional plan, we will be launching the film’s Instagram account in the coming days. Through this platform, alongside our website and newsletter, we will share excerpts from the film, introduce the creative team, highlight the stories of the five activists, and showcase the organizations that are part of this initiative. We will also provide updates on the support, funding, recognitions, and festival participation that continue to accompany the journey of Bodies in Crisis, as well as relevant news, articles, and resources related to the issues explored in the film.

We are deeply grateful for the trust and support that this grant represents. As we move into this new phase, we look forward to creating meaningful encounters around the film, fostering dialogue across diverse communities, and contributing to ongoing conversations about democracy, human rights, social justice, and collective action. We invite you to follow our journey and be part of the growing community surrounding Bodies in Crisis.

]]> COMMUNITY SCREENING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO https://www.maremotofilms.com/community-screening-at-the-university-of-toronto/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:11:13 +0000 http://www.maremotofilms.com/?p=852 On December 6, we organized a presentation of Bodies in Crisis at the University of Toronto.

Hosted by the Program of Latin American, Portuguese and Italian Studies, the screening was followed by a Q&A between the filmmaker, Chilean academic Noam Titelman (currently doing post graduate research at the University of Calgary) and the audiences.

]]> ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY SCREENING https://www.maremotofilms.com/accessible-community-screening/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:55:39 +0000 http://www.maremotofilms.com/?p=837 On December 3, International Day of Disability, we organized an accessible community screening of our film with the Toronto Metropolitan University. Hosted by the Social Innovation Program and featuring SDH subtitles and live audio description (LAD), the event culminated in a dialogue between the filmmaker, two local activists and the audiences.

 *(1) SDH: subtitles for deaf and hard of hearing audiences

*(2) LAD: verbal commentary service for people who are blind or have low vision, describing visual elements during live events, theater, or sport

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]]> BODIES IN CRISIS WINS BEST DIASPORA FILM AWARD AT TINFF https://www.maremotofilms.com/world-premiere-of-bodies-in-crisis-in-toronto/ Sun, 07 Sep 2025 16:51:06 +0000 https://www.maremotofilms.com/?p=790 In October 2025, Bodies in Crisis was recognized with two laurels at the 9th Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival: Best Diaspora Film and Nomination for Best Canadian Film.

The screening at TINFF was to be our international Premiere, but due to safety issues the festival had with the venue, the event was cancelled. At this moment, we are applying to different festivals and still hold our Premiere status.

]]> FOCUS GROUPS WITH AUDIENCES https://www.maremotofilms.com/focus-groups/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:03:36 +0000 http://www.maremotofilms.com/?p=835 In September 2024, we organized four online screenings of the second cut with focus groups in Santiago, Toronto, London and Barcelona to gather feedback and build audiences for future community screenings. Their diverse perspectives shaped key film edits.

09/06/24, Canada / Chile

09/08/24, United Kingdom

09/11/24, Barcelona, Spain

09/15/24, Chile

]]> ACTIVISTS’ FEEDBACK https://www.maremotofilms.com/activists-feedback/ Sun, 30 Jun 2024 23:45:00 +0000 http://www.maremotofilms.com/?p=821 In June 2024, we shared the first cut of Bodies in Crisis online with the five activists and received feedback on representation.

Most important, we also discussed their participation in the development and implementation of our Impact Campaign. Learn more about our campaign in the Community Engagement section.

]]> Bodies in Crisis https://www.maremotofilms.com/bodies-in-crisis/ Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:07:41 +0000 https://patriagrafica.org/piloto/?p=132 In the midst of a deep social conflict the filmmaker, a blind disability rights advocate living in Canada, returns to her native Chile to follow five activists through the country’s constitutional process of 2020-2022. The five activists –who come from the disability, migrant, sex and gender diversities and prisoners’ rights movements– tell the story, and members of the Constitutional Convention including three powerful indigenous women complement this narrative. By weaving these stories together, the filmmaker powerfully traces the intersections of gender, disability and Indigeneity in today’s ongoing struggles for dignity and human rights.

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]]> Shadow Girl for All https://www.maremotofilms.com/shadow-girl-for-all-nina-sombra-para-todxs/ Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:11:44 +0000 https://patriagrafica.org/piloto/?p=136
  • Year: 2019-2020
  • Community Engagement project

    • Description: Funded by The Canada Council for the Arts, this itinerant exhibition took our award-winning documentary Shadow Girl, to activists and academics working with excluded and/or dissident identities in Chile, Canada and Costa Rica, the three countries in which Shadow Girl was shot. A crucial aspect of this itinerancy was our Three Virtual Encounters: “Disability, Precarity, Covid and Resistance” (September 26, 2020), “Otherness, Debilitation and Resistance” (November 19, 2020) and “A City for All” (December 7, 2020). After screening two of Maria Teresa Larraín’s films, Besieged Land and Shadow Girl, participants were encouraged to discuss the connections between their diverse struggles (disability, First Nations People, migrants and the LGBTIQ+ community) and propose common actions. The Three Encounters also served as a stepping stone for our current project, The Colour of Blindness.

    ]]>         Shadow Girl https://www.maremotofilms.com/shadow-girl-nina-sombra/ Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:13:47 +0000 https://patriagrafica.org/piloto/?p=138 Autoethnographic film that follows the director’s journey into blindness and her encounter with a group of blind street vendors in Chile who help her step into her new identity.

    Awards: “The Documentary of the Month Award” at Docs Barcelona (Spain); “Special Jury Award” at FFD (Festival Film Dokumenter Yogyakarta); Award of Excellence: Disability Issues» at the IndieFEST Film Awards; “Best Documentary of 2016” at the Circle of Chilean Critics; “Best National Film”, “The Audience Award” and “The Documentary of the Month Award” at Docs Barcelona Valparaiso; “Best National Film”, “Best Director” and “Best Sound Award” at DIVA, Valparaiso; “The Audience Award” at Fidocs (Festival Internacional de Documentales de Santiago); “Best National Film” at Fedochi (Festival Internacional de Documentales de Chiloé).

    ]]>         Besieged Land https://www.maremotofilms.com/besieged-land-el-juicio-de-pascual-pichun/ Sat, 05 Jun 2021 02:28:10 +0000 https://patriagrafica.org/piloto/?p=215 In the middle of the night the home of a powerful Chilean landowner catches fire. He blames his neighbour, a respected Mapuche Chief and without listening to his protestations of innocence, the landowner sends him to prison. Thus starts the trial of Pascual Pichun, one of the most controversial trials in Chilean history.

    Festivals & Awards:
    “Honourable Mention” at EDOCS International Film Festival Ecuador
    “Honourable Mention” at IV Human Rights International Film Festival Argentina

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