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
2022 – Oleksandr Yatsentiuk for Pamfir (Ukraine, France, Poland, Luxembourg)
2023 – Nicole Suazo for Las demas (Chile)
2024 – Lorenzo Ferro for Simon of the Mountain (Simón de la montaña) (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) & Franklin Aro for The Dog Thief (El ladrón de perros) (Bolivia. Chile. Mexico. Ecuador. France. Italy)
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)
2024 – The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine (La fabulosa máquina de cosechar oro) by Alfredo Pourailly De La Plaza & Aullido de Invierno by Matías Rojas Valencia
Best Director
2009 – Cristóbal Cohen and Marcelo Hermosilla for Nosotros
2010 – René Ballestero for La quemadura
2011 – Constanza Fernández for Mapa para conversar
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]
2012 – Leontina by Boris Peters, Marker 72 by Miguel Ángel Vidaurre & Valparadaise by Juan Cortés Mancilla
2018 – Special Mention for Sound: Rodrigo Robledo and Roberto Collío for Petit Frère
2019 – Amukan by Francisco Toro Special Mention for Sound: Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff for Los Reyes
2021 – Primera by Vee Bravo
2023 – Bastard, the Inheritance of a Genocide (Bastardo, La herencia de un genocida) by Pepe Rovano
2024 – Special Jury Mention: Through Rocks and Clouds (Raíz) by Franco García; Special Jury Mention for Best Director: Alberto Hayden for Una Luz Negra; Special Jury Mention for Best Performance: Paola Lattus for Sariri & Las Cenizas
Latin-American Film Competition
Best Film
2007 – Familia Tortuga by Rubén Imaz Castro (Mexico)
