International Competition
Malqueridas
Tana Gilbert / Chile, Germany / 2023 / 73′ / Spanish | English and Italian subtitles
They are women. They are mothers. They are prisoners serving long sentences in a correctional facility in Chile. Their children grow up far from them, but remain in their hearts. In prison, they find affection in other partners who share their situation. Mutual support among these women becomes a form of resistance and empowerment.
Malqueridas builds their stories through images captured by them with cell phones inside the prison, recovering the collective memory of a forgotten community.
Screenplay Tana Gilbert, Paola Castillo Villagrán, Javiera Velozo, Karina Sánchez
Editing Javiera Velozo, Tana Gilbert
Sound design Carlo Sánchez, Janis Grossmann-Alhambra
Production Errante
Co-production Dirk Manthey Film
Producer Paola Castillo Villagrán, Dirk Manthey
Image treatment Fanny Leiva Torres
Digital composition José Miguel Barriga
Research Loreto Contreras, Alejandra Dìaz Scharager
Archive producer Alejandra Dìaz Scharager, Ana Cabrera Olave
Tana Gilbert
Chilean filmmaker. Her short documentaries have been screened internationally at festivals such as Hot Docs, RIDM Montreal International Documentary Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Seminci, Valdivia International Film Festival, among others. She has a Master’s Degree in Documentary Film from the University of Chile an teaches film courses in different Chilean universities. Tana was selected for the IDFA Academy in 2019. Malqueridas is her first feature film.