Proyecto Fantasma
While dreaming of starring in a film, the young recently graduated actor Pablo works as a simulated patient for medical students. Once he finally manages to get rid of his non-paying roommate, Pablo is left with a dog, a collection of plants and a dire lack of funds. Simply put, he is facing adult responsibilities for the first time in his life.
Roaming through Ñuñoa, a characteristic Santiago district, Proyecto Fantasma maps the social network surrounding Pablo. Next to his parents, former fellow students and an ex with whom he is secretly still in love, his inner circle includes a couple of vloggers plus an alleged house ghost, whose origins are a fine subject for speculation. In a light-hearted way, the slacker genre from the 1990s is updated for a new generation, including as a typical subplot getting to know one of the neighbours through YouTube.
Pre-films
Abran paso
Álvaro Gauna Castillo | Chile | 2019 | 7’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
Despite being repressed by local authorities, volunteer medical responders and social actors take to the streets during the “Estallido social” to care for injured protesters in warlike conditions.
Sin título
Dominga Sotomayor | Chile | 2020 | 16’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
After a reluctant reunion in the countryside, mother and daughter travel to the city to welcome a new generation in the family. One of the seven shorts in the anthology, The Year of the Everlasting Storm.
Q&A with director Dominga Sotomayor of Sin título
Sun. 21 Aug | 21:00 | Rialto VU
Wed. 24 Aug 18:30 | Rialto De Pijp
ROBERTO DOVERIS (1986, Chile) was editor-in-chief at CinemaChile before launching production company Niña Niño Films in 2010. His directorial debut Las Plantas won Best Feature at the Berlinale and screened at many international festivals. Proyecto Fantasma world premiered in the Tiger Competition at IFFR 2022 and is a personal project shot with friends and colleagues in his own neighbourhood in Santiago.
