MALQUERIDAS
SYNOPSIS
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.
Opera prima. With the presence of the director.
Why must you see it?
Mobile phones are not permitted in Chilean prisons, yet some images manage to make it out.
These furtive and fragile images come to life in Malqueridas as filmmaker Tana Gilbert alters them, giving them new materiality and rescuing them from obscurity. Karina’s voice brings new significance to the detainees’ personal stories as she rewrites their declinations of maternity, violence, and love. A collaborative narrative that reimagines the jail experience via a fundamentally political view.
Margot Mecca
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 and teaches film courses in different Chilean universities. Tana was selected for the IDFA Academy in 2019. Malqueridas is her first feature film.
Year: 2023
Country: Chile-Germany
Length: 73 min
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Director: Tana Gilbert
Producers: Paola Castillo, Dirk Manthey
Editing: Javiera Velozo, Tana Gilbert
Screenwriters: Tana Gilbert, Paola Castillo, Javiera Velonzo, Karina Sánchez
