CinemaChile presented its 2026-2027 catalog at the San Sebastián Festival, reporting significant expansion in the country’s audiovisual sector. The catalog documents 188 titles, representing a 20.5% increase from the prior period, continuing an upward trajectory that began five years earlier when the country produced 139 films.
Gabriela Sandoval, a CinemaChile board member, highlighted the catalog’s diversity and international scope. Of the 188 films, 66 are directed or co-directed by women, while 100 involve leading industry professionals as producers or co-producers. More than 80% of the titles are international co-productions, connecting Chilean filmmakers with partners from 23 countries across multiple continents, including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, France, Germany, the United States, South Korea, and Qatar.
Industry figures attribute the reliance on international collaboration to market realities. Juan de Dios Larraín, producing partner and brother of director Pablo Larraín, explained that Chile’s population of approximately 20 million inhabitants makes it economically necessary to secure funding beyond domestic sources. He characterized co-production not as optional but as essential to the viability of Chilean film production.
Eight Chilean titles are screening across various sections of the San Sebastián Festival. Pablo Larraín’s “My Sad Dead,” a Netflix series adapted into a three-hour feature, competes in the main competition for the Golden Shell. Other selections include Thomas Woodroffle’s directorial debut in the New Directors category, films by established female directors Manuela Martelli and Dominga Sotomayor in Horizontes Latinos, and additional titles across specialized festival sections.
Sandoval characterized the catalog as evidence of a sector that is increasingly diverse, internationally connected, and multifaceted in its creative approaches and generational representation.
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