El Castillo
TFI Suppport
Logline
EL CASTILLO brings the viewer inside a prison for teenagers from the Mapuche countryside, in southern Chile. Every night, collective nightmares attack the teenagers – leading to rumors from the elders in the community that the prison is built upon an ancestral Mapuche cemetery.
David Belmar
CINEMATOGRAPHER
David Belmar (Chile, 1984) is a cinematographer and filmmaker. His first feature film The Origin of Heaven, premiered at the 2015 Valdivia IFF. He is developing his next film, Rebelde, and works between Chile and Argentina.
René Ballesteros
DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER, PRODUCER, SOUND
René Ballesteros (Chile, 1975). Psychologist and filmmaker, René used to work in juvenile prisons and with street children. After studying cinema at Paris VIII, EICTV and Le Fresnoy, he directed in 2010.
Johanne Schatz
EDITOR, SCREENWRITER
Johanne Schatz (France, 1984). Graduate from Paris VIII, Johanne edited around 20 short and medium-length movies. She works on French, English, and Spanish-speaking projects. She is part of La Ballesta Films.
Mariano Cubillos
FIELD PRODUCER
Mariano Cubillos (Argentina, 1981), businessman and producer, has worked as production assistant for several films in Chile, like The Origin of Heaven. In 2013 he co-founded "La Ballesta Films” along with René Ballesteros.
Alexandre del Torchio
SCORE COMPOSER
Alexandre del Torchio (France, 1975), artist and composer, graduate from Le Fresnoy, studies electroacoustic composition. It's last creation Prolifération – Propagation has been awarded by the Université de Montrea l, 2nd Prize of Electroacoustic Music during JIM 2015, and selected at Banc d’Essai GRM Paris, the same year.
Marco Burdiles
SOUND
Audiovisual Communicator by the Universidad Mayor de Temuco, Araucania region, Chile. Specializing in live sound, control room and post production. He has made direct sound for various documentaries, short films and movies.