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.
Malqueridas
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“The director puts us side by side with the incarcerated women, without passing any judgment on their value, and this is a prowess of cinema’s poetic license”
“The director puts us side by side with the incarcerated women, without passing any judgment on their value, and this is a prowess of cinema’s poetic license”
Tana Gilbert
Biography
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.
Filmography
Malqueridas (2023) – feature – 75′
No star (2022) – short – 25’
I’m still here (2017) – short – 14’
Rest, Zulema (2013) – short – 9’
