Experimental Documentary, HD, 9:32 mins, 2017

Director / Writer / Producer 

[FR]: La Navette Spatiale Challenger
[ES]: El Transbordador Espacial Challenger
[IT]: Lo Space Shuttle Challenger

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Disponible con subtítulos en español.
Disponibile con sottotitoli in italiano.
Disponible avec sous-titres français.


REVIEWS / CATALOGUE NOTES

In THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER, Cecilia Araneda uses found footage to weave together seemingly disparate events and experiences to illustrate the interconnectedness of all things. Its prophetic tone lends itself to a new way of thinking about personal filmmaking; what at times can be a navel-gazing mode is broadened via discordant interrelationships.

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SYNOPSIS

[EN] : Through found footage, The Space Shuttle Challenger entwines the Challenger disaster, Guantanamo Bay, Chile’s coup d’état and the experience of being 16. It reflects on the personal impact of large events in world history and small moments of hope that survive.

[ES] : A través de imágenes encontrados, El Transbordador Espacial Challenger vincula el desastre Challenger, la Bahía de Guantánamo, el golpe de estado chileno y la experiencia de tener 16. Refleja sobre el impacto personal de grandes eventos de la historia mundial y los pequeños momentos de esperanza que sobreviven.

[FR] À travers des images récupérées, La Navette Spatiale Challenger fait s’entrelacer l’accident de la navette Challenger, la baie de Guantanamo, le coup d’état au Chili, et l’expérience d’avoir 16. Il reflète l’impact personnel des grands évènements de l’histoire du monde et des petits moments d’espoir qui restent.

[IT] Con l’uso di materiali filmati di recupero, The Space Shuttle Challenger intreccia il disastro del Challenger, Guantanamo Bay, il colpo di stato in Cile e l’esperienza di avere 16 anni. E’ una riflessione sull’impatto personale dei grandi eventi della storia del mondo e sui brevi momenti di speranza che sopravvivono.


AWARDS


FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

  • Images Festival (Toronto, Canada) – 2017
  • Antimatter (Victoria, Canada) – 2017
  • Curtocircuito (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) – 2017
  • Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival (Jihlava, Czech Republic) – 2017
  • Athens International Film + Video Festival (Athens, USA) – 2018
  • Chicago Underground Film Festival (Chicago, USA) – 2018
  • Festival des cinémas différents et expérimentaux de Paris (Paris, France) – 2018
  • Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento (Buenos Aires, Argentina) – 2018
  • This Human World: International Human Rights Film Festival (Vienna, Austria) – 2018
  • ICDOCS (Iowa City, USA) – 2019
  • San Diego Underground Film Festival (San Diego, USA) – 2019
  • Arizona Underground Film Festival (Tucscon, USA) – 2019
  • Revolutions Per Minute Festival (Boston, USA) – 2020
  • FLIGHT / Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova (Genoa, Italy) – 2022
  • Ribalta Experimental Film Festival (Vignola, Italy) – 2022
  • Swedenborg Film Festival (London, UK) – 2022

CURATED SCREENINGS / EXHIBITIONS

  • Memoria, curated by Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento, presented at Centro Cultural Recoleta (Buenos Aires, Argentina) – 2019
  • Unless You’re Living It: Dis/Integration Shorts, curated by the re:assemblage collective, presented at Arkipel: Jakarta International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival (Jakarta, Indonesia) – 2019
  • Unless You’re Living It: Dis/Integration Shorts, curated by the re:assemblage collective, presented at  KLEX: Kuala Lumpur Experimental Experimental Film, Video and Music Festival (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) – 2019
  • Cinémathèque Temporaire, curated by Collectif Jeune Cinéma’s, presented at Mains d’Œuvres (Paris, France) – 2021
  • Diaspora Dialogues: Archiving the Familiar, curated by Sarah Shamash and Tamara Toledo, presented at Sur Gallery (Toronto, Canada) – 2023

ADDITIONAL CREDITS

  • Editing – Chad Tremblay
  • Audio Recording – Kevin Lee Burton

in memory
Leonardo Henrichsen
QEPD


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