Films
Crackle (Or, While the Other Kids Were Playing Hockey)
Experimental, HD & Handmade Emulsion – currently in post production
Memory : Recollected
Film Performance, 10 mins, 16 mm, 2011
“Memory : Recollected” is a three-projector 16 mm film performance that examines the process of how we recollect memories, in fragments and in layers.
What Comes Between
Experimental Documentary, 5.5 mins, 16mm/Digibeta, 2009
“What Comes Between” is an examination of personal memory and loss rooted in the filmmaker’s birth place – Chile – and her departure from that country long ago.
Imprint
Experimental Drama, 5.5 mins, 16mm/Digibeta, 2007
The transient connection of two, leaves a lingering memory on one. “Imprint” is a hand-crafted film, with many sectioned processed, coloured and contact-printed by hand.
In Reflection
Experimental, 3.5 mins, S8mm/BetaSP, 2007
The light, it was always up above me… “In Reflection” is a memory prose poem shot on S8 and in one take.
Halley’s Comet
Drama, 12 mins, 16 mm, 2005
As she walks through the fragments of her life, a woman recalls a dying childhood friend’s dream to watch Halley’s Comet pass by the earth.
Amnesia
Drama, 14 mins, 35 mm, 2003
As people start disappearing from around her one by one, a woman begins to realize that it is her own life that is vanishing. Wounded by the memories of all she has lost, she is unable to connect with the one person she needs the most.
Memory
Experimental, 4 mins, 16 mm, 2002
A woman sleeps on her bed of memories, dreaming of precious childhood moments.
Unwoven
Drama, 14 mins, 16 mm, 2001
On the death of her mother, a woman recalls another separation that happened to her as a child. Through memories of a childhood braiding game, she comes to understand her mother’s profound sadness and her own need for connection.
Chile: A History in Exile
Documentary, 28 mins, BetaSP, 1998
“Chile: A History in Exile” is Araneda’s very personal response to those who would argue that what happened September 11, 1973 was the best thing that ever happened to Chile.
