Films

Completed Films
In order of date of release

Hypnagogia
Experimental, 4:37 mins, DCP, 2024
keywords: experimental, short, originated on film, 16 mm, eco-processed, hand processed, no dialogue
featured screenings: Experiments in Cinema

lessons on flight
Experimental, 4:27 mins, DCP, 2024
keywords: experimental, short, originated on film, 16 mm, eco-processed, hand processed, no dialogue
featured screenings: International Film Festival Rotterdam, Ann Arbor Film Festival

souvenir
Experimental, 5:07 mins, DCP, 2023
keywords: experimental, short, originated on film, 16 mm, hand processed, film farm, no dialogue
featured screenings: Experiments in Cinema, Mostra Strangloscope

Intersection
Feature Film, 99 mins, DCP, 2022 
keywords: drama, live action, fiction, feature film, chile
featured screenings: Portland Film Festival, Winnipeg Cinematheque (theatrical run), LatinArte Montreal, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Elles Tournent Film Festival,

Shot with striking visual style and ominous flashbacks… [INTERSECTION] is a haunting look at the secrets that are still being unearthed, literally and figuratively, surrounding Chile’s tortured past under dictatorship — and the aftermath that followed its refugees abroad.

Stir Vancouver

landing
Experimental, 4:43 mins, digital file, 2021
keywords: experimental, short, originated on film, 16 mm, hand processed, no dialogue
featured screenings: Ann Arbor Film Festival, L’Alternativa Barcelona

Unarchive
Experimental Documentary, 12:55 mins, digital file, 2020
keywords: experimental, documentary, short, found footage, archives, chile
featured screenings: RIDM: Montreal International Documentary Festival, Uppsala Short Film Festival
prize: DOC Manitoba Barry Lank Memorial Award for Social Justice Documentary

Mer Bleue
Experimental, 3:50 mins, digital file, 2019
keywords: experimental, short, originated on film, 16 mm, hand processed
featured screenings: Brussels Film Festival, Athens International Film + Video Festival

The Poster Guy
Documentary, 22:43 mins, digital file, 2017
keywords: documentary, mid-length, winnipeg
featured screening: MTS-TV Stories from Home

The Space Shuttle Challenger
Experimental Documentary, 9:32 mins, digital file, 2017
keywords: experimental, documentary, found footage, archives, chile
featured screenings: Images Festival, Curtocircuito, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Athens International Film + Video Festival, Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux
prizes: Best International Documentary – Shorts Mexico; Winner Expanded Shorts Section – this human world: International Human Rights Film Festival

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.

Cine-File Chicago

Before
Experimental, 3:35 mins, digital file, 2016
keywords: experimental, originated on film, short, 16 mm, hand processed, film farm
featured screenings: Ann Arbor Festival, Athens International Film + Video Festival

Cumbia 42
music video, 4:35, digital file, 2014
keywords: music video, originated on film, short, 16 mm, hand processed

Presque Vu
Experimental, 4:13 mins, digital file, 2013
keywords: experimental, originated on film, 16 mm, short, film farm, hand processed, no dialogue
featured screenings: Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Antimatter, Enguage

Memory : Recollected
Film Performance, 10 mins, 16 mm, 2011
keywords: film performance, originated on film

What Comes Between
Experimental Documentary, 5:38 mins, digital file, 2009
keywords: experimental, documentary, short, originated on film, 16 mm, hand processed, found footage, archives, film farm, chile
featured screenings: Visions du Réel, Ann Arbor Festival, Images Festival, Documenta Madrid, Hamburg International Short Film Festival, L’Alternativa Barcelona, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

Imprint
Experimental Drama, 5:30 mins, digital file, 2007
keywords: experimental drama, short, originated on film, 16 mm, hand processed, no dialogue
featured screenings: Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Leeds International Film Festival, St. John’s Women’s International Film Festival, Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux

In Reflection
Experimental, 3:38 mins, S8 mm / digital file, 2007
keywords: experimental, short, originated on film, Super8

Halley’s Comet
Drama, 12 mins, 16 mm, 2005
keywords: drama, live action, short, 16 mm

Amnesia
Drama, 14 mins, 35 mm, 2003
keywords: drama, live action, short, 35 mm
featured screenings: International Short Film Festival in Drama, Festival Internacional de Cine Independente de Ourense

Memory
Experimental Drama, 3:57 mins, digital file, 2002
keywords: experimental, drama, short, originated on film, 16 mm, hand processed
featured screenings: Images Festival

Unwoven
Drama, 14 mins, 16 mm, 2001
keywords: drama, live action, short, 16 mm
featured screenings: NSI FilmExchange
prize: Best Drama Short, Manitoba Blizzards

Chile: A History in Exile
Documentary, 28 mins, digital file, 1998
keywords: documentary, mid-length, archives, chile
featured screenings: Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Chicago Latino Film Festival