Completed Films
In order of date of release
Experimental, 4:37 mins, DCP, 2024
keywords: experimental, short, originated on film, 16 mm, eco-processed, hand processed, no dialogue
featured screenings: Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, L’Alternativa, Experiments in Cinema
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, Festival des Cinémas Differents et Expérimentaux de Paris, RIDM
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
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
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
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
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
Documentary, 22:43 mins, digital file, 2017
keywords: documentary, mid-length, winnipeg
featured screening: MTS-TV Stories from Home
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
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
music video, 4:35, digital file, 2014
keywords: music video, originated on film, short, 16 mm, hand processed
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
Film Performance, 10 mins, 16 mm, 2011
keywords: film performance, originated on film
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
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
Experimental, 3:38 mins, S8 mm / digital file, 2007
keywords: experimental, short, originated on film, Super8
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
Experimental Drama, 3:57 mins, digital file, 2002
keywords: experimental, drama, short, originated on film, 16 mm, hand processed
featured screenings: Images Festival
Drama, 14 mins, 16 mm, 2001
keywords: drama, live action, short, 16 mm
featured screenings: NSI FilmExchange
prize: Best Drama Short, Manitoba Blizzards
Documentary, 28 mins, digital file, 1998
keywords: documentary, mid-length, archives, chile
featured screenings: Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Chicago Latino Film Festival