Felipe Gálvez Haberle Explained

Birth Name:Felipe Gálvez Haberle
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Occupation:Film director
Screenwriter
Editor

Felipe Gálvez Haberle (born 1983, Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, and editor. His directorial debut film, The Settlers, was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at the 76th Cannes Film Festival[1] who also competed for Un Certain Regard and Caméra d'Or.[2] [3]

Biography

Gálvez graduated from the University of Cinema in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4] He has directed short films, including Be Quiet Please (Silencio en la sala) which received the best short film award at 2009 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema,[5] and I'm Always Looking From Here (Yo de aquí te estoy mirando), premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2011.[6] In 2018, he premiered the short film Raptor (Rapaz) in Critics' Week at the 71st Cannes Film Festival.[7]

In 2023, he premiered his first feature film The Settlers at the 76th Cannes Film Festival where it competed for Un Certain Regard and Caméra d'Or, and won the FIPRESCI Prize, becoming the first Chilean production to win that award.[8] Later that same year, the film was chosen by the Chilean Film Academy as the Chilean entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.[9] The Settlers also won the Fiction Grand Award at the 22d FIFDH.[10]

Selected filmography

YearTitleDirectorWriterEditedNotes
2009Be Quiet PleaseShort film
2010FiveFeature film
Noche adentroShort film
Nothing But Thin AirShort film
2011OrtegaDocumentary short film
I'm Always Looking From HereShort film
2015In the GrayscaleFeature film
2016The Last LandFeature film
You'll Never Be AloneFeature film
2017PrincesitaFeature film
2018MarilynFeature film
2021The Great MovementFeature film
2023The SettlersDirectorial debut feature film

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Franklin . Anna . FNE at Cannes 2023: Full List of Prize Winners - FilmNewEurope.com . 2023-09-28 . www.filmneweurope.com . en-gb.
  2. Web site: 2023-05-26 . Un Certain Regard Winners List 2023 . 2023-09-28 . Festival de Cannes . en-US.
  3. Web site: Debruge . Peter . 2023-05-27 . Cannes Awards: 'Anatomy of a Fall' Takes Palme d'Or, 'The Zone of Interest' and 'The Pot au Feu' Among Winners . 2023-09-28 . Variety . en-US.
  4. Web site: Valdivia . Gonzalo . 2023-05-17 . A fondo en Los Colonos, la cinta chilena que va a Cannes: "Nunca quise abordar el punto de vista selk'nam" . 2023-09-28 . La Tercera.
  5. Web site: BAFICI - Premiaciones Anteriores . 2023-09-28 . festivalesanteriores.buenosaires.gob.ar.
  6. Web site: TorinoFilmLab Felipe Gálvez . 2023-09-28 . TorinoFilmLab.
  7. Web site: 2023-09-28 . Rapaz, el cortometraje sobre detenciones ciudadanas en Chile que impacta en Cannes . 2023-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230928022019/https://www.theclinic.cl/2018/05/14/rapaz-cortometraje-detenciones-ciudadanas-chile-impacta-cannes/ . 2023-09-28 .
  8. Web site: "Los Colonos" se convierte en la primera película chilena en ganar el premio FIPRESCI en Cannes . 2023-09-28 . Romántica . es.
  9. Web site: Valdivia . Gonzalo . 2023-08-24 . Los Colonos representará a Chile en los Oscar y La Memoria Infinita irá por los Goya . 2023-09-28 . La Tercera.
  10. Web site: The 22nd FIFDH announces its award winners. Economou. Vassilic. 2024-03-18. Cineuropa. 2024-04-19.