CINESPECIE
CINESPECIE is an audiovisual laboratory located in Santiago, Chile, that focuses mainly on the development and production of documentary, experimental and hybrid films.
We are interested in cinema as a medium to subvert collective memories, weaving stories of diverse people and communities that disobey the normativity of their social and political contexts. Our films have been awarded and widely distributed in international festivals, as well as in cultural and educational centers and social organizations.
At the same time, we also provide audiovisual production services for interdisciplinary projects, development consultancy and filmmaking workshops.
We are interested in cinema as a medium to subvert collective memories, weaving stories of diverse people and communities that disobey the normativity of their social and political contexts. Our films have been awarded and widely distributed in international festivals, as well as in cultural and educational centers and social organizations.
At the same time, we also provide audiovisual production services for interdisciplinary projects, development consultancy and filmmaking workshops.
Nico Videla
Filmmaker, artist, and educator, with experience as a director, producer, scriptwriter, editor and photographer. Their films focus on the intimacy, memories an subjectivities of sex-gender dissidence, working from documentary, archive and performance. They have made the feature films NAOMI CAMPBEL, THE DEVIL’S MAGNIFICENT, TRAVESTI ODYSSEY and, currently, THE CRIMINAL RECORD OF MADAME WITTMANN. They have also produced projects by other artists and filmmakers, such as the short films VIRAL OCEANS, MARIA THREE NUTS, and the feature films MORDAZ and DYSPHORIA FOOTBALL CLUB.
Kevin Magne
Dancer, performer, and researcher in performance and audiovisual arts. They have a master’s degree in art, Critical Thinking and Latin American Culture. Since 2014, they’ve worked on issues related to corporality, both individual and collective, problematizing the affective weavings in relation to seropositivity (0+). Producer of the feature films TRAVESTI ODYSSEY and THE CRIMINAL RECORD OF MADAME WITTMANN. Also, they are director and producer of the short film VIRAL OCEANS and the conference between Cinema and Arts within hiv, SEROPOSITIVE INSURGENCY.
Andre Millán
Filmmaker from the University of Chile, where she began to experiment with sound recording and creation. In her projects, she dives into the language of sound in each work, unfolding the sensitive, perceptive and vibratory potential of the invisibility of space in cinema. Since 2012, she has worked in the productions for independent and auteur films, creating direct sound, sound design and sound direction in films such as the documentary TRAVESTI ODYSSEY. She’s currently working on the projects: THE CRIMINAL RECORD OF MADAME WITTMANN, MORDAZ and MARIA THREE NUTS.
Anastasia Benavente
Writer, activist and linguist. She has a master’s degree in Gender and Cultural Studies, and currently she’s a doctoral student in Latin American Studies from the University of Chile in co-supervision with the University of Buenos Aires. Technical advisor at the Chilean Trans Syndicate and Corporation "Amanda Jofré". She has produced literary works such as graphic novels, chronicles and book prologues. Protagonist and script advisor of the feature film TRAVESTI ODYSSEY. She is currently working as co-director, screenwriter and researcher for THE CRIMINAL RECORD OF MADAME WITTMANN.
Clio Dinamarca
Director, screenwriter, and editor, with a degree in Audiovisual Direction from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Through documentary and autobiographical work, he explores gender identity focusing on audiovisual construction through opacities, miscellaneousness and error. He’s currently directing his first feature film MORDAZ at CINESPECIE, and working as a production assistant for DYSPHORIA FOOTBALL CLUB and director assistant for THE CRIMINAL RECORD OF MADAME WITTMANN.
Inti Lorca
Director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. He graduated as a Filmmaker at the Mayor University of Chile. His work focuses on documentary filmmaking, exploring the diversity and realities of the trans and non-binary community in Chile through an intimate and personal approach. His films include short films such as INTI (2018) and DYSPHORIA FOOTBALL CLUB (2021), the latter awarded at FIDOCS 2022 and the Platino Awards 2021. He’s currently directing DYSPHORIA FOOTBALL CLUB as a feature film at CINESPECIE.
Gabriel Larenas
Poet, bachelor’s degree in Aesthetics and Literature from the Catholic University of Chile, currently, doctoral student in Literature at the same university. He has created literary workshops since 2009, such as the Erotic Writing Laboratory, and GORE, workshop that intercrosses poetry and horror cinema from a sexual dissidence point of view. He’s now working on a poetry book made from film subtitles as @poemaycine. He’s been a montage advisor for many CINESPECIE projects, as well as translator and subtitler for the short films VIRAL OCEANS, MARIA THREE NUTS, and the feature film THE CRIMINAL RECORD OF MADAME WITTMANN.
Caro Cheuquepán
Actress, performer, and director with experience in theater and audiovisual media. She holds a degree in Performing Arts and Education from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She’s currently directing her first short film, MARÍA THREE NUTS, at CINESPECIE. The film is a first-person reflection on masculinity and Chilean idiosyncrasy, inspired by her artistic work as a Drag King performer.
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