Director’s Bio & Filmography

Carolina 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” (2025), at CINESPECIE. The film is a first-person reflection on masculinity and Chilean idiosyncrasy, inspired by her artistic work as a Drag King performer.

Nota de la dirección

I’m not a woman, I’m Mapuche, I want to dance the purrún to the celestial father, the father of all creation, the father who protects me, with the trees, with the singing of the wind, with the birds. I want to dance the purrún, because it’s danced like an ostrich, just like a girl-boy.... I claim, to my father volcano, "being" Mapuche, just "being", something that is already synonymous of freedom. They mutilated my original language, I cannot verbalize it, put it into words, but my heart speaks and, through it, my ancestors. I had to return to the origin of my origin, where the stars, the sky, the rain, the trees, the volcanoes, are pieces of my body. And I had to return to the origin, to finally know myself and merge with my "masculinity", transform it into strength, pride and into poetry.

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MARÍA THREE NUTSDirected by Carolina Cheuquepán
Produced by Nicolás Videla

Chile, 2025
21 minutes
Spanish


SYNOPSIS

In “María Three Nuts” the director takes us on an intimate journey through her own diesel-dyke identity and her Mapuche ancestry. Using autofiction as a narrative tool, the film immerses us in Chilean idiosyncrasy, exploring the tensions of masculinity and femininity through a fable-like narration and the exercise of Drag King performance. 




As the director explores the archives of her own family history, she confronts a series of stereotypes of Chilean masculinity, challenging and dismantling each one with humor. But the biggest challenge is yet to come: preparing to dance the purrún, a traditional Mapuche dance, reserved exclusively for men.








TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Release date: 2025
Running time: 21 minutes
Shot in HD
Image format: 16:9
Sound format: Stereo
Original language: Spanish
Subtitles: English



CREW

Director: Carolina Cheuquepán
Screenwriters: Carolina Cheuquepán, Nicolás Videla
Producer: Nicolás Videla
Excecutive Producers: Nicolás Videla, Kevin Magne, Carolina Cheuquepán
Creative Consulting: Paula Baeza Pailamilla
Photography and Camera: Carolina Cheuquepán, Francisco Arias, Paola Toro, Jorge Solis
Direct Sound: Carolina Cheuquepán, Manuel Morales
Editing: Nicolás Videla
Editing Assistant: Martín André
Editing Advisors: Kevin Magne, Gabriel Larenas
Music: Ángela Acuña
Sound Postproduction: Andre Millán
Image Postproduction: Nico Amaya
Translation and Subtitles: Gabriel Larenas
Production Company: Cinespecie







LABS




Conecta Selection 2023.
Conecta con tus Raíces.


National Film Festival Ñuble 2024.
Confluencias, Official Selection, Documentary Lab.