Hugo Medina

Prison in the Andes (2024)

Brutal torturers of Pinochet's dictatorship are serving sentence in a luxury prison at the foot of the Andes. Fearing of transferring to a regular jail, the officers will go to great lengths to stay fury and violence in the mountains. ...

Pálido (2024)

Diablada (2023)

A group of girls from a humble little town in the middle of the desert disappears systematically without the police or the authorities taking action on the matter. Families desperately seek help, but are faced with bureaucracy, discrimination and total aba ...

Run Over (2023)

A lawyer with addiction problems who can't handle his spoiled daughter, a young millionaire lacking paternal affection. ...

Chile '76 (2022)

Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to. ...

Hombres que sueñan (2021)

The life and experiences of six emblematic Chilean actors. One by one, they relate aspects of their trajectories, origin and dreams, reliving and analyzing not only their careers, but also happy and historical moments that marked their lives. ...

Pacto de Fuga (2020)

During the last years of Pinochet's military regime, a group of militants from the "Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front" plan a prison break of political prisoners, through a tunnel that will take them 18 months to dig. ...

Reflejo actoral (2019)

A group of Chilean actors reflect on their works when they see footage off their characters on film and TV. ...

Neruda: The Fugitive (2014)

The 1948 speech called "Yo Acuso" resulted in Pablo Neruda going under hiding for 13 months and the police searching intensively for him. ...

Hijo de Trauco (2014)

A 14-year-old skeptical young man one day discovers that everything he knows about his father is a lie. ...

Bonsai (2011)

A young writer recounts an earlier romance in hopes of attracting his new love interest. ...

03:34: Earthquake in Chile (2011)

Survivors witness the terror and devastation brought by a massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Chile in 2010. ...

Optical Illusions (2010)

A blind man who recovers his sight after an operation finds his life in chaos when he is rejected by the community to which he once belonged. ...

The Good Life (2008)

In the city of Santiago, four characters struggle to reach their goals: a psychologist who wants to help other women and save their lives, a hairdresser who wants to buy a car, a musician who wants to play in a philharmonic orchestra, and a young woman who ...

The Sky, the Earth and the Rain (2008)

Ana, Verónica, Marta, and Toro are four lonely people who live an unadventurous and quiet existence in southern Chile. They are with each other without the need of using words, trying to save themselves in a stealthy and extreme way. In order not only of ...

Alberto: ¿Quién sabe cuánto cuesta hacer un ojal? (2005)

Alberto, a young law student struggles to realize his ultimate dream: to follow the call of his priestly vocation. ...

El tesoro de los caracoles (2004)

After finding a valuable treasure, Quique commits a crime. His mother arranges a plot to hide the act and keep the gems, but to make it, she'll have to surpass both the stupidity of Quique and the smartness of the policemen who investigate the case. ...

Gracia y el Forastero (2002)

The fatal relationship between Gracia, the teenage daughter of a retired general officer and Gabriel, an outsider who has just come back to his home at the beach with his father, a leftist militant. ...

Un ladrón y su mujer (2001)

A thief asks his wife to visit him in prison, she goes without imagining that he is planning his escape. ...

Coronation (2000)

The elderly heir of a formerly wealthy and respected Chilean family, Andres, suffers from decadence and solitude. He hires young Estela in order to look after his tiranic and almost crazy grandmother. The differences in class and age don't stop Andres from ...

The Sentimental Teaser (1999)

A young and excentric radio DJ airs a successful program in which diverse calls come in from anonymous listeners, who reveal their love stories, all charged with mix-ups, disputes and passion. ...

Soccer Stories (1997)

Three vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals: football. ...

Misa de Réquiem (1997)

Johnny One Hundred Pesos (1993)

Based on real events, 17-year-old Johnny García becomes involved with four older thugs who are planning to rob a money-laundering business masquerading as a video store. As they try to escape, a swarm of exploitative media attention awaits. ...

Sussi (1988)

Sussi comes to the big city to find love and success. ...

Nemesio (1986)

A public services employee receive the news that he will be lowered in rank and salary. So he decides to rebel, for at least the weekend... ...

The Border Crossing (1978)

Shortly after Chile's 1973 military coup, three men are fleeing across the Andes to Argentina. They witness the murder of a farmer by Chilean police and end up at the home of the farmer's heavily pregnant wife. ...

Dear Comrades (1977)

Directed by Pablo de la Barra, Queridos compañeros (1977) is a Chilean-Venezuelan political drama that delves into the fervent revolutionary movements of the late 1960s. The film follows a group of young radical leftists that struggle to change the Chile ...

Metamorphosis of the Chief of the Political Police (1973)

In this film the director's recurring concerns return: the divisions in the Chilean left, and its contradictions between what the director calls the "traditional" and the "revolutionary" left. The problem is exposed through the doubts and obsessions of a s ...

The Promised Land (1973)

During the socialist government of Marmaduke Grove in 1932, a group of villagers decide to take some land in the area of ​​Palmilla. Almost like a mythical journey, problems arise when seated and in a position to bring the socialist ideal in the popula ...