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Claudia Huaiquimilla

Claudia Huaiquimilla

Directing

Biography

Claudia Huaiquimilla (1987) is a director, screenwriter, and producer of Mapuche origin from Chile. She made her international debut in 2016 with the well-received Bad Influence. Her next feature, My Brothers Dream Awake, premiered in 2021 at the 74th Locarno Film Festival.

Known For

42 Days of Darkness
6.4

In a town in Chile, a woman leads a frantic search to find her missing sister amid a media storm and the police investigation. Inspired by a true case.

42 Days of Darkness

2022
Sayen
6.1

Sayen is hunting down the men who murdered her grandmother. Using her training and knowledge of nature, she is able to turn the tables on them, learning of a conspiracy from a corporation that threatens her people's ancestral lands.

Sayen

2023
The True Story Of People In The Dragon
N/A

PEOPLE IN THE DRAGON, the new promise of Chilean rock, is finally invited to the biggest festival in America, but 2 days before the show their vocalist dies in an accident. The show tries to go on.

The True Story Of People In The Dragon

2025
Bad Influence
6.2

A rebellious young man nicknamed Tano and a shy Mapuche boy named Cheo bond together by facing the violence and prejudice they carry during their complicated adolescence.

Bad Influence

2017
Premonición
7.3

Javier comes to a town in search of work. There he meets a group of peasants led by Chivo, a stubborn man who distrusts him and does not allow him to work. Guided by strange dreams, Javier will fight against prejudice to win a place in the community.

Premonición

2017
Ni juntos, ni solos
9.0

Amparo is 18 years old and lives in the city of Iquique, in northern Chile. Among confusion, she must deal with the discovery of her father's secret life, feel love for the first time, decide whether to leave her hometown to study, and even realize that perhaps friendship is not meant to be forever.

Ni juntos, ni solos

2020
My Brothers Dream Awake
5.1

Ángel and his brother Franco have been locked up in a juvenile detention centre for a year. Despite the hostility of the place, they form bonds with others inmates and daydream about the future.

My Brothers Dream Awake

2021
St John: The Longest Night
5.5

It's June 24 and the people of Lawan, a Mapuche community in southern Chile, are planning a big celebration for Saint John's Eve. Despite this, Cheo a restless and misfit kid, is not happy because this means the return of his father to the community. He is a violent man who, when he drinks too much, vent his anger with his family, unleashing in Cheo strong desires for revenge.

St John: The Longest Night

2012
Singing With Meanin
7.3

The life of the composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist Violeta Parra, in stop-motion animation.

Singing With Meanin

2016