Constanza Lobos Arévalo
Directing
Biography
Constanza Lobos Arévalo (Santiago, Chile, 1993) Filmmaker from the University of Chile. She is the screenwriter and director of January First (2022) a non-fiction short film winner of Best Film in Guerrilla Competition, Amor International LGBT+ Film Festival; and co-screenwriter and associate producer of the documentary The Sky is Red (2020) premiered at IDFA and awarded at the Guadalajara Film Festival, Fidocs, Toulouse and others. Is currently writing her first series titled Insomniac and developing a documentary called Two Eclipses, Two Funerals.
Known For
In 2010, 81 inmates died in a huge fire at San Miguel prison in Chile’s capital city Santiago. Inside, they were trapped behind bars like rats; outside, dozens of family members waiting for visiting hours to begin looked on helplessly as their loved ones shouted for help. The doors remained locked. This reconstruction sheds light on the utter failure of the prison’s administration, which was housing twice as many prisoners as permitted.
The Sky Is Red
December 31st, 2018. The streets of Santiago turn into the stage of a collective party where people share their wishes for the year to come. Demian and Maite, two strangers up until that night, walk through the city discovering each other amidst a sea of people. This non-fiction short film, shot on New Year's Eve, witnesses an intimate encounter in a euphoric city. Time passes by and a social revolt and a pandemic turn this footage into a portrait of an unrepeatable night.