
José de la Maza
Directing
Biography
José de la Maza is a Chilean director born in 1996. He studied both Film and Aesthetics at the Catholic University of Chile. In 2021 he premiered his first short film Dear Silvia, which was awarded in FIDOCS. At the moment, he is developing documentary and narrative films that reflect about Chile's historical memory.
Known For

A terrorist attack hits Shira's homeland shortly after she moves to the United States. Picking up a camera, she looks for ways to cope with the tragedy, thousands of miles away from those she loves and lost.
The Day After

A young Israeli-American woman, unsure of herself, decides to take control of her dreams.
I Dream at Night

After her husband takes his own life, an anthropologist specializing in the study of death rituals puts her research to use in a desperate attempt to bring him back.
Don't Leave Me

Photographer Patricio Guzmán Campos has died in exile. Silvia edited his retrospective book a few years ago and after learning about Patricio's death, she sits down to read again the letters he sent her, in which he reveals the feelings and reflections provoked by facing his photography during the process of making the book, where he sees a place that has been taken away from him, but which he tries to hold on to through his memories.