Guillermo Ribbeck Sepúlveda
Directing
Biography
Chilean filmmaker graduated from the University of Valparaíso, his student short film “Gol de Oro” (2005) has its world premiere at the 52nd Oberhausen International Short Film Festival and wins an award at the 18th Viña del Mar Film Festival. In 2010 he directed and photographed his first feature-length documentary, “Mocha,” premiered at the 17th Valdivia Film Festival. In 2015 he directed and photographed the television documentary series “Habitantes del Pacífico” co-financed by CNTV and TVN, and then dedicated himself to the photography direction of documentary series. In addition to his documentary career, he has directed, photographed and edited more than fifty music videos. He is currently distributing his first narrative short film “Frascos Vacíos / Empty Jars"(2024), premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival, where he won the award for best short film, best screenplay and best outstanding performance.
Known For
Twisting in from Chile, Guillermo Ribbeck’s phenomenal EMPTY JARS is a stylishly directed dark fantasy set in a decaying student residence where a woman (Ana Burgos, THE SEA) frees a ghost from a jar and works to find it a suitable human vessel to possess. Potent, inventive and wildly entertaining with a prankster heart and a melancholic soul.
Empty Jars
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
Cinematographic portrait of a forgotten island, located 35 km away from the coast but isolated from the rest of the country. Trough an ethnographic point of view, and sometimes ironic, the impressions and reflections about life in Island Mocha are represented.