Alejandra Vásquez Reyes
Directing
Biography
Alejandra Vásquez, born in Bogotá, Colombia, currently resides in Chile. She is a film student at UDD, excelling as a director and screenwriter. She has created the short film "Remembrance" and the documentary "The 1 and 12 Bullets," both narrated from a female perspective, addressing traumas with a fantastical approach. Her cinematic vision aims to create settings that allow for identification, fostering reflection and healing through cinema.
Known For
Aranís, a college student (20), suffers from severe anxiety caused by traumatic experiences from her childhood, specifically a sexual assault. She reunites with her abuser (27), triggering a panic attack that consumes her.
Remembrance
Carlos Fariña, a 13-year-old boy, is kidnapped from his home by DINA agents on October 13, 1973. Josefina, his mother, loses knowledge of his whereabouts since that day, searching for him without stopping for the next 3 years. Without knowing that her son had already been killed, the mother fights against the institutions of the state, seeking answers to her painful loss.
The 1 and 12 bullets
Upon discovering that he is in a short film, a man struggles with the idea of his own death at the end of the film.