Felipe Gálvez Haberle
{{short description|Chilean filmmaker}}
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| birth_name = Felipe Gálvez Haberle
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1983}}
| birth_place = Santiago, Chile
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| occupation = Film director
Screenwriter
Editor
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Felipe Gálvez Haberle (born 1983, Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, and editor. His directorial debut film, The Settlers, was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at the 76th Cannes Film Festival{{Cite web |last=Franklin |first=Anna |title=FNE at Cannes 2023: Full List of Prize Winners - FilmNewEurope.com |url=https://www.filmneweurope.com/news/region/item/124806-fne-at-cannes-2023-full-list-of-winners |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=www.filmneweurope.com |language=en-gb}} who also competed for Un Certain Regard and Caméra d'Or.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-26 |title=Un Certain Regard Winners List 2023 |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/un-certain-regard-winners-list-2023/ |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Festival de Cannes |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=2023-05-27 |title=Cannes Awards: 'Anatomy of a Fall' Takes Palme d'Or, 'The Zone of Interest' and 'The Pot au Feu' Among Winners |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/cannes-film-festival-2023-palme-dor-prizes-awards-1235627110/ |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
Biography
Gálvez graduated from the University of Cinema in Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite web |last=Valdivia |first=Gonzalo |date=2023-05-17 |title=A fondo en Los Colonos, la cinta chilena que va a Cannes: "Nunca quise abordar el punto de vista selk'nam" |url=https://www.latercera.com/culto/2023/05/17/a-fondo-en-los-colonos-la-cinta-chilena-que-va-a-cannes-nunca-quise-abordar-el-punto-de-vista-selknam/ |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=La Tercera}} He has directed short films, including Be Quiet Please (Silencio en la sala) which received the best short film award at 2009 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema,{{Cite web |title=BAFICI - Premiaciones Anteriores |url=http://festivalesanteriores.buenosaires.gob.ar/bafici/home/web/es/about/past_awards.html |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=festivalesanteriores.buenosaires.gob.ar}} and I'm Always Looking From Here (Yo de aquí te estoy mirando), premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2011.{{Cite web |title=TorinoFilmLab {{!}} Felipe Gálvez |url=http://torinofilmlab.it//people/1297841/Felipe-G%C3%A1lvez |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=TorinoFilmLab}} In 2018, he premiered the short film Raptor (Rapaz) in Critics' Week at the 71st Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-28 |title=Rapaz, el cortometraje sobre detenciones ciudadanas en Chile que impacta en Cannes |url=https://www.theclinic.cl/2018/05/14/rapaz-cortometraje-detenciones-ciudadanas-chile-impacta-cannes/ |access-date=2023-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928022019/https://www.theclinic.cl/2018/05/14/rapaz-cortometraje-detenciones-ciudadanas-chile-impacta-cannes/ |archive-date=2023-09-28 }}
In 2023, he premiered his first feature film The Settlers at the 76th Cannes Film Festival where it competed for Un Certain Regard and Caméra d'Or, and won the FIPRESCI Prize, becoming the first Chilean production to win that award.{{Cite web |last= |last2= |title="Los Colonos" se convierte en la primera película chilena en ganar el premio FIPRESCI en Cannes |url=https://www.romantica.cl/tendencias/2023/05/29/los-colonos-se-convierte-en-la-primera-pelicula-chilena-en-ganar-el-premio-fipresci.html |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Romántica |language=es}} Later that same year, the film was chosen by the Chilean Film Academy as the Chilean entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.{{Cite web |last=Valdivia |first=Gonzalo |date=2023-08-24 |title=Los Colonos representará a Chile en los Oscar y La Memoria Infinita irá por los Goya |url=https://www.latercera.com/culto/2023/08/23/los-colonos-representara-a-chile-en-los-oscar-y-la-memoria-infinita-ira-por-los-goya/ |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=La Tercera}} The Settlers also won the Fiction Grand Award at the 22d FIFDH.{{cite web
| url =https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/458587/
| title =The 22nd FIFDH announces its award winners
| last =Economou
| first =Vassilic
| date =2024-03-18
| publisher = Cineuropa
| access-date =2024-04-19}}
Selected filmography
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!Year !Title !Director ! width="65" |Writer ! width="65" |Edited !Notes |
| 2009
|Be Quiet Please |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |Short film |
| rowspan="3" |2010
|Five |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |Feature film |
| Noche adentro
|{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |Short film |
| Nothing But Thin Air
|{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |Short film |
| rowspan="2" |2011
|Ortega |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |Documentary short film |
| I'm Always Looking From Here
|{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |Short film |
| 2015
|{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |Feature film |
| rowspan="2" |2016
|The Last Land |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |Feature film |
| You'll Never Be Alone
|{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |Feature film |
| 2017
|Princesita |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |Feature film |
| 2018
|{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |Feature film |
| 2021
|{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |Feature film |
| 2023
|{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |Directorial debut feature film |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=3147401|name=Felipe Gálvez Haberle}}
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Category:Writers from Santiago, Chile
Category:Chilean film directors