Some Beasts

{{short description|2019 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Some Beasts

| image = Algunas Bestias film poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Jorge Riquelme Serrano

| producer = Jorge Riquelme Serrano
Laberinto Films

| writer = Jorge Riquelme Serrano
Nicolás Diodovich

| starring = Paulina García
Alfredo Castro

| cinematography = Eduardo Bunster

| music = Carlos Cabezas

| editing = Jorge Riquelme Serrano
Valeria Hernández

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|2019|09|26|San Sebastian Film Festival|df=yes}}

| runtime = 97 minutes

| country = Chile

| language = Spanish

| budget =

}}

Some Beasts ({{langx|es|Algunas Bestias}}) is a 2019 Chilean film directed by Jorge Riquelme Serrano, with a script written by Riquelme and Nicolás Diodovich. It was set and filmed in Chaullïn, an island located in southern Chile that was uninhabited for decades.{{cite news |author=SwissInfo |title= 'Helvecia', la isla del amor|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/-helvecia---la-isla-del-amor/3789196) |language=Spanish|date=27 February 2004 |access-date=20 September 2019 |work=SWI}} It was the big winner at Toulouse’s 35th Films in Progress, a prix that help to some rigorously selected latinoamerican films finding their way into the post-production stage,{{cite web|url=https://www.cinelatino.fr/contenu/films-progress-presentation|title=FILMS IN PROGRESS : PRESENTATION|accessdate=20 September 2019|work=CineLatino}}

Some Beasts won three of the four prizes given by the Festival: the Films in Progress Prize; the Cine Plus Films in Progress Prize and the Distributors and Exhibitors Prize.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/festivals/some-beasts-sweeps-toulouse-films-in-progress-1203176845/ |title='Some Beasts' Sweeps Toulouse's Films in Progress|work=Variety |date=31 March 2019 |accessdate=20 September 2019}}

Starring Paulina García and Alfredo Castro it was premiered in the New Directors section at the San Sebastián International Film Festival 2019,{{cite web |url= https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2019/sections_and_films/new_directors/7/674299/in |title= ALGUNAS BESTIAS / SOME BEASTS |work=SSIFF| accessdate=20 September 2019}} where it won the First Prize.{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2019/film/festivals/pacified-golden-shell-san-sebastian-1203352832/ |title= 'Pacified' Wins Golden Shell at San Sebastian |work=Variety|date= 28 September 2019 | accessdate=28 September 2019}}