Gabriela and her sister were raised in the arms of their mother, their father, and Zoila, who worked in their home. Upon discovering that Zoila does not appear in their childhood home movies, Gabriela begins to explore the bond connecting them and the family surrounding them.
Documentary
Feature
In distribution
Gabriela Pena - 2021
Zoila
-Gabriela Pena: director, scriptwriter, editor, producer
-Picho García: Producer
-Cristian Arias: Sound Design
-Diego Ortiz: Color
-Javier Díaz: Music
-Paula Gómez (CAOS): Graphic Design
-9º FIDBA (Argentina) – Genre and Generations Competition – Best Film
-Chilean Cinema Network – 2nd place for Chilean premieres
Latin America:
-9º FIDBA (Argentina)
-3º EQUIS Festival de Cine Feminista (Ecuador)
2º ATEMPORAL Festival de Cine Itinerante (Perú)
Chile:
-17º SANFIC
-7º FECILS
-15º POLO SUR
-14º FECICH
-13º FICIQQ
-11º FECINA
-5º FICH
-1º FESTMYD
«A feminine, sensitive and poetic documentary about affection.»
«A strikingly beautiful audiovisual confession, filled with deep sensitivity.»
«A strikingly beautiful audiovisual confession, filled with deep sensitivity.»
«An example of remarkable persistence in the creative process […] digging into the deepest corners of memory, always trying to understand something.»
«With remarkable delicacy, the filmmaker explores the connections between her Mapuche caregiver and her own identity.»
Insomnia Teatro Condell / Universidad de Valparaíso
«An example of remarkable persistence in the creative process […] digging into the deepest corners of memory, always trying to understand something.»
La Juguera Magazine
