Gabriela returns to her family home in Chile, left behind after exile. Between her grandparents’ tenderness and her mother’s emotional distance, she begins to question how love can endure when shaped by fear, absence, and silence.
In distribution
Where the Silence is Heard
Gabriela Pena & Picho García - 2026
- Written, directed and edited by Gabriela Pena
- Co-directed and edited by Picho García
- Produced by Gabriela Pena & Picho García
- Co-produced by Gabriela Sandoval – Efthymia Zymvragaki
- A Production by Grieta Cine, Gris Medio, Cine Matriz
- Co-editing: Melisa Miranda, Tin Dirdamal
- Original Music: Santiago Jara
- Sound Design: Claudio Vargas, Florencia Trujillo
- Color: Luna Sáez
- Graphic Design: Montse Pena
- 23º CPH:DOX | Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival | Competencia Next:Wave Award
- 41º FICG | Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara | Official Competition Iberoamerican Documentary Feature
Awards
- 41º FICG | Best Film FEISAL Award
Support
- Sundance Institute | Documentary Film Program | Documentary Fund Grant
- Chicken&Egg Films | (Egg)celebrator Lab
- ICAA | Ministerio de Cultura de España | Ayudas a la Producción
- ICEC | Institut Català d’Empreses Culturals | Subveción a la coproducción minoritaria
- MINCAP | Ministerio de las Culturas las Artes y el Patrimonio del Gobierno de Chile | Fondo Audiovisual