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Ariel, shirtless with his chest wrapped in plastic film, glances sideways as a man holds up a phone
Semaine de la Critique, Festival de Cannes 2018

Rapaz

Directed by Felipe Gálvez · Chile · 2018 · 13 min

Ariel (38) gets involved in the arrest of a teenager accused of stealing a cell phone. A crowd surrounds the young man; some blame him, hit him, others defend him. The police do not arrive. Ariel must decide which side he is on.

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Poster of Rapaz

Credits

International title
Raptor
Director
Felipe Gálvez
Screenplay
Felipe Gálvez & Antonia Girardi
Cast
Benjamín Westfal (Ariel), Alex Rivera (Coach), Ernesto Meléndez (David), Andrew Bargsted (Michel), Claudia Cabezas (Katy), Roberto Farías (Mario)
Cinematography
Matías Illanes
Art direction
Amparo Baeza
Editing
Andrea Chignoli & Felipe Gálvez
Original music
Diego Behncke
Costume design
Astrid Marambio
Sound
Carlo Sánchez
Sound designer and mixer
Roberto Espinoza (Sonamos)
Post-production
Daniel Dávila (Kine Imágenes)
Production management
Francisco Ovalle
Assistant director
Waldo Salgado
Producers
Fernando Bascuñán & Giancarlo Nasi
Production companies
Planta & Quijote Films
Supported by
Consejo Nacional de la Cultura and las Artes, Gobierno de Chile
World sales
Marvin&Wayne ↗
Country
Chile
Language
Spanish
Format
Digital 2K, colour
Running time
13 min

Selections and awards

Semaine de la Critique, Festival de Cannes, France · May 2018
Best Short Film (Young Jury), Rencontres du Cinéma Sud-Américain de Marseille, France · March 2019
Grand Jury Award, Dallas International Film Festival, United States · April 2019
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Best Short Film, Festival Internacional de Cine y Derechos Humanos Tenemos Que Ver, Uruguay · June 2019
Best International Film, Festival Internacional de Cine Corto de Cali, Colombia · September 2019
Best Fiction Film, Zubroffka International Short Film Festival, Poland · December 2019
Second Award Iberoamerican Competition, Huesca International Film Festival, Spain · June 2018
Special Jury Mention, Festival Internacional de Cine de Viña del Mar, Chile · October 2018
Ennesimo Mention for the Best Director, Ennesimo Film Festival, Italy · May 2019
Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico · July 2018
Vladivostok International Film Festival of Asian Pacific countries - PACIFIC MERIDIAN, Russia · September 2018
Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival, United States · October 2018
Pantalla Latina - Das Lateinamerikanische Filmfestival in St. Gallen, Switzerland · November 2018
Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, Cuba · December 2018
London Short Film Festival, United Kingdom · January 2019
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lebu, Chile · February 2019
Festival International du Film pour L'Enfance et la Jeunesse de Sousse, Tunisia · March 2019
Rencontres Cinemas Martinique, France · March 2019
BioBioCine Festival Internacional, Chile · April 2019
Leiden Shorts, Netherlands · May 2019
Vienna Shorts, Austria · May 2019
Cinema Jove - Festival Internacional de Cine de València, Spain · June 2019
ShorTS - International Film Festival - Maremetraggio, Italy · June 2019
Festival du court métrage en plein air de Grenoble, France · July 2019
Lago Film Fest, Italy · July 2019
LALIFF - Los Angeles Latino Film Festival, United States · July 2019
Festival de Cinema de Menorca, Spain · July 2019
Odense International Film Festival, Denmark · August 2019
Still Voices Short Film Festival, Ireland · August 2019
Cormorán Film Fest, Spain · September 2019
Reggio Film Festival - International Short Film Contest, Italy · October 2019
Festival Tous Courts - Festival International de Courts Métrages d'Aix-en-Provence, France · December 2019
Curta Brasilia - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes, Brazil · December 2019
Sudan Independent Film Festival, Sudan · January 2020
Chicago Latino Film Festival, United States · April 2020

Stills

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Ariel, shirtless with his chest wrapped in plastic film, glances sideways as a man holds up a phone