FIEBRE AUSTRAL
Austral Fever
Synopsis
Amanda, a complaisant and lonely woman in her mid-fourties, lives with Daniel, her sixteen-year-old son, in the mountains of southern Chile. Octavio, a friend of Daniel, is accidentally injured while hunting in the forest. Amanda takes over the healing sessions, developing an intimate bond between them. They discover that the contact with the wound produces an addictive pleasure.
Info
Year: 2019
Country: Chile
Type: Fiction
Duration: 20:55
Formats: DCP, H264, ProRes
Spoken language: Spanish
Subtitles: English, Italian
Team
Director: Thomas Woodroffe
Producers: Joaquín Echeverría, Pascual Mena, Rodrigo Díaz
Cinematographer: Emilia Martín
Scriptwriters: Thomas Woodroffe, Camila Aboitiz, Gabriel Goicoechea
Editors: Camila Aboitiz, Gabriel Goicoechea
Sound designers: Catalina Mateluna, Roberto Espinoza
Visual Effects: Franklin Sepúlveda
Set designer: Rafael Pontigo
Costume designer: Franklin Sepúlveda
Actors: Francisca Gavilán, Nicolás Sobarzo, Roberto Villena, José Soza
Produced by: Escuela de Cine y Televisión – Universidad de Chile, Brisa, Apolillado
Director's Bio
Thomas is a filmmaker, scriptwriter and cinematographer based in Santiago, Chile. He directed and wrote the short film "Fiebre Austral" (Austral Fever), which has its world premiere in the official competition at La Biennale di Venezia 76. It also received a Special Mention of the Jury in the 67 San Sebastián International Film Festival and participated in the official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival 2019. He was the cinematographer in the short film "The Summer of the Electric Lion", which won first prize in Cinefondatión at the Cannes Film Festival 2018 and the Panavision award in the Nest Film Students competition at the 66 San Sebastián International Film Festival.
Director's Filmography
Austral Fever (2019, short)
Holding Desire (2018, short)
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