| Original Title | Ancacoy |
| Spanish Title | |
| English Title | Ancacoy |
| Year & month of production | 2023 |
| Duration | 19 Facebook |
| Country of production | Chile |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | Spanish |
| Subtitles | Spanish, English |
| Trailer | https://youtu.be/bGnD-SZMeCo |
| Web | |
The short film reviews the case of Margarita Ancacoy, a cleaning woman at the University of Chile who was beaten to death on her way to work at 5:30 a.m. in June 2018 in Santiago de Chile. The case caused media upheaval, especially because Margarita's death as the torture of prisoners was exposed and disseminated by social media and communication. Besides the documentary makes visible the precarious working conditions of the working class in a developing country like Chile. It also exposes the role of institutions versus human persons, putting its relationship in dispute regarding their responsibility towards the persons who work in them. Margarita, besides being a woman, was Mapuche and was murdered by Ecuadorian migrants, who after being caught by security cameras and having confessed, they were tortured in the Prison. From these facts, the short film proposes a reflection on the different types of violence that co-exist, starting from the role that institutions and the media play and the treatment they give to people as subjects, revictimizing the person. We also want to give visibility to the story of a woman and her representation in many persons working as cleaning staff under precarious working conditions.
Selections
DOCSMX 2023, FECICH2024
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Fragmentos internacionales at DOCSMX 2023, MEJOR CORTOMETRAJE DOCUMENTAL RADIOGRAFÍA NACIONAL Y MENCIÓN ESPECIAL JURADO JOVEN AT FECICH 2024, GANADOR CATEGORÍA DOCUMENTAL AT SHORT OF THE YEAR AUTUM 2024,
DOCSMX 2023, FECICH2024
Prices
Fragmentos internacionales at DOCSMX 2023, MEJOR CORTOMETRAJE DOCUMENTAL RADIOGRAFÍA NACIONAL Y MENCIÓN ESPECIAL JURADO JOVEN AT FECICH 2024, GANADOR CATEGORÍA DOCUMENTAL AT SHORT OF THE YEAR AUTUM 2024,
Nicole Böck Dupont
In 1995 she moved to Hamburg, Germany to pursue studies in Art History and Music History. Later she founded an agency for location scouting and rental for advertising, film & photography, as well as the management and supervision of the archive. From 2000 to 2003 she did a degree in Theater, working as an actress in several productions in Germany. In 2013 she studied Cultural and Media Management, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 2016. She also worked as a director and curator for intersectoral artistic programs between the Ministry of Social, Culture, and Education. After her return to Chile in 2017 she started her Masters in Management and Public Policy at the Industrial Engineering Department of the University of Chile, graduating in 2019 with distinction. At that time she met Margarita Ancacoy, the cause of her death, and the surroundings, which made her do this documentary.
In 1995 she moved to Hamburg, Germany to pursue studies in Art History and Music History. Later she founded an agency for location scouting and rental for advertising, film & photography, as well as the management and supervision of the archive. From 2000 to 2003 she did a degree in Theater, working as an actress in several productions in Germany. In 2013 she studied Cultural and Media Management, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 2016. She also worked as a director and curator for intersectoral artistic programs between the Ministry of Social, Culture, and Education. After her return to Chile in 2017 she started her Masters in Management and Public Policy at the Industrial Engineering Department of the University of Chile, graduating in 2019 with distinction. At that time she met Margarita Ancacoy, the cause of her death, and the surroundings, which made her do this documentary.