Chilean Sebastián Silva returns with 'Dolfun'
- casfreelancer
- Dec 23, 2015
- 1 min read
Sundance regular and award-winning director Sebastián Silva comes back once again to the 2016 festival edition, this time with a short.
'Dolfun,' in black and white, starts as a love story but becomes an existential crisis when Silva himself flies to Miami to fulfill his lifelong dream of swimming with a dolphin.
The Chilean filmmaker competes with 'Dolfun' in the U.S. Narrative Short Film category. It was filmed in Florida. This is the third time that Silva vies for an award at the fest. His feature 'La Nana' (The Maid) won the Grand Jury Prize to World Cinema-Dramatic in 2009. Leading actress Catalina Saavedra also recieved a Special Jury Prize. 'La Nana' put Silva on the list of Latin American filmmakers to watch and he has not let audiences anc critics down. The film went to receive a nod for the Golden Globes in the best foreign language film category and won many other prizes at other festivals in the U.S., France, Peru, Spain, Colombia and his natal Chile.
In 2013 he competed again at Sundance with 'Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus,' which won him a directing award also in World Cinema-Dramatic. Several other full features by Silva have also screened at Sundance out of competition. They include the family drama 'Gatos Viejos' (Old Cats) in 2010, the horror flick 'Magic Magic' also 2013 and the funny-turned-dark romantic drama 'Nasty Baby' in 2015. –CESAR ARREDONDO
