“I became interested in film as a viewer when I was a teenager. I would spend entire afternoons in an arthouse theater in downtown Santiago. I didn't really expect to be a filmmaker back then. But it was clearly an interest.” FilmInterestTheaterTeenagerFilmmakerAfternoonViewersDowntownSantiago Author:Omar Zuniga
“Every film comes out of an intuition, where I'm at, at that moment in particular. But looking back on my work, somehow I get back to masculinity and how men are taught to avoid showing how fragile they can be, or to people who are in constant movement.” PeopleMenMomentsFilmMovementTaughtParticularConstantIntuitionThat MomentGet BackFragileLooking BackMasculinity Author:Omar Zuniga
“There is something eminently Chilean about avoiding confrontation, or about not clarifying the way you feel sometimes. It's a particular culture, where emotions are not discussed as profusely with your family or friends, nor shown in an explicit manner.” WayFeelsSometimesCultureEmotionParticularOur FamilyAvoidingConfrontationExplicitClarifyingChileans Author:Omar Zuniga