03 Nov 2026
Two filmmakers turn their cameras on what their fathers lived through in a torture centre in Chile, revealing the marks that trauma still leaves today. One father survived; the other never came back.
Can a film reconstruct memory? Can it become a meeting place, and a form of reparation?
3 November · 14:30–16:30
- A conversation with filmmakers Paulina Costa, Alfredo Garcia and Lucho (online), following the award-winning film.
- Chaired by Camilo Umaña (IISL Scientific Director) and IISJ visiting researchers Iasmin Pires and Vivianne Balbuglio.
An initiative of the IISL’s new working group on memory, violence and justice, in collaboration with the Research Group on Law and State Violence at FGV Direito SP (São Paulo, Brazil).
The film runs 1 h 30 min and is free to watch on OndaMedia: https://ondamedia.cl/show/punto-de-encuentro
Trailer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=FfQKQH3pDkY
- Content note: the film deals with sensitive, emotionally intense themes (the Chilean dictatorship, torture, political persecution and enforced disappearance).
