COUNTRY
Chile
PRODUCTION
Pequén Producciones, Funky Films
YEAR2024
DURATION73 min
WRITING Nicolás Molina, Valentina Arango
CINEMATOGRAPHY Nicolás Molina
EDITION Mayra Morán
CAST Capitán Hector Casacuberta, Isaac Salinas, Copón
DISTRIBUTION Compañía de Cine
INTERNATIONAL SALES Compañía de Cine
CONTACT paulina@companiadecine.com
SYNOPSIS Pirópolis immerses us in the fiery port city of Valparaíso through Pompe France, a humble company of volunteer firefighters with diplomatic ties to France. Amidst forest fires and the spread of flames toward the city, they challenge their status quo by welcoming women into the brigade and confronting the departure of their captain.
Nicolás Molina
Born in 1985, he studies film directing at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His feature films
Los castores and
Flow premiered at Sheffield Doc Fest in 2014 and 2018, respectively. Both were awarded Best National Film at the Valdivia 2014 and SANFIC 2018 festivals. In 2021, his third feature film
Gaucho americano premiered at Hot Docs and won Best Film at the Trento Film Festival 2022 in Italy. That same year, he pursued a Master’s degree in Creation at Elías Querejeta's Zine Eskola, where he edited his fourth film,
Pirópolis, which premiered at Tribeca 2024.
FILMOGRAPHY
Pirópolis (documentary, 2024),
Gaucho americano (documentary, 2021),
Flow (documentary, 2018),
Los castores (documentary, 2014)
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