Experiencing Interruptions?

Kadima, The Contained Time

Almost 50 years after Chile’s coup d'état, this film observes the ongoing labors of Antonio Kadima (73). Since 1977, he has kept the Tallersol cultural center alive, a last holdout from the years of the Pinochet dictatorship, archiving thousands of posters of graphic protest and the defense of human rights. A social uprising and pandemic bring new difficulties, raising ethical issues as he considers how to support the center or even sell off pieces of the collection.
A documentary about memory, resistance and counterculture.

  • Álvaro Gauna Castillo
    Director
  • Cristian Ortiz Jabre
    Director
  • Álvaro Gauna Castillo
    Writer
  • Cristian Ortiz Jabre
    Writer
  • Fabiola Flores Cruz
    Producer
  • Álvaro Gauna Castillo
    Producer
  • Cristian Ortiz Jabre
    Producer
  • Antonio Kadima
    Key Cast
    "Toño Kadima "
  • Roger Bautista
    Key Cast
    "Roger "
  • Viraje Films
    PRODUCTION COMPANY
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    DDHH, Drama, Politics, counterculture, old age, art
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 19 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 18, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    160,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Chile
  • Country of Filming:
    Chile
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • DOCS MX: Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Ciudad de Mexico
    Ciudad de Mexico
    October 18, 2022
    Mundial
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • Red de salas de Cine Independiente de Chile
    Santiago
    Chile
    October 25, 2023
    Chile
    Prize for distribution in Chile
  • FICVIÑA: Festival Internacional de Cine de Viña del Mar
    Viña del Mar
    Chile
    September 25, 2021
    industry area
    OFFICIAL SELECTION / PRIZE: FIDBA ; DOCSMX ; KINEIMAGENES; NUTS MEDIA; LUCHO FILMS
  • SANFIC: Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine
    Santiago
    Chile
    August 21, 2023
    Estreno Chileno
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • DOCA
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
Distribution Information
  • VIRAJE FILMS
    Distributor
    Country: Chile
    Rights: All Rights
  • RED DE SALAS DE CINE INDEPENDIENTE
    Distributor
    Country: Chile
    Rights: All Rights, Theatrical
  • LUCHO FILMS
    Distributor
    Country: Chile
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Álvaro Gauna Castillo, Cristian Ortiz Jabre

ALVARO GAUNA

Filmmaker and co- founder of Viraje Films. Producer, director, screenwriter, photography director in "Kadima, the contained time” (2022). Producer and director of the documentary short film “ABRAN PASO” (FIDOCS 2019, “Files in process” section, Red Film Festivals of Chile and Indigenous Peoples REDFECI, Altered Territories Window) and participation in the World Cinema Amsterdam, Chile Focus.

CRISTIAN ORTIZ

Director of Feature Film “Kadima, the contained time” (2022). Director and editor at "Archives of Memories and Resistances, Tallersol" FECISO XXI, 2018, CHILE

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Director Statement

The desire to make this film responds to the deep admiration we have for Antonio Kadima, artist and cultural manager of the margin, whom we approached and were able to meet during our film studies, where we made the documentary short film “Archivos de memorias y resistencias. Tallersol” (Archives of memories and resistances. Tallersol”).

With the friendship generated and the trust built at that time, we realized the importance of telling his story from intimacy and in a feature film, where it was possible to contemplate the dignity of a septuagenarian man, with the difficulties of age and difficult task of fighting against oblivion and maintaining until today, at the pulse of self-management and autonomy, the Tallersol cultural center, in the company of a network of people where his friend and collaborator Roger stands out, in an epic and continuous feat somewhat quixotic for keep space.