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Shenu

Tierra del Fuego. 1905. Tobias, a cruel Indian hunter, suffers a serious accident in Patagonia while taking Shenu, a young Selk'nam Indian, as a prisoner. Now Shenu has him at his mercy in the middle of nowhere.

  • Mauro Maturana
    Director
  • Mauro Maturana
    Writer
  • Mauro Maturana
    Producer
  • Danilo Cares
    Producer
  • Francisco Gormaz
    Key Cast
    "Tobias"
  • Fernando Frez
    Key Cast
    "Shenu"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 30, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Chile
  • Country of Filming:
    Chile
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.33
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Cine Lebu
    Lebu
    Chile
    February 14, 2022
    Chilean Premiere
    Official Selection, Best Actor Award
Director Biography - Mauro Maturana

Mauro Maturana is a director, writer and producer, with studies in Film and TV Direction and Production, as well as several national and international screenwriting diplomas. Born in Santiago, his work has won numerous awards, both in the documentary genre, TV series and advertising films. His juvenile fiction series "Estamos al Aire", was finalist of the Com Kids Festival Prix Jeunesse Iberoamericano 2013. The documentary series "Chile se moviliza" obtained the "Pobre es el que no cambia de mirada" Award as Best TV Documentary in Journalistic Excellence of UDP. Also in the Official Selection and Finalist of the Latin American Gabriel García Márquez Award in 2014. In 2018 the Festival Terres de Catalunya Award, best documentary program for "Azul Profundo". In 2019 he films, produces and co-writes the trailer for the fiction series "Uber Driver" which becomes a viral phenomenon in social networks with more than 1 million reproductions. In 2021 he films, writes and produces the short film "Shenu", which is currently in the process of distribution.

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