AUSTRAL FEVER / FIEBRE AUSTRAL
2019
Short film / 20 mins / Digital
Production by Brisa (Chile)
After an injury places a teenager on bed rest, he and his adult caretaker develop an unusual attraction to his wound. Filmed mostly in dimly lit spaces with southern Chile’s mountain range as its backdrop, Austral Fever is a slow-burning, quietly perverse fantasy about cabin fever, addictive pleasures, and the mysteries of the human body.
AWARDS
Special Mention of the Jury in the NEST Competition, San Sebastian International Film Festival 2019
Best Short Film, Valdivia International Film Festival 2019
Uppsala Award in Memory of Ingmar Bergman, Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2019
Golden Reiter der Jugendury, Dresden International Film Festival 2020
Best Short Film, Vladivostok Pacific Meridian 2020
Special Mention, Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art 2020
International Award, Madrid International Film Festival 2020
SELECTIONS
La Biennale di Venezia 2019 / Orizzonti Competition
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2019
San Sebastian International Film Festival 2019
New York International Film Festival 2019
Valdivia International Film Festival 2019
Poitiers Film Festival 2019
Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro 2020
Janela Cinema do Recife International Short Film Festival 2020
Lobo Fest Brasilia 2020
Zagreb International Film Festival 2020
Pančevo International Film Festival 2020
Uppsala Short Film Festival 2020
Havana International Festival of New Latin American Cinema 2019
Chilean Film Festival 2020
IndieLisboa 2020
FICUNAM 2020
Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival 2020
Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse 2020
Zubroffka Film Festival 2020
São Paulo International Short Film Festival 2019
Drama International Short Film Festival 2020
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2020
Shanghai International Film Festival 2020
Dresden International Short Film Festival 2020
La Serena International Film Festival 2020
Shorts Mexico 2020
Kyiv Molodist International Film Festival 2020
Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art 2020
Madrid International Film Festival 2020
Vladivostok IFF PACIFIC MERIDIAN 2020