Felipe Gálvez

Santiago, 1983

Felipe Gálvez was born in Santiago de Chile in 1983 and graduated from the Universidad del Cine, in Buenos Aires Argentina. He has directed short films, standing out among them are BE QUIET PLEASE (Silencio en la sala), which received the BAFICI Best Short Film Award 2009, and I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FROM HERE (Yo de aquí te estoy mirando) premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in 2011. Lately, he directed RAPTOR (Rapaz), premiered at The International Critics' Week, Cannes Film Festival 2018. He currently resides in Santiago, where he has worked as a film editor in many feature films, among them Alex Anwandter's YOU'L NEVER BE ALONE (Nunca vas a estar solo) (2015), Martín Rodríguez Redondo's MARILYN (2018), both premiered at Panorama, Berlinale, and PRINCESITA, directed by Marialy Rivas, premiered at TIFF 2017.

His first feature film, LOS COLONOS (The Settlers), participates in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival 2023.

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