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Atardecer en América

Sunset over America
Generation 14plus 2025
The 13-year-old Bárbara leaves the crisis in Venezuela behind and journeys through South America, seeking a better life in Chile. She recalls the night she crossed the Altiplano plateau in the Andes. At 4,000 metres above sea level, she struggled against the biting cold and exhaustion but at the same time felt like she was being accompanied by a spiritual presence that wanders like the wind. This landscape between Bolivia and Chile, with its snow-capped mountains, wild alpacas, crystal-clear streams and parched stretches of desert is one of the most dangerous migration routes in Latin America. One thing remains clear to Bárbara: she must never give up, no matter what.
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by Matías Rojas Valencia (Director, Screenplay) Brazil / Chile / Colombia 2025 Spanish 17' Colour World premiere | Documentary form | Short Film recommendation: 14 years and up

Crew

Director Matías Rojas Valencia
Screenplay Matías Rojas Valencia
Cinematography Andrés Underesu Cárdenas
Editing Matías Rojas Valencia
Sound Design Diego Amaya
Producer Françoise Nieto-Fong
Executive Producer Tomás Gerlach

Produced by

Centauro Produções

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Matías Rojas Valencia

The screenwriter and director made his feature film debut with Root which premiered at the 2013 San Sebastián Film Festival. He followed it with the feature film A Place Called Dignity which participated in L’Atelier de la Cinéfondation at Cannes and premiered in the main competition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. His first documentary, Winter Howl, also premiered at Tallinn. Atardecer en América is his second documentary.

Filmography

2013 Raíz (Root) 2015 Necesito Saber (Need to Know); short film 2021 Un lugar Ilamado dignidad (A Place Called Dignity) 2023 Aullido de invierno (Winter Howl); documentary 2025 Atardecer en América (Sunset over America); short documentary

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025