Tea Time, The GrownUps and more: Maite Alberdi’s films that you can watch this weekend

In the cycle organized by the Corporación Cultural de Las Condes, the short film Las fugitivas will also be screened, a film that had only been shown at private events and that will now have its premiere for the general public with the story of some of the residents of El agente topo.

Sunday, April 25 is an eagerly awaited date for Chilean director Maite Alberdi. On that day she will know if her film El agente topo will receive the Oscar for Best Documentary, an award for which she has been nominated and for which she is the first Chilean filmmaker on the verge of winning.

Of course, this nomination is a recognition of her long work of observation and analysis in the documentary world, which is manifested in films such as El Salvavidas or La Once, among other productions that you can now see at the Corporación Cultural de Las Condes.

The Maite Alberdi cycle will be screened on its platform, with a trilogy of her films that will be broadcast for free, as long as you have requested the access code on the same website (spaces are limited).

Photo: Los Niños/ Maite Alberdi.
It will start this Friday 16, with the screening of El agente topo, the director’s latest release, about an 83-year-old man who, after becoming a widower, decides to work as a secret detective and to work in an old people’s home to find out what happens to one of its members.

Stay until the end, because at the end the short film Las fugitivas, which Alberdi made while filming El agente topo and which is about the residents planning ways to escape from the home, will be shown. These 10 minutes have only been shown in private screenings and, on this occasion, will be screened for the general public.

Please note that both the feature film and the short film will be available for 48 hours, as well as the other two films that will be shown on the following Fridays (April 23 and 30), always at 9 PM.

CHILDREN AND LA ONCE IN THE MAITE ALBERDI SERIES

Photo: La once/ Maite Alberdi.
Next on the program is The Children, the 2017 documentary in which Alberdi portrays a group of friends with Down Syndrome who attend the same school 40 years ago. Now, however, they face a new challenge, to be considered adults in their 50s to make a living for themselves.

The film, awarded Best Film at DocsBarcelona, also makes explicit the abusive labor legislation for people with this condition, who receive less than the minimum wage, under the guise of inclusion.

Finally, you can watch La once (Friday 30), the 2014 documentary that portrays five elderly women who have been meeting once a month for tea for six decades. Sitting at the table, they comment on current events and evoke the past.

With colorful images, this film received 12 awards, including Best Documentary at the Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival, in Colombia, and Best Female Direction at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, in Holland.

Original Link: https://finde.latercera.com/cultura-pop/ciclo-maite-alberdi-las-condes/