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Made in Argentina and Chile – Short Films Programme
A curated showcase of seven short films, presented as part of Qatar’s Years of Culture programme with Argentina and Chile. Celebrating bold new voices from both nations, the compelling slate highlights diverse stories, cinematic craft, and cultural perspectives that connect audiences across continents through the power of film.
Made in Argentina & Chile Short Film Programme

A Haitian migrant in Chile is praised as worker, model and patient, yet remains unseen; an academic gaze reveals admiration that masks discrimination and a body reduced to an idea.
Set against Chile’s recent wave of Haitian migration, the story follows a single day: valued everywhere, recognised nowhere. Praised as worker, model and patient, he is viewed through a detached, scholarly lens that invites us to witness cruelty without spectacle. Between composed framing and understated humour, what emerges is a critique of invisibilisation, how beauty standards and public systems admire a ‘strong, exotic’ body while confining a life to precarious work and social edges.

Credits

Director
Martín Seeger

About the Director

Martín Seeger
Martín Seeger (1983, Santiago de Chile) is a director and screenwriter. He runs the production company Nacrovia. He is releasing the short film ‘El Canon’ (2024) and producing the fiction feature ‘La Mancha Roja’ and the documentary ‘Ventanas’. Previous works include ‘Ocean Video Art’ (2023); the feature ‘Piotr: A Bad Translation’ (Bafici, 2011); short films ‘Love the T-Shirt’ (Espn, 2009) and ‘Th