Photographer and filmmaker Celeste Rojas Mugica confronts the political weight of images, revisiting her father’s photographic archive developed in exile in Latin America following activist involvement during the Pinochet dictatorship.
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Celeste Rojas Mugica (1987) is a Chilean-Argentinian visual artist and filmmaker with a Master Degree in Film Creation from Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola. She investigates the relations between memories, violence and territory working with images and archives in the borders of fiction and documentary. Her debut feature, “Una sombra oscilante” (An Oscillating Shadow) received the support of the Hubert Bals Fund, Audiovisual Fund (CL) and INCAA (AR). Her short films have been part of festivals such as Doclisboa, Ars Electronica, San Sebastian and FICUNAM.
UNA SOMBRA OSCILANTE (2024), ENCUMBRO (2024), ESTRELLADISTANTE (2023), EJERCICIOS DE ARIDEZ (2021) UNA SOMBRA OSCILANTE – Short film – (2018)
Photographer and filmmaker Celeste Rojas Mugica confronts the political weight of images, revisiting her father’s photographic archive developed in exile in Latin America following activist involvement during the Pinochet dictatorship.