Unwelcomed

Directed by Amilcar Infante, Sebastián González Mendez
Chile
2025
70 mins

Synopsis

This searing account of the Venezuelan migrant crisis treks through the desert alongside refugees and into the midst of Chile’s violent, reactionary protests. Hot Docs 2025.

Directors Sebastián González Mendez and Amílcar Infante walk alongside these refugees – some of the millions fleeing their home country in what has become one of the largest ongoing migration crises in the world. In 2021, an unprecedented number of Venezuelans flocked south to Chile – many on foot. It’s a perilous journey of thousands of kilometres, across the arid, icy Andes and the Atacama Desert. This influx sparked a violent reaction among some in Iquique, in northern Chile, with migrants’ belongings set on fire. Porting between the protest’s epicentre and a birds-eye-view of the beautiful but hostile terrain, Unwelcomed is anchored in the grief, determination, and spirituality of the migrants.

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Tickets

Sun 8 June 2025, 3:30pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 2
WheelchairSubtitledAssisted Listening
Sun 15 June 2025, 2:15pm
Palace Central Cinemas - Cinema 1
WheelchairSubtitledAssisted Listening
  • Program Strand
  • Original Title
    SI VAS PARA CHILE
  • Year
    2025
  • Classification
    Unclassified 18+
  • Country
    Chile
  • Language
    In Spanish with English subtitles
  • Director
    Amilcar Infante, Sebastián González Mendez
  • Producer
    Sebastián González Mendez
  • Screenwriter
    Sebastián González Mendez, Amilcar Infante, Hernán Saavedra
  • Cinematographer
    Sebastián González Mendez, Amilcar Infante
  • Editor
    Sebastián González Mendez, Hernán Saavedra
  • Genre
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Company Credits
    Production Company: Amilcar Films
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