Director: Roberto Doveris

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Birthday: 1986-11-21
Born in: Chile
Biography: Roberto Doveris (Chile) is a filmmaker, editor and producer. He was editor-in-chief for five years at CinemaChile, the international agency to promote Chilean cinema in the world. In 2010, Doveris launched the production company Niña Niño Films, where he has directed more than 40 music videos and several advertising campaigns but mostly focuses on producing feature films. His debut film Las Plantas/Plants (2016), internationally premiered at the Berlinale Generation 14+, where it won the Grand Jury Prix for Best Feature Film and the Crystal Bear's Special Mention. It later screened at many international festivals and was cinematically distributed in Spain and Chile. Doveris has also been a jury member for several festivals, such as the Berlinale Generation 2017. Proyecto Fantasma/Ghost Project, world premiering at IFFR 2022 as part of the Tiger Competition, is a personal project shot with friends and colleagues in his own neighbourhood in Santiago.

Known for

The Prince

Chile, 1970. During a night of heavy drinking, Jaime, a lonely 20-year-old young man, is sentenced to prison. There, he meets “The Stallion”, an older and respected man in whom he finds protection, and from whom he learns about love and loyalty. But as their relationship grows stronger, “The Stallion” faces the violent power struggles within the prison.
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7.1
The+Prince
The Prince

2019

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Swing

Due to financial difficulties, two couples decide to live together for a while. They never imagined this decision would lead to the biggest crisis between each one of them, after a night that makes them do an unexpected partner swap. But not everything can be shared, their relationships will never be the same again. Forced to live together, they must resolve their differences and face the consequences of their actions.
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4.6
Swing
Swing

2018

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The Future

When their parents die, Bianca starts to smoke and Tomas is still a virgin. The orphans explore the dangerous streets of adulthood until Bianca finds Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe, and enters his dark mansion in search of a future.
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The+Future
The Future

2013

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Rara

Since their parents split up, Sara and her younger sister live with their mother, whose new partner is a woman. Everyday life for the four of them is hardly any different than it is for other families. But not everyone sees it that way – Sara's father in particular has his doubts. As Sara’s 13th birthday approaches, she feels rather overwhelmed: her first crush, a body in the midst of changes and to top it off, conflicts over loyalty with her parents.
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5.5
Rara
Rara

2016

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Phantom Project

Waiting for his big dream (a film role) to come true, Pablo works as a training actor in a patient-care programme at a medical faculty and a paid participant in group therapy sessions. To make ends meet, he sublets a room in his apartment in a suburb of Santiago de Chile. However, he seems to have lost control when his housemate departs, leaving him with rent arrears, a collection of plants, a dog, a woolly jumper, and... a house ghost. Pablo is 30, and when it comes to romance he is also chasing apparitions. He is secretly still in love with his ex-boyfriend, a popular YouTuber.
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5.2
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Phantom Project

2022

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Plants

For a whole summer, 17-year-old Florencia has to look after her brother, who is trapped in a persistent vegetative state. From time to time she reads to him from a comic about plant souls that take control of human bodies at full moon.
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Plants
Plants

2016

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