Project Detail

The Settlers (Los Colonos)

Synopsis

A mixed-race Chilean, rides south on an expedition led by MacLenan, a former Boer War English captain and Bill, an American mercenary, to fence off land granted to Spanish landowner José Menéndez.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2023 - Un Certain Regard - World premiere
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2023
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023

Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Features
Running time
97 min
Director
Felipe Gálvez Haberle 1st Feature
Producer
Stefano Centini, Benjamín Doménech, Santiago Gallelli, Thierry Lenouvel, Emily Morgan, Giancarlo Nasi, Matias Roveda
Co-Producer
Fernando Bascuñán, Kristina Börjeson, Eva Jakobsen, Mikkel Jersin, Anthony Muir, Katrin Pors, Ingmar Trost
Executive Producer
Fernando Bascuñán, Constanza Erenchún, Amy Gardner, Alex C. Lo
Editor
Matthieu Taponier
Screenwriter
Antonia Girardi, Felipe Gálvez Haberle, in collaboration with Mariano Llinás
Director of Photography
Simone D'Arcangelo
Production Designer
Sebastián Orgambide
Sound
Sound Designer: Duu-Chih Tu, Tse Kang Tu
Composer
Harry Allouche
Principal cast
Camilo Arancibia, Mark Stanley, Benjamin Westfall, Sam Spruell, Alfredo Castro, Mishelle Guana, Mariano Llinás

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Supported by UK Global Screen Fund

Argentina, Chile, UK, Taiwan, Germany, Sweden, France, Denmark co-production

A Quijote Films (CL), Rei Cine (AR), Quiddity Films (UK), Volos Films Co (TW) production in co-production with Ciné-Sud Promotion (FR), Film i Väst (SE), Snowglobe Films (DK), Sutor Kolonko (DE) in association with Finite Films and TV (UK), MK2 Films (FR), Sophie Dulac Distribution (FR), presented by Cinema Inutile (US)

Quiddity Films

20 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8UE

Sales Company

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

OH BOYS OH BOYS

Director: Antonio Donato

Year: 2026

In a coastal village obsessed with standing out, through flashy solos, fierce ping pong matches, and clumsy dates, a young saxophonist takes a different path. Official Selection Quinzaine des Cinéastes / Directors' Fortnight Cannes 2026 - World premiere

The Odyssey The Odyssey

Director: Christopher Nolan

Year: 2026

After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Circe along the way.

A mixed race woman looks directly into the camera with her hands around her own neck, lying against orange velvet pillows. Choked

Director: Travis Alabanza

Year: 2026

Shakona doesn't always want to be treated so nicely, sometimes she wants to feel like the world does: chaotic. Yet she can't get her devoted and loving boyfriend Eddie to meet her needs, so she goes to where all good decisions are made, a hookup app. Just as it seems like Shakona is finally letting go, she has the chance to take power into her own hands...