Cielo (film)

Cielo
Film poster
Directed by	Alison McAlpine
Written by	Alison McAlpine
Produced by	Alison McAlpine Carmen Garcia Sean Farnel
Cinematography	Benjamin Echazarreta
Edited by	Andrea Chignoli
Music by	Philippe Lauzier
Production companies	Second Sight Pictures Argus Films Errante Producciones
Distributed by	Seafar North
Release date	October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06)(NYFF)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Canada
Languages	Spanish English French

Cielo is a Chilean-Canadian documentary film, directed by Alison McAlpine and released in 2017. ^[1] Filmed in the Atacama Desert in Chile, the film is about the myths, stories, existential queries and the beauty of the sky in the region. ^[2]

The film premiered at the New York Film Festival in October 2017, ^[1] and went into commercial release in 2018. ^[3]

Awards

The film received four Prix Iris nominations at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019, for Best Documentary Film, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Benjamin Echazarreta), Best Sound in a Documentary (McAlpine, Andrés Carrasco, Miguel Hormazábal, Mauricio López, Rodrigo Salvatierra, Carlo Sanchez Farías and Claudio Vargas) and Most Successful Film Outside Quebec. ^[4]

References

1. Kate Erbland, "‘Cielo’ Trailer: Awe-Inspiring NYFF Documentary Premiere Reaches for the Heavens — Watch". IndieWire , September 21, 2017.
2. Kevin Crust, "Review: The sky above Chile comes alive in experimental documentary ‘Cielo’". Los Angeles Times , August 23, 2018.
3. Ben Kenigsberg, "Review: Looking to the Stars, ‘Cielo’ Can’t Quite Form a Constellation". The New York Times , August 14, 2018.
4. "Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, April 11, 2019.

External links

• Cielo at IMDb