DOCNZ: The New Zealand International Documentary Film Festival

 
 
  • Winner: Best International Short Documentary, DOCNZ 2009
 

Don Roberto’s Shadow

Asia Pacific Premiere

La Sombra de Don Roberto
Chile, Suecia 2007 / 27min. / Spanish with English subtitles.
Director/Producer Juan Diego Spoerer, Hakan Engstrom.

Roberto Zaldívar once was held captive in the concentration camp that once held him prisoner under Pinochet at Chacabuco. Now an old man, he has laid his demons to rest and has chosen to live on his own in solitude at the camp. He watches over the lonely desert and walks his shadow along the walls of this far-off place that is now the centre of his world. Stunning cinematography add to this beautiful and striking portrait of a man in a self-imposed exile and a poignant meditation on freedom and the human condition.

 
 

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Festivals and Awards

  • Winner: Best International Short Documentary, DOCNZ 2009
  • Best Documentary Short Film, Viña del Mar 08
  • Ourense FF
  • Rencontres Internationales Documnetaire de Montreal
 
  
 
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International Competition (6/8)

Screening in Auckland

Thu 26 Feb
Time Venue/Notes
11am Rialto Newmarket
Sun 1 Mar
Time Venue/Notes
10am Rialto Newmarket
Sat 7 Mar
Time Venue/Notes
12:45pm Rialto Newmarket

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