José Luis Torres Leiva Movies

In the south of Chile on the Chiloé Island, Carlos Ruiz works as an operator in an industrial cannery. He is one of the cogs that makes the...

A film of people who daydream. A special dream that marked something in their lives, either because it was premonitory or prophetic, because it took...

The clouds over a couple give rise to a story about the small everyday gestures of a world that stops around the disturbing spaces of everyday life.

Experimental film about form and sound, with music by Steven R. Smith.

Ten segments linked to a primary idea: an evocation of the early cinema images.

The title comes from Sergei Yesenin's last poem before comiting suicide. Using Virginia Woolf's last letters as a base, this film is meditation on...

Rafael, an old butler of a decadent farmhouse, lives with his landlord in that space. He develops a series of actions and daily routines that resume...

A stately home, built in 1922, is now a dilapidated stage where memories and history are present in the old home movies starring those that once...

After reading in the newspaper that a newborn baby was found in a dumpster, a teacher becomes obsessed with giving it a proper burial.

Lucía is a young woman who works as a seamstress in a factory and lives with her father in an old house in Santiago, Chile. The film occurs in...

Is set in the figure of a transhumant muleteer who once a year takes more than a thousand sheep up into the heart of the Andes Mountains. Accompanied...

Based on the book by author Marcelo Matthey, this short film narrates his own life in a style reminiscent of school compositions. His constant...

Initially the film is part of the project "8,8" by Chilean artist Fernando Prats. Recorded for 8 days in the area most affected by the February 2010...

A young girl must fulfill a mission entrusted to her by the moon: to find her father's letter. Wandering the streets of her neighborhood, she begins...

Amparo is 18 years old and lives in the city of Iquique, in northern Chile. Among confusion, she must deal with the discovery of her father's secret...

Maria travels to Puerto Williams to star in a movie. But the film crew won't be able to arrive due to a strong storm. Alone, she'll seek help for...

During one hot summer day, little things happen to the visitors and workers of an old thermal resort in southern Chile. Julieta, Francisco, Isa,...

Stark formal choices counterbalance profound emotions and vulnerability in this poignant lover’s goodbye.

No Place in Anywhere can deal with many issues. It is a personal journey through image and time. It is the portrait of the "La Matriz" neighborhood...