Cuentos de Mi Ninez (Tales from My Childhood (1991)
In 1973, General Augusto Pinochet launched a violent coup in Chile that overthrew the elected and socialist president Salvador Allende. Thousands were killed, tortured, imprisoned, and exiled as a result. My family was among the many that were exiled in Canada. – Francisca Duran
Screenings:
2021
•SBC Gallery in An Exhaling Aviary of Scattered Flights curated by Michele Fielder, Montreal, Quebec
2020
•Mayselles Documentary Center, in The People’s Revolt: A Showcase of New Chilean Experimental Cinema, Virtual screening, Harlem New York
•Hampshire College, in: The People’s Revolt: A Showcase of New Chilean Experimental Cinema, Virtual screening via TWITCH
•West Chester University of Pennsylvania, in: The People’s Revolt: A Showcase of New Chilean Experimental Cinema, West Chester, Pennsylvania
•Anthology film Archives, in: The People’s Revolt: A Showcase of New Chilean Experimental Cinema, New York, US
2019
•This Human World Festival, in: Can the Political be Experimental?, Master Class by Cecilia Araneda, Vienna, Austria,
•Queen’s University Film Dept.’s 50th Anniversary, Kingston, Canada
2016
•Alucine Latin Film and Media Arts Festival, in: Crossing Borders/Cruzando Fronteras: 20 years of Latin Canadian Cinema. Toronto, Canada
2013
•John Hansard Gallery, in: Agency of Truth: Documentary and Contemporary Art, South Hampton, UK 2008
•BFI Theatre Southbank and LOMAA, in Double Vision (CFMDC/Images 30 Year Retrospective), London, UK and London, Canada 2003
•Durham Art Gallery, Durham, Canada
•Winnipeg Film Group, in: Our Own September 11th, Winnipeg, Canada
1996
•Pacific Cinematheque, in: Experimenting Women, Vancouver, Canada
•Ontario Cinematheque, in: LIFT Carte Blanche, Toronto, Canada
1995
•Allegheny College, Meadsville, USA
•The London Filmmakers' Co-op, in: Narrative Signs, London, UK
1994
•National Film Board Theatre, in: Sappho Speaks, Toronto, Canada
•Independent Film and Video Alliance Conference, Toronto, Canada
1993
•Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
•Toronto International Film Festival Retrospective, Toronto, Canada
•Hispanic Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
1992
•Calgary Status of Women, Calgary, Canada
•One World Film Festival, Canada
•Images Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
1991
•Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
•Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor Michigan
•Kingston International Film Festival, Kingston, Canada
•Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
•Montreal International Film Festival, Montreal, Canada
•Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton, Canada