
Directing
Matías Rojas Valencia
Born
1984-01-01 (42)
Place of birth
Chile
Known for
Directing
Credits
11 titles
Matías Rojas Valencia is a director, screenwriter, producer and editor from southern Chile. His first feature film, Root (Raíz 2013), premiered at the San Sebastián Film Festival. He co-directed the short film I Need to Know (2015), which premiered at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. His second feature, A Place Called Dignity (Un lugar llamado Dignidad 2021), premiered in main competition at the PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, participated in L’Atelier Cinéfondation at Cannes, won the Best Director Award at the Huelva Film Festival, and was selected for Göteborg, Athens, and Hof Film Festivals, among others. His latest work, the short film Sunset over America (Atardecer en América 2…
Known for
6.2Pablo, a 12-year-old boy, receives a scholarship to attend school in the mysterious and isolated Colonia Dignidad established in Chile by German settlers. It seems to be quite a privilege for a kid like him, and he quickly becomes the favourite of the leader of the colony, Uncle Paul. Over time, Pablo witnesses some kind of strange things which happen there and make him act differently than the other students.
A Place Called Dignity
2021
NR26-year-old Amalia sets out on a voyage with nine-year-old Cristóbal through the remote landscapes of southern Chile with the intention of finding the boy's father. The search will turn into a journey through each of their personal histories.
Root
2014
Thirteen-year-old Bobi lives in a small town in southern Chile. He was born with a strange condition: from the waist down, he has dog legs. His life is turned upside down when he meets Carlos, a man in his fifties who has recently lost his son and suffers from mental health issues.
Dog Legs
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2.0A senior couple lives isolated in Patagonia. They are the survivors of Colonia Dignidad, a German “School” settled during the Chilean Dictatorship. Their only purpose is to live in the present while battling the fear of being forgotten. Meanwhile, a woman facing an imminent loss of memory, tries to deliver a secret, asking for forgiveness for the guilt she has carried her whole life.
Winter Howl
2024
NRThe Altiplano plateau is one of the most dangerous migration routes in Latin America. A teenager recalls the night she crossed the plateau and the feeling of being accompanied by a spiritual presence that wanders like the wind.
Sunset over America
2025
Maria, a doctor from Santiago serves in a rural hospital in Southern Chile. When 12 years-old Paola visits the hospital, Maria finds out about her terrible secret. Suspecting a family drama, Maria decides to follow the girl to her home.
Necesito saber
2015
Behind the camera
6.2Pablo, a 12-year-old boy, receives a scholarship to attend school in the mysterious and isolated Colonia Dignidad established in Chile by German settlers. It seems to be quite a privilege for a kid like him, and he quickly becomes the favourite of the leader of the colony, Uncle Paul. Over time, Pablo witnesses some kind of strange things which happen there and make him act differently than the other students.
A Place Called Dignity
2021
6.2Pablo, a 12-year-old boy, receives a scholarship to attend school in the mysterious and isolated Colonia Dignidad established in Chile by German settlers. It seems to be quite a privilege for a kid like him, and he quickly becomes the favourite of the leader of the colony, Uncle Paul. Over time, Pablo witnesses some kind of strange things which happen there and make him act differently than the other students.
A Place Called Dignity
2021
NR26-year-old Amalia sets out on a voyage with nine-year-old Cristóbal through the remote landscapes of southern Chile with the intention of finding the boy's father. The search will turn into a journey through each of their personal histories.
Root
2014
NR26-year-old Amalia sets out on a voyage with nine-year-old Cristóbal through the remote landscapes of southern Chile with the intention of finding the boy's father. The search will turn into a journey through each of their personal histories.
Root
2014
Thirteen-year-old Bobi lives in a small town in southern Chile. He was born with a strange condition: from the waist down, he has dog legs. His life is turned upside down when he meets Carlos, a man in his fifties who has recently lost his son and suffers from mental health issues.
Dog Legs
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Thirteen-year-old Bobi lives in a small town in southern Chile. He was born with a strange condition: from the waist down, he has dog legs. His life is turned upside down when he meets Carlos, a man in his fifties who has recently lost his son and suffers from mental health issues.
Dog Legs
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2.0A senior couple lives isolated in Patagonia. They are the survivors of Colonia Dignidad, a German “School” settled during the Chilean Dictatorship. Their only purpose is to live in the present while battling the fear of being forgotten. Meanwhile, a woman facing an imminent loss of memory, tries to deliver a secret, asking for forgiveness for the guilt she has carried her whole life.
Winter Howl
2024
2.0A senior couple lives isolated in Patagonia. They are the survivors of Colonia Dignidad, a German “School” settled during the Chilean Dictatorship. Their only purpose is to live in the present while battling the fear of being forgotten. Meanwhile, a woman facing an imminent loss of memory, tries to deliver a secret, asking for forgiveness for the guilt she has carried her whole life.
Winter Howl
2024
NRThe Altiplano plateau is one of the most dangerous migration routes in Latin America. A teenager recalls the night she crossed the plateau and the feeling of being accompanied by a spiritual presence that wanders like the wind.
Sunset over America
2025
NRThe Altiplano plateau is one of the most dangerous migration routes in Latin America. A teenager recalls the night she crossed the plateau and the feeling of being accompanied by a spiritual presence that wanders like the wind.
Sunset over America
2025
Maria, a doctor from Santiago serves in a rural hospital in Southern Chile. When 12 years-old Paola visits the hospital, Maria finds out about her terrible secret. Suspecting a family drama, Maria decides to follow the girl to her home.
Necesito saber
2015
