Juan Francisco Ossa Sandoval

Directing

Juan Francisco Ossa Sandoval

Born

1995-02-07 (31)

Place of birth

Santiago, Chile

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Juan Franscisco Ossa is a Chilean filmmaker based in Santiago and the founder of Cineverso Escuela, an initiative dedicated to film education and creative development. His work explores themes of youth, marginalization, and memory, often focusing on characters shaped by complex social environments. In addition to directing, he is also a screenwriter, developing stories that emphasize intimate and emotionally grounded narratives. He is currently working on his upcoming short film El Cine Ciego, a dystopian story set in a future where cinema no longer exists.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Bus Window Memories poster
NR

A rainy bus ride becomes a poetic reflection on memory, love, and the small details of urban life. Through imagined cinema, conversations, and drifting memories, two voices travel across a city suspended in nostalgia and time.

Bus Window Memories

2026

Bus Window Memories poster
NR

A rainy bus ride becomes a poetic reflection on memory, love, and the small details of urban life. Through imagined cinema, conversations, and drifting memories, two voices travel across a city suspended in nostalgia and time.

Bus Window Memories

2026

Kyrgyzstan poster
NR

An audiovisual letter that connects an imagined Kyrgyzstan with the filmmaker’s inner world, blending personal illness, memory, and political echoes into a poetic reflection on distance and belonging.

Kyrgyzstan

2026

Kyrgyzstan poster
NR

An audiovisual letter that connects an imagined Kyrgyzstan with the filmmaker’s inner world, blending personal illness, memory, and political echoes into a poetic reflection on distance and belonging.

Kyrgyzstan

2026

Kevin has no name poster
NR

Kevin (14) is a teenager who escaped from a juvenile detention home (SENAME) in Valparaíso. Now, he wanders the streets of Santiago, trying to forget a crime he was accidentally involved in years ago. After learning about the death of a girl from the same institution, Kevin decides to return to Valparaíso to visit her grave. However, when he reunites with Jeremy (16), his former partner in crime, he is forced to confront his past and question whether a future is still possible for them.

Kevin has no name

2022

Kevin has no name poster
NR

Kevin (14) is a teenager who escaped from a juvenile detention home (SENAME) in Valparaíso. Now, he wanders the streets of Santiago, trying to forget a crime he was accidentally involved in years ago. After learning about the death of a girl from the same institution, Kevin decides to return to Valparaíso to visit her grave. However, when he reunites with Jeremy (16), his former partner in crime, he is forced to confront his past and question whether a future is still possible for them.

Kevin has no name

2022

The Afterlife of Cinema poster
NR

2030. After the latest technological revolution driven by artificial intelligence, cinema has been declared extinct and films are considered obsolete. When Margot, an unemployed film critic, discovers a poster for a clandestine film festival, she embarks on a journey that challenges everything she believes about memory, cinema, and what it means for a film to survive.

The Afterlife of Cinema

2027

The Afterlife of Cinema poster
NR

2030. After the latest technological revolution driven by artificial intelligence, cinema has been declared extinct and films are considered obsolete. When Margot, an unemployed film critic, discovers a poster for a clandestine film festival, she embarks on a journey that challenges everything she believes about memory, cinema, and what it means for a film to survive.

The Afterlife of Cinema

2027

La llamada poster
NR

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La llamada

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