
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
NRA 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
NRAn 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
NRKevin (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
NR2030. 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
La llamada
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Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
NRA 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
NRAn 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
Behind the camera
NRA 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
NRA 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
NRAn 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
NRAn 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
NRKevin (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
NRKevin (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
NR2030. 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
NR2030. 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
La llamada
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