Felipe Gálvez Haberle
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Screenwriter
Editor
Felipe Gálvez Haberle | |
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.jpg) Felipe Gálvez Haberle at Stockholm International Film Festival 2024. | |
| Born | Felipe Gálvez Haberle 1983 (age 42–43) |
| Occupations | Film director Screenwriter Editor |
Felipe Gálvez Haberle (born 1983, Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, and editor. His directorial debut film, The Settlers, was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at the 76th Cannes Film Festival[1] who also competed for Un Certain Regard and Caméra d'Or.[2][3]
Gálvez graduated from the University of Cinema in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4] He has directed short films, including Be Quiet Please (Silencio en la sala) which received the best short film award at 2009 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema,[5] and I'm Always Looking From Here (Yo de aquí te estoy mirando), premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2011.[6] In 2018, he premiered the short film Raptor (Rapaz) in Critics' Week at the 71st Cannes Film Festival.[7]
In 2023, he premiered his first feature film The Settlers at the 76th Cannes Film Festival where it competed for Un Certain Regard and Caméra d'Or, and won the FIPRESCI Prize, becoming the first Chilean production to win that award.[8] Later that same year, the film was chosen by the Chilean Film Academy as the Chilean entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.[9] The Settlers also won the Fiction Grand Award at the 22d FIFDH.[10]
