‘A Yard of Jackals’ Trailer: Tension Mounts in Tallinn Black Nights Frantic Psychological Thriller, From Chilean Newcomer Diego Figueroa (EXCLUSIVE)

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Holly Jones On the heels of a world premiere at the 28th Annual Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival’s First Feature Competition and ahead of its screening at Latin America’s largest film market, Ventana Sur, Paris-based sales outfit MPM Premium and Santiago-based Infractor Films have given Variety exclusive access to the trailer for Chilean filmmaker Diego Figueroa’s frantic psychological thriller, “A Yard of Jackals” (“Patio de chacales”).

Expanding on his short film “Los Vecinos,” the film stunned at Sanfic Industria’s Works in Progress strand, earning accolades and rightful buzz as it continued on to participate in the IAFFM and Malaga’s Mafiz before its polished global bow in Estonia. “The reception at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has been deeply gratifying and inspiring.

Since its world premiere, the film has sparked reactions that highlight its ability to immerse viewers in a unique sensory and emotional experience,” Infractor’s Alejandro Ugarte told Variety.

Produced by Ugarte at Infractor (“Perro Bomba”) alongside Chile’s Pejeperro Films and France’s Promenades Films, the narrative follows an otherwise solemn protagonist, Raúl (Néstor Cantillana), who spends his days caring for his infirm mother (Grimanesa Jiménez) and diligently crafting architectural models until his life is upended by devious, brutal new neighbors whose nefarious activities remain shrouded in mystery-just outside the law, like phantoms in the flesh.