Chile’s Roberto Doveris Revs Up Production on Camila José Donoso’s Docu-Fiction ‘Antitropical’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Anna Marie de la Fuente Camila José Donoso (“Naomi Campbel”) is gearing up to shoot her fourth pic, “Antitropical,” with Roberto Doveris’ Niña Niño Films producing.

The docu-fiction hybrid will be filmed much like a documentary over various months, starting late October, that will stretch into the next year.

It’s also received some additional support from Chile’s Audiovisual Production Fund.At the 18th Santiago Int’l Film Festival (Sanfic), Niña Niño Films is screening docu “Me gustaría que vivieras mi juventud de nuevo” (“I’d Like You to Live My Youth Again”), Nicolás Guzmán’s third film, co-produced with Francisca Soto and renowned filmmaker Alicia Scherson (“Il Futuro”).

As in her previous films, Donoso plays on the limits between fiction and documentary. “It is a project that I began to develop when I was researching the world of café brothels [dubbed cafes con pierna in Chile] for my first film, almost 10 years ago,” said Donoso. “There I met two immigrant women from the Caribbean who will be the main characters of this story,” she said adding: “In addition, the film will be shot in 16mm, and combine non-actors with professional actors, proposing a staging that stretches the limits of fiction.”Donoso has written the screenplay with Alejandra Moffat, co-writer of Manuela Martelli’s lauded “1976,” which world premiered at Cannes this year.“Antitropical” follows Susy, a Dominican redhead (who plays herself) who will help her friend Deisi, a Colombian immigrant, to understand the sex trade in Chile.