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Anna Marie de la Fuente It’s been a banner year for Chile’s audiovisual industry. According to statistics compiled by promotional org CinemaChile, the country’s cinema amassed 45 international awards during the first half of 2022.

Marta Balaga Waiting for the premiere of his first feature “Once Upon a Time in the Andes,” presented at Chile’s Sanfic Industria, Peruvian helmer Rómulo Sulca Ricra is already developing his next project. Under the working title “Ayahuanco,” it will focus on a man who, after living in Europe, comes back to Peru.“He left because of the political situation in the country – his mother was forcefully sterilized as part of former president Alberto Fujimori’s 1990s birth control policy.

Anna Marie de la Fuente In his feature debut, which has just proved the biggest winner at Sanfic Industria’s 2022 Work in Progress strand, Chilean writer-director Alberto Hayden explores what has been almost an obsession with him. Inspired by the musings of South Korean-born philosopher Byung-Chul Han and his French counterpart Deleuze, Hayden questions whether people continue to exist past their physical selves through people’s memories of them, their photos, the possessions they have left behind or in this digital age, their social media imprint. “Una Luz Negra” (“A Dark Light”) is among the 10 Work in Progress (WIP) titles participating at Chilean industry forum, Sanfic Industria.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Chile’s foremost industry forum Sanfic Industria wrapped Friday Aug. 19 with a wealth of prizes doled out to projects from across Latin America and Spain. Still reeling from the pandemic, the forum’s 11th year saw another hybrid edition but a definite upsurge in attendance.

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fire service boss has been sacked after secretly recording his racy encounters with a uniformed woman at work.One of the steamy sex tapes was leaked on social media and quickly went viral, prompting authorities to launch an ‘intensive investigation’ on August 18.Colonel Zaur Mirzayev worked as an aide to the head of Azerbaijan's national firefighting service but has since been axed from his position.READ MORE: Doctor slammed by PT for claiming women masturbation 'causes weight gain'The Prosecutor-General's Office said the video recently shows a uniformed man locking his office door at the Emergency Situations Ministry before kissing and fondling a similarly uniformed woman.Mirzayev, an assistant to the chief of the Emergency Situations Ministry's State Fire Protection Service, has since been detained.He is suspected of criminal offences including abuse of office, the illegal distribution of pornographic materials, and violations of privacy.According to rferl.org authorities believe Mirzayev "installed a hidden camera on his service computer" and acted "with the dirty personal intention of satisfying his sexual desire" and feeding "other addictions."Between 2013 and 2019 prosecutors said he "took video and photo shoots while having sexual intercourse and other forms of intimate relations in the office, and caused the illegal pornographic materials to spread on the Internet in August 2022."Keep up to date with all the latest news stories. By signing up for one of Daily Star's free newsletters here.The timestamp on the viral video suggests it was recorded in 2014.

Usyk stunned Joshua on a number of occasions and was simply too fast for the Brit, landing a number of impressive hits to win unanimously on points. Joshua will look to reclaim his titles when he faces the Ukrainian at the Jeddah Super Dome in Saudi Arabia on August 20.

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EastEnders star Lorraine Stanley looked dramatically different from her soap character when she revealed her new hair.The English actress is known for playing Walford mum-of-six Karen Taylor on the iconic BBC One soap.Fans have grown used to seeing Karen sporting her signature messy bun on Albert Square, where she's never too far from a fresh dose of drama.READ MORE: EastEnders Karen star Lorraine Stanley unrecognisable in crime thriller with Tom HardyHowever, soap lovers might have to look twice these days as Lorraine has decided to ditch the bun for a completely different hairdo away from the screen.Lorraine, 46, has opted for gorgeous new blonde locks worn in a straight, sleek and loose style hanging over her shoulders.The star took to Instagram on Thursday (August 18) with a sweet selfie to show off her glamorous new look.Lorraine looked to be happy with her new hair as she gave the camera a thumbs up while posing alongside hairdresser Amy Davidson. She wrote in the caption: 'I'm back!!' followed by a grinning emoji and 'Thankyou', with @amydavidsonhair tagged.According to a post on Amy's Instagram page, the British soap opera star achieved this new look with a half head of highlights and a 'chop'.

Married At First Sight Australia star Michael Brunelli has revealed he was pulled over by police after taking partner Martha Kalifatidis to hospital.The couple, who were put together on the reality show's sixth season in 2019 and are still going strong, have been having some private struggles recently.Martha, 34, has been suffering with a viral infection since she and Michael, 31, returned home from an overseas trip.READ MORE: MAFS star Morag Crichton teases huge move to racy subscription site OnlyFansAnd while they've dealt with things very privately recently, Michael revealed on Instagram that they almost had yet another problem added to their list.The Aussie hunk said things were "slowly getting better" before letting his fans in on the traumatic ordeal.He said: "I got pulled over by police at 12am after taking Martha to the hospital (she's ok) for having these on my plates."The caption was written over a picture of a sheer number plate cover, which police told Michael was "reflecting the headlights from their car", adding: "They couldn't read my number plate and thought the car could be stolen..."Said I would normally get a fine, but gave me a warning after explaining where we'd been."That wasn't all though, as Michael revealed he'd been going through some health issues of his own too, as he'd been experiencing "abdominal pain for a few months".He explained he went to get an X-ray, but then had to get a CT scan.However it turned out to be nothing to worry too much about, as he shared: "Thinking the absolute worst, only to find out I'm just full of s***."Michael then took aim at Martha for giving him grey hairs, writing: "I'm pretty confident that I'm getting a new grey hair for every day Martha is sick!"The reality

This Morning presenter Josie Gibson has told her fans she was left "humiliated" after a visit to a "brutal" new restaurant. The former Big Brother winner shared a cheeky photo in Karen's Diner, flicking the Vs to the person taking the snap.

EastEnders star Melissa Suffield has ruled out joining X-rated subscription site OnlyFans – but would consider joining a different one.Known as "the confident mama" on Instagram, Melissa has taken a drastic step away from acting in order to promote body confidence to other mums like her. The stunning 29-year-old mum-of-one recently sat down with Daily Star for an exclusive chat about all things parenting, body confidence, OnlyFans and EastEnders – and she revealed that she has ruled out joining the subscription based site.READ NEXT: EastEnders' Melissa Suffield 'never watched soap' and doesn't talk to co-stars"Absolutely power to the people that do it," Melissa explained to us, adding that she is "totally on board" with people on sites like OnlyFans.But Melissa went on to admit that OnlyFans isn't for her – even if she were to post solely body positive content."It's just not for me, mainly because I don't want to charge people for my content," she revealed."I don't want people to pay to learn confidence."I don't want to charge people who have actively said to me 'your content helps me and I needed this today'."I do not want to make them pay to get confidence.

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A TUI holiday jet with 178 passengers and eight crew on board was forced to return to Manchester Airport after the plane's tail struck the runway on take-off, a report reveals.

Steve Toussaint is set to star in the HBO House of the Dragon series as Lord Corlys Velaryon. The character, known as the Sea Snake, is the head of House Velaryon and will feature prominently in the fantasy drama.

A married couple with a 19 year age gap say they've been mistaken for father and daughter. Rich Foetu Tomkinson, 48, met Evie Foetu Tomkinson, 29, when she walked into the pub he was working at in July 2018.

First Dates star Fred Sirieix headed for a curry in Hale as he partied with the stars of his new BBC show on a break from filming here in Manchester. Fred has just announced he is to host the new BBC2 show Master of Ceremonies alongside Dragon's Den star Sara Davies and Manchester events boss Raj Somaiya.

British veteran comedy actress Josephine Tewson, who found her biggest success in her sixties starring in one of the 1990s’ biggest TV sitcoms, has died aged 91.

The mum of a young woman who tragically died on her way to Creamfields says she spends every day wishing her daughter would walk through the door.

It was a starry night in Salford as a galaxy of Coronation Street stars headed to bid farewell to their young co-star Millie Gibson at her packed leaving bash on Salford Quays. Soap favourites were pictured as they headed to The Alchemist bar on the waterside under sunny skies on Friday night in a series of glam ensembles.