On a spring afternoon atop San Cristobal hill in downtown Santiago, Chile, four friends and a sound engineer reflect on their experiences during the popular revolt that began in 2019. The film delves into the conversations that accompany any revolution: hope, disillusionment, fire, torture, and police violence. Inspired by the poem “April Noon” by Eileen Myles, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and later screened in the Currents strand of the New York Film Festival.

Francisco Rodríguez Teare is a Chilean artist and filmmaker based in France, specializing in moving image practice. Since 2015, he has created and exhibited film and video works internationally across film festivals and contemporary art contexts. His work explores power dynamics within global networks, the opacity of violence, and the traces of the dead in the living world, intertwining oral traditions with personal memory and popular myths. His debut feature, Otro Sol (2023), was selected for Cinéma du Réel.

Available for online screening from 11 December