Mapurbekistán

A ghostly presence emerges from a museum as Santiago is flooded with memory through archival images, performance, and testimony. This dreamlike journey weaves centuries of anti-colonial resistance with Chile’s recent attempt to draft a plurinational constitution, reimagining a contemporary Mapuche poetics that subverts colonial history with both rage and tenderness.

Chile | 2026 | Documentary | 70m | Spanish

Director: Claudio Alvarado Lincopi (Mapuche)

Claudio Alvarado Lincopi is an award-winning Mapuche historian, curator, and filmmaker exploring history, memory, and urban Indigenous identity. His work spans books, exhibitions, and cinema, including his debut documentary Mapurbekistán. He holds a PhD in Urban Studies and serves as curator at the Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art.

Producers:

  • Daniel Díaz Oyarzún (Mapuche)

  • Sofía del Pozo

  • Vicente Didier Edwards

Contact:

Sofía del Pozo Sierralta
sofi.delpozo@gmail.com