The Settlers
In the early 20th century, three men set off on an horseback expedition across the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at the request of a wealthy landowner, charged with securing his vast property designated by the State. The British lieutenant and the American mercenary are accompanied by Segundo, a mixed-race man, who realises that their real mission is to wipe out the indigenous people. Through breathtaking landscapes and borrowing from Western codes, The Settlers is a visceral confrontation with the myth of nationhood and the violence that accompanies it.
Felipe Gálves immersive first feature, which won the International Critics’ Prize at Cannes, takes a much-needed look at the colonial past, daring to reimagine its representation in the present and for the future.
This film received the Grand Fiction Prize at the FIFDH 2024.
Rei Cine
Quiddity Films
Volos Films
Cine Sud Promotion
Snowglobe
Film i Väst
Sutor Kolonko
Antonia Girardi
Mark Stanley
Benjamin Westfall
Camilo Arancibia
Tu Duu-Chih