Puchuncaví
30 min
2014-2025
Synopsis:
Puchuncaví is a compilation of cinematic fragments that explore the different levels coexisting and overlapping or else inhabiting in parallel in an area with a long tradition of industry and family recreation on the central coast of Chile. With each fragment that gets added to Puchuncaví, I try to reveal the visible and the invisible that make this area a place with multiple layers. It is a place that is many places at the same time: an industrial zone, resort zone, rural zone, coastal town, port etc. Puchuncaví is conceived as a long-term project that grows every year with new fragments. These fragments act as heterogeneous units consisting of single takes edited in-camera or on the editing table.
Fuente Alemana
13:35 min
2025
Synopsis:
This film portrays the transformations of a commemorative monument of the German colonization of the Walmapu territory in Chile—a gift from the German colony to Chile—, exploring its significance at two moments separated by 15 years. In the heat of January 2004 in Santiago, the fountain becomes a symbolic event: families from the marginalized outskirts of the city visit it and transform it into a public pool, redefining its political and social character, despite the prohibition against using it for bathing. During the Chilean social uprising in October 2019, the monument emerges as a visual platform for widespread discontent, reflecting the tensions and struggles of a society in search of justice, memory, and urgent transformations.
ENVÍOS 2005-2025
Silent, 16 mm (ongoing project)
Envíos is an ongoing project that I started in 2005. It consists of 16mm films that I send to people as letters. Creating and dedicating an Envíos is a personal and intimate act, subsequently presented to the public.
ENVIO24
3 min
2010
Synopsis:
The postcard, still on sale for tourists in Chile, depicts three women of the Selk’nam tribe in Tierra del Fuego (as stated in the text on the back of the postcard). In the film, the journey of these three women traces the path that their fellow tribespeople may have taken through London on promotional tours at the end of the 19th century. The three women walk through a botanical garden and the streets of London, casually mingling with other tourists. ENVÍOS is an ongoing project that I started in 2005. It consists of 16mm films that I send to people as letters. Creating and dedicating an Envío is a personal and intimate act, subsequently presented to the public.
ENVIO26
2013
Synopsis:
The Andes mountains are home to countless structures that were used until the mid-20th century. Now remnants of a mining past, the mill and the surrounding houses are mostly abandoned. Together with my photographer friends Reinhardt and Fernando, we found much more than solitude.
ENVIO30
2017-2023
Synopsis:
For 20 years, I have been filming my childhood and teenage friends. Cristalina and Claudio share an afternoon of dreams, triumphs and failures, idols and addictions.
Humedal
3 min
2023
Synopsis:
Humedal was created as a commission from IU Libraries Moving Image Archive to honour the centenary of non-flammable 16 mm film. It shows the Batuco wetland in the metropolitan region of Chile. This area is a fundamental part of the ecosystem, and it acts as an important resting place for migratory birds. Despite its significant importance, the Batuco wetland faces constant threats due to environmental pollution and the lack of regulation over agricultural activities in its environs. Nevertheless, it persists.
Bio:
Jeanette Munoz is a Chilean artist based in Zürich and Chile, working with film, photography, and installation. Her practice explores ancestry, visibility, and belonging through 16mm film and montage, as seen in projects like Puchuncaví. Her experimental film works have been screened at NYFF, IFF Rotterdam, Tate Modern, National Gallery of Art, Helmhaus Zürich etc.
