Felipe Gálvez Haberle (born 1983,

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) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, and editor. His directorial debut film, ''

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'', was awarded the

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at the

76th Cannes Film Festival The 76th annual Cannes Film Festival was a film festival that took place from 16 to 27 May 2023. Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund served as jury president. With the French film '' Anatomy of a Fall'' winning the Palme d'Or, the festival's top p ...

who also competed for

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and

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Biography

Gálvez graduated from the University of Cinema in

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. He has directed short films, including ''Be Quiet Please'' (''Silencio en la sala'') which received the best short film award at 2009 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, and ''I'm Always Looking From Here'' (Yo de aquí te estoy mirando), premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2011. In 2018, he premiered the short film ''Raptor'' (Rapaz) in Critics' Week at the

71st Cannes Film Festival The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as President of the Jury. The Japanese film ''Shoplifters'', directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d'Or. Asghar Farhadi's psycho ...

. In 2023, he premiered his first feature film ''

'' at the

where it competed for

and

, and won the

, becoming the first Chilean production to win that award. Later that same year, the film was chosen by the Chilean Film Academy as the Chilean entry for Best International Feature Film at the

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. ''The Settlers'' also won the Fiction Grand Award at the 22d FIFDH.

Selected filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Galvez Haberle, Felipe 1983 births Living people Writers from Santiago Chilean film directors Chilean editors Chilean screenwriters People from Santiago