''Nae Pasaran'' is a 2018 documentary directed by Felipe Bustos Sierra about a group of workers at a

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factory in

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, who refused to work on

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parts from 1974-78 due to the atrocities carried out in

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by the

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. The feature-length film was based on an earlier 2013 short film by the same name, funded through the Scottish Documentary Institute's ''Bridging the Gap'' programme. The film was the last programme broadcast on the new

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channel's first day on air and was rebroadcast on the same channel on 4 May and 20 October 2019 and on 21 November 2020.

Production

The feature-length film tells the story of four Scotsmen - Bob Fulton, John Keenan, Robert Somerville and Stuart Barrie - who along with their workmates downed tools and refused to service and repair engines for the Chilean air force's British-made

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jet fighters. It explores just how significant their actions were in depriving the Chilean military dictatorship of much of its air power, contrary to the latter's claims at the time, through witness statements not only from several victims of the 1973 military coup but also from the unrepentant former

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chief Fernando Rojas Vender. Following Chile's return to democracy, three of the four Scotsmen - Fulton, Keenan and Somerville - were awarded the highest honour which the Chilean government can bestow on foreigners, the

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, at the rank of Commander (Comendador), during a 2015 ceremony in Glasgow by Chile's ambassador to the UK, Rolando Drago. The ceremony was included in the film and co-organised by the director.

Release

The feature-length film was commercially released in March 2018 in the UK and subsequently on DVD. A Spanish language version was released in 2019, picking up an award at a film festival in the Basque city of San Sebastián. It went on general release in Chile on 6 June 2019, distributed by Miradoc.

Reception

Nae Pasaran won the Best Feature award at the

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and its director, Felipe Bustos Sierra, was shortlisted for the Best Director (Factual) award. It was also shortlisted in the Best Documentary category in the 2018

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. The film won the Audience Prize at the San Sebastián Human Rights Film Festival in April 2019."¡Nae pasaran!", Premio del Público en el 17º Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos
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References

{{Reflist 2018 documentary films 2018 films Augusto Pinochet Documentary films about Latin American military dictatorships Rolls-Royce East Kilbride 2010s English-language films