Chile’s 10th Sanfic Industria Sets Fall Dates, Touts Series and Genre Projects (Exclusive)

Sanfic Industria, the biz component of Chile’s prominent Santiago Int’l Film Festival, will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year with a slew of activities over 10 days (Oct. 27 – Nov. 5), marking the second edition of the event this year.Given the slightly improved pandemic situation in Chile, Sanfic Industria will be a hybrid event, with some in-person activities, particularly for its expanded Sanfic Series and Morbido festival events.“This year is an anomaly as we held last year’s cancelled Sanfic Industria event in March and we’re now holding the 2021 edition in October,” said its director Gabriela Sandoval, who expects next year’s edition to be a regular in-person event in August.Cinemas and other cultural venues have already opened up in Chile, albeit at reduced capacity, but they’re banking on 100% capacity openings before or by next year, if the Covid-19 pandemic is completely relegated to a frightful memory by then. ...