Chile, Obstinate Memory

Chile, Obstinate Memory (Spanish: Chile, la memoria obstinada) is a documentary film, directed by Patricio Guzmán and released in 1997.^[1] The film profiles Guzmán's trip back to Chile, after years living and working outside the country, to screen his landmark documentary The Battle of Chile in the country for the first time.^[2]

Chile, Obstinate Memory
Spanish	Chile, la memoria obstinada
Directed by	Patricio Guzmán
Produced by	Yves Jeanneau Éric Michel
Narrated by	Patricio Guzmán Vincent Davy
Cinematography	Éric Pittard Pablo Saura
Edited by	Hélène Girard
Music by	Robert Marcel Lepage
Production companies	Les Films d'Ici National Film Board of Canada La Sept-Arte
Release date	August 1997 (1997-08) (MWFF)
Running time	59 minutes
Countries	Chile Belgium Canada France Germany
Language	Spanish

The film premiered at the 1997 Montreal World Film Festival.^[3] It was later screened at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival,^[4] the 1998 Sundance Film Festival,^[5] and the 1998 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,^[6] before being broadcast on television as an episode of the documentary series The Passionate Eye in September 1998.^[7]

Awards

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival	1998	Best Canadian Feature Documentary	Patricio Guzmán	Won	[8]
Gemini Awards	1999	Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series		Nominated
		Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series	Hélène Girard	Nominated