The Settlers

The Settlers

“Los Colonos” portrays the birth of borders at the end of the world and tells how countries write their official histories. Opera prima of the chilean director Felipe Gálvez Haberle. The Settlers had its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2023. It competed for Un Certain Regard and Caméra d'Or, and alongside those was honored with the FIPRESCI Prize, becoming the first Chilean production to win that award.

At the end of the 19th century, sheep ranches covered more and more territory in Chilean Patagonia. Segundo, a Chilean mestizo; Maclennan, an English soldier, and Bill, an American mercenary, embark on an expedition on horseback to delimit and reclaim the lands that the State has granted to José Menéndez. What appears to be an administrative expedition turns into a violent hunt for Onas, the natives of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. Inspired by "Menéndez. King of Patagonia" written by the Spanish historian José Luis Alonso Marchante.