Dialogue: Writer/producer (and SAIC alum) Julio Chavezmontes (MFA 2009) returns to Chicago to present and discuss his first movie, HALLEY.
"A disturbingly stylish and surrealistic drama, (which) could well attract critical support given its strangely compelling story, impressive performances and strange sense of the grotesque." - Screen Daily
"Hauntingly surreal, and sometimes maddeningly oblique, it never fails to be consistently compelling, and Hoffman's eerie protagonist manages to resonate long after its final frames". -Ion Cinema
Tuesday, April 14, 6:00 p.m. | With his body decomposing, Alberto decides to withdraw from the world. But before yielding to his living death, Alberto forms an unusual friendship with Silvia, his tough but sympathetic boss. Dialogue: Writer/producer (and SAIC alum) Julio Chavezmontes (MFA 2009) returns to Chicago to present and discuss his first movie, HALLEY.
Awards & Nominations
Official Selection - 2013 Sundance Film Festival
Official Selection - 2013 International Film Festival Rotterdam
Official Selection - 2013 Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia
Winner, Best Film with Special Mention: New Flesh Award - 2013 Fantasia International Film Festival
Julio Chavezmontes (Mexico City, 1983) is a young Mexican film producer and screenwriter. In 2011 he partnered with Sebastian Hofmann to establish Piano, a creative studio dedicated to produce and develop cutting edge projects in all artistic disciplines. Films produced by Piano have been selected in Locarno, Sundance, Rotterdam, and the Berlinale, among other festivals. Julio has produced films in partnership with renowned producers Jaime Romandia (Japan, Alamar, Silent Light); Michael Fitzgerald (The Pledge, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada), and Lisa Cortes (Precious, Shadowboxer). Julio graduated with honors from the University of Chicago in 2005, and has an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu