Phantom Project

Pablo is a young actor who dreams of staring at a film. Still, in order to make ends meet he has to work as a simulated patient in medical schools and weird sessions of alternative therapies. But it's not only his career that becomes stuck; his life also seems to be spiraling, as he is still in love with his successful ex-boyfriend, while his roommate disappeared without paying the rent, leaving behind several problems – among them... a ghost. This is the start of Pablo's journey through an unassuming neighborhood of Santiago de Chile, meeting new friends and allies, and finding out that the path to fulfilling his dreams will be more tangled and stranger than he thought. Filmed in early 2021, when pandemic restrictions were still in full force in Chile, and drawing on the filmmaker’s personal experiences and references, this twisted comedy provides a new definition of the “indie” genre, with dramatic and spooky moments alternating with scenes of pure millennial introspection.