El deshielo (The Meltdown)

Chile, 1992. Staying at her grandparents’ remote hotel near an Andean ski resort, Inés (9) befriends Hanna (15), a German skier. When Hanna vanishes without a trace, the search for her exposes hidden truths.

Manuela Martelli debuted as a teenager in the film B-Happy, obtaining the Coral Award for Best Leading Role at the Havana Film Festival. Since then, she has participated in numerous films and TV series, collaborating with directors such as Andrés Wood, Sebastián Lelio, and Martín Rejtman, among others. In 2010, she received a Fulbright scholarship to study for a Master’s degree in Film at Temple University, USA. During her studies, she directed Apnea, which premiered at FicValdivia in 2014. A year later, she was selected to participate in the Chile Factory program, where she co-directed the short film Marea with Amirah Tajdin. The film premiered at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at the Cannes Film Festival and was also presented at the Sundance and NYFF festivals, among others. In 2022, Manuela premiered her first feature film, 1976, at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. The film screened at prestigious international film festivals such as San Sebastián and New Directors/New Films, winning several awards and recognitions, including the Sutherland Award at BFI and a nomination for one of the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director Debut.

Year of Production: 2026

Time: 108’

Country: Chile

Language: Spanish, English, German. Original version with Spanish subtitles

Director: Manuela Martelli

Cast: Maya O’Rourke, Maia Rae Domagala, Saskia Rosendahl, Jakub Gierszal

Production: Alejandra García, Alex C. Lo, Andrés Wood, María Zamora, Julio Chavezmontes

Script: Manuela Martelli

Director of Photography: Benjamín Echazarreta

Production Companies: Ronda Cine, Cinema Inutile, Wood Producciones, Elastica Films

International Sales: Losange Films

Selected at Cannes, Hamptons, Zürich and San Sebastián

Premiere in Madrid