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Mutant (2025 film)

Mutant (Spanish: La mutante) is a 2025 Chilean documentary film written, filmed, edited, starred and directed by Constanza Tejo.[1] It documents the emotions and feelings of the director's pregnancy and the impact it had on her career as a cinematographer.[2]

Synopsis

A cinematographer is sidelined from the workforce by a sudden pregnancy. Away from her craft and trapped at home—and by household chores—she has the foresight to film her metamorphosis into a new way of being a filmmaker and a woman.[3]

Cast

  • Constanza Tejo
  • Soledad Roa Allende
  • Coco Allende Santibáñez
  • Romina Tejo Roa
  • Catalina Tejo Roa
  • Rodolfo Tejo Merino
  • Claudio Aránguiz Sepúlveda
  • Teo Aránguiz Tejo
  • Shenda Román
  • Luz Croxatto
  • Yashira Zomosa
  • Paula Ureta

Release

Mutant premiered on January 9, 2025, in Chilean theaters,[4] then screened on the 28th of the same month at the 17th Chilean Film Festival,[5] and on April 3, 2025, at the 18th Pordenone Docs Fest.[6]

Accolades

Year Award / Festival Category Recipient Result Ref.
2025 18th Pordenone Docs Fest Premio della Critica SNCCI Mutant Won [7]
Young Audience Award Won

References

  1. ^ Feest, Paula (2025-01-09). ""Esto es un regalo para mi género": Constanza Tejo Roa comparte su maternidad no edulcorada en su película "La Mutante"". Diario La Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  2. ^ Betancour, Felipe (2025-01-08). ""La Mutante", el estreno de la cinta chilena que narra la soledad de una mujer durante su embarazo". The Clinic (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  3. ^ "La mutante". Cinechile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  4. ^ "Las protagonistas femeninas se toman INSOMNIA con los estrenos de La Mutante y La chica de la aguja". Culturizarte (in Spanish). 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  5. ^ "Te invitamos este martes 28 a las 19:00 hrs a la función del documental "La Mutante" (2025)". Instagram. Retrieved 2025-04-12.[self-published]
  6. ^ "La mutante". Pordenone Docs Fest (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  7. ^ ""La Mutante" brilla en Italia con doble premio en el Festival Pordenone Docs". arquitectura-artes.uach.cl (in Spanish). 2025-04-08. Retrieved 2025-04-12.