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"LETTERS" is totally a different film’s authorial tone and vision. We believe this project reflects Gustavo Letelier’s distinctive cinematic voice, influenced by auteurs such as Fellini, Almodóvar, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ken Loach, with poetic undertones reminiscent of Pablo Neruda.

Gustavo Letelier is an awarded Chilean Director and writer (with more than 50's Awards and Nominations) with movies released around the globe and reviewed in top press. He is current President/CEO of Amerindia Films in Chile. Independent Scriptwriter, Director and Producer since 1985, both in New York and Chile. In the eighties Gustavo resided in New York City, where he studied graduate film programs at NYU and New School University. In 1983, he won the award for Best Student Experimental Short Film at the New School Festival in New York. 1984: Best Fiction Short Film, Millennium Screenings at the Film Forum in New York. 1987: UNICEF Special Award for the documentary *I bambini e i libri*. 1998: Nomination for Best Foreign Film for *Hasta en las mejores familias* at the B-Movies International Film Festival in Syracuse. And he wrote, produced and directed several awarded Shorts and Documentaries, including 'One', 'The Grey Circumstance', 'Echoes', and 'Intruder In The Park'. Back in Chile, Gustavo made Shorts and Documentaries, including 'Aprendiendo a Ser Feliz' (Learning Happiness), 'Los Niños Y Los Libros' (Children and Books), 'Sombras Postreras' (Late Shadows), musical clips for the National Symphony Orchestra of Chile and the National Ballet Company (all broadcasted by major Chilean TV networks. Director Letelier made his feature debut with 'Hasta En Las Mejores Familias' (released in the USA home entertainment market as Even in the Best of Families), a film invited to international festivals like La Habana, Lérida, Biarritz, among others. Set in Chile, during the return to democracy after the Pinochet dictatorship, after more than 30 years, in 2023, the film was deemed of cultural interest and value by the Ministry of Culture and Foreign Affairs, which provided funding for its restoration.The complete and uncensored restoration of the original film was then carried out by Cineteca National and thanks to the perseverance of award-winning Chilean director Gustavo Letelier together with the renowned Cervantes Institute of Hispanic and Ibero-American Culture in the World, the film, which was finally presented in Santiago de Chile on April 10, 2026, to great enthusiasm! "Hasta en las mejores Familias, LA RESTAURACIÓN"exhibited at festivals (winner of several Awards and nominations till this 2026). Then he made some experimental shorts before making his second feature film 'La Estacion Ausente' (The Absent Season) in 2004, theatrically and DVD released in the country and internationally invited to key festivals. The film was released in the US Home Entertainment market by Warner in 2012. In 2013 he re-released in the US a new re-edited version of his opera prima with the new title 'Family Virtues'. In 2017 he launched his new feature film, the acclaimed LGBT movie 'El Destello de la Luna' (Shining Moon), theatrically released in New York having gained awesome critics reviews in the NY Times and other press. Late in 2019 he completed his new succesfull feature film 'Pelícano'based on classical homonymous play by Swedish author August Strindberg, The film was the first Chilean movie ever been awarded at top festivals in India and is currently available worldwide on streaming via Amazon, iTunes, etc. 'Pelícano' has started festival circuit with official selections and nominations in different countries. Gustavo Letelier has also developed on long successful career as film professor and leading executive co-founding several key cultural institutions in Chile, such as the National Symphony Performing Center, Cultural Foundation Amerindia, Radio Universidad de Chile, International Film Seminar/Labs Ibermedia. Over the years, he has also consulted film projects in the US, Canada and Europe. Gustavo is also Classical and Film Music Composer with works released on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify and others. His score form 'La Estación Ausente' was nominated in 2005 for the World Soundtrack Awards in Belgium. Subsequently, Gustavo wrote and directed other films that garnered significant critical acclaim and earned further wins and nominations at international festivals—specifically *Sining Moon Director's Cut* (2020) and *Regresar al Final* (2022). Alongside the major comeback and success of *Hasta en las mejores Familias: La Restauración*, he created *CARTAS* in 2026—a new reimagining of *The Pelican*—and is currently in post-production on the highly anticipated film *El Retrato en la Mirada*, which is said to be his greatest masterpiece.

"LETTERS" is totally a different film’s authorial tone and vision. We believe this project reflects Gustavo Letelier’s distinctive cinematic voice, influenced by auteurs such as Fellini, Almodóvar, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ken Loach, with poetic undertones reminiscent of Pablo Neruda.