{"id":508825,"date":"2026-05-29T14:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/508825\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T14:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:33:10","slug":"mubi-nabs-chilean-comedy-for-latin-america-denominacion-de-origen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/508825\/","title":{"rendered":"Mubi Nabs Chilean Comedy for Latin America ‘Denominaci\u00f3n de Origen’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGlobal film distributor, streamer and production company Mubi<\/a> has snagged Latin American streaming rights to Chilean sausage docu-comedy \u201cDenominaci\u00f3n de Origen,\u201d a 2025 box office phenomenon in Chile, <\/a>which it plans to stream in the region later this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe sophomore feature of director Tom\u00e1s Alzamora (\u201cLittle White Lie\u201d) lured more than 100,000 admissions in Chilean cinemas, according to Alzamora and his producing partner Pablo Calisto.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s set in the tiny town of San Carlos (population: 50,000+), which is up in arms over what they perceive as a terrible wrong: the neighboring town of Chill\u00e1n has snatched the award for the \u201cBest Longaniza in Chile\u201d from them. Outraged by the blatant injustice, a group of San Carlos locals launch a grassroots movement seeking official designation of origin status for their sausages \u2014 determined to reclaim their town\u2019s pride and dignity.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe docu-fiction hybrid was shot entirely in southern Chile and features a cast of non-pros, among them Luisa Marabol\u00ed, Exequ\u00edas Inostroza, Roberto Betancourt and Alexis Mar\u00edn.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u00a0\u201cThat Mubi is bringing \u2018Denominaci\u00f3n de Origen\u2019 to its platform is very meaningful for us. Not only because it allows the film to keep living beyond its run in theaters and festivals, but also because it brings it to new audiences across Latin America through a platform with a very compelling cinematic perspective,\u201d Alzamora told Variety.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI also feel there\u2019s something very beautiful about a film that is so local \u2014 so deeply tied to rural characters and to a very specific Chilean identity \u2014 being able to connect with audiences in different countries. At the end of the day, throughout Latin America we share many contradictions, senses of humor and ways of getting by.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2024, \u201cDenominaci\u00f3n de Origen\u201d won both the best feature Audience Award and Special Jury Prize in the feature film category at the 31st Valdivia International Film Festival, a strong indication of its box office success the following year.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlzamora also took home the award for best director at the 26th Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI).<\/p>\n

\n\tWritten by Alzamora and Javier Salinas, with cinematography by Sergio Armstrong (\u201cThe Club,\u201d \u201cNeruda\u201d), original music by Mart\u00edn Schlotfeldt and production design by Nicol\u00e1s Oyarce, the film was produced by Alzamora and Calisto under their production banner Equeco<\/a>, founded in 2016.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe docu-comedy joins a number of recent pickups by Mubi that includes Fernando Eimbcke\u2019s \u201cFlies\u201d (\u201cMoscas\u201d), which it plans to release theatrically as well, <\/a>Oscar-nominated \u201cSir\u0101t\u201d by Oliver Laxe and winner of the 2026 Best International Feature Film Academy Award, \u201cSentimental Value\u201d by Joachim Trier.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther titles in Mubi\u2019s rich catalog include \u201cDie, My Love\u201d by Lynne Ramsay, \u201cGrace: The Beauty of Doubt\u201d by Paolo Sorrentino, \u201cMy Father\u2019s Shadow\u201d by Akinola Davies Jr., \u201cSound of Falling\u201d by Mascha Schilinski, \u201cNo Other Choice\u201d by Park Chan-Wook and \u201cIt Was Just an Accident\u201d by Jafar Panahi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Global film distributor, streamer and production company Mubi has snagged Latin American streaming rights to Chilean sausage docu-comedy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[18,117,220710,19,17,220711,327,22108,7012],"class_list":["post-508825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-equeco","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-moscas","tag-movies","tag-mubi","tag-oscars"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116658359857140257","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}