Patricio Valladares (born 17 July 1982, in

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, Chile) is a Chilean

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and

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, best known for his work in

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s, who mixes elements of both arthouse and grindhouse, with an emphasis on modern extreme violence, action and some gore. He is also involved in comics and short movies, and frequently injects black humor or homages to grindhouse movies, along with artistic cinematography, somewhat intellectual dialogue and the occasional surrealism. His serial killers tend to make repeat appearances in his movies.

Directing career

Known for his work in genre cinema Valladares has directed numerous features throughout the years. In 2011, he directed the '' En las Afueras de la Ciudad'' (also known as ''Hidden in the Woods''), based a true story. Based a true story, the film made its world appearance at ''

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'' before touring the globe with appearances at '' FrightFest Film Festival'' and among others. Epic Pictures Group is currently handling sales and distribution. This film caught the attention actor ''

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'' who would later produce the English language remake through his production company. WT Films is handling worldwide sales, with the pic set for a release in 2016 in numerous territories. The English-language remake of the film In 2014, Valladares directed '' Toro Loco: Bloodthirsty'' a.k.a. ''Toro Loco: Sangriento'', starring by Francisco Melo,

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, Simón Pesutic and

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, dark comedy flick shot entirely in Spanish. The world premiere was held at

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in Mexico. Event Film is the sales agent. In 2015 he shot three features in English, all of which are currently in postproduction. These are: ''Downhill'' (shot in Chile), an experimental horror/thriller. WT Films serves as worldwide sales agent. Has been pick up bye WTFilms as Sales Agent and Co producer. ''The Ghosts of Garip'', part horror, part found footage shot in location in

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, Turkey. Moonrise Pictures is the sales agent. Lastly, he directed '' Nightworld'' in Bulgaria with Nightmare On Elm Street star, ''

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''. These three features were produced by Loris Curci and written by Barry Keating.

Filmography

Director / writer

* 2023: ''Invoking Yell'' * 2022: ''Hidden in the Woods Part 2'' * 2020: ''Embryo'' * 2016: '' Nightworld'' * 2016: '' The Ghosts of Garip'' * 2016: '' Downhill'' * 2015: '' Toro Loco: Bloodthirsty'' * 2014: '' Hidden in the Woods'' * 2012: '' Hidden in the Woods'' * 2011: '' Toro loco'' * 2009: ''Dirty Love'' * 2007: ''Curriculum''

Festival awards

*Winner: Best Overall, Sickest Flick and Best Director. (TLA Cult Awards) 2014 *Winner: Best Extreme Movie, Feratum Film Festival (Mexico) (2012) *Winner: Best Movie,

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Film Festival (Argentina) (2012) *Winner: Best Movie, Asti Film Festival (Italy) (2012) *Winner: Best Director, Weekend of Horrors (USA) (2013) *Winner: Best Director,

Film Festival (Argentina) (2015) *Winner: Downhill- Working Progress, Blood Window

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(Argentina) (2015)

Awards and recognitions

* 2011 Fondart Award for the audiovisual project ''Hidden in the Woods'' * 2011 GORE BIO BIO Award for the audiovisual project ''Hidden in the Woods'' * 2016 CORFO Award for the audiovisual project ''Suspense'' * 2017 CORFO Award for the audiovisual project ''Embryo'' * 2017 Regional Culture Awards

Film festivals

*2009

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(Dirty Love) *2012

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(World Premiere) *2012

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(Europe Premiere) *2012 Celluloid Scream Film Festival *2012 Serbian Fantastic Film Festiva *2012 Tohorror Film Fest *2012 Asti Film Festival *2012 Festival de Cine de la Habana *2012 Feratum Film Festival *2012 Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre *2013 San Diego Latino Film Festival *2013 HorrorHound Weekend *2013 Weekend of Fear Festival *2013 Blood Window,

. *2014 Film Festival flix (Artsploitation series) *2014 Beyond the Window, Blood Window at Ventana Sur *2015 Morbido Film Festival *2015 Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre *2015 Blood Window at Ventana Sur *2016

(Downhill & Hidden in the Woods, Midnight X-Treme) *2016

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*2016

*2016 Morbido Film Fest *2016 Molins Horror Film Festival *2016 Sanfic *2016

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Film Festival *2016 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival *2017 Moscow International Film Festival *2017

*2017 Morbido Film Fest *2020

Halloween *2020 Molins Horror Film Festival *2021 Sanfic *2021 Portland Horror Film Festival

References

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