2027 | Documentary Feature | 1H 30M
Blending analog film, improbable encounters, and Méliès-style trickery, The Art of Wasting Time follows two generations as they sabotage the logic of productivity, restoring cinema’s essence as a form of play.
Official Selections
In Viña del Mar, Camila (33) faces a physical breakdown: a work-related injury forces her to step away from filmmaking. In the depths of her frustration, she meets Lucho (72)—a sculptor who has made «doing nothing» his personal fortress. Together with a 16mm camera, they transform her forced hiatus into creative sabotage. By invoking the magic of Georges Méliès, cinema ceases to be an industry and returns to being a game, turning leisure into their greatest act of resistance.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (Credits)
Directed by: Camila Toro Cortez
Written by: Camila Toro y Daniel Díaz
Executive Producers: Daniel Diaz y Esteban Sandoval
Director of Photography: Gonzalo Barceló
Camera: Sebastián León
Art Direction: Estibaliz Uzabeaga
Editing: Daniel Díaz
Assistant Editor: Sayén Vidal
Original Score: Esteban Ordenes
Research: Daniel Díaz y Camila Toro
Sound Recordist: Catalina Gómez
Image Post-production: Pikun Films
Sound Post-production: Catalina Gómez
Production Companies: Pikun Films –LAAV – Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
PRESS & RECOGNITION
Chiledoc.cl, 2024
Mundopeliculas.tv, 2025
