Exploring Chile: Identities and Their Relation with the Environment through the Film Football Stories

Abstract

Cinema can be considered a useful tool for understanding different geographic concepts, showing physical and human factors and the interactions between them. Andres Wood's film Football Stories explores the Chilean territory allowing the observation of the differences between the north and south of the country. Geographic components such as landscapes, architectures, the impact of anthropogenic activities, social inequalities, ways of life, and city and countryside differences are analyzed, as well as the importance of location, the spatial environment, and cinematic narration. The study of geography through films could contribute to understanding of our world and to spatial knowledge.

Key Words:

• cinema and geography
• media geography education
• identities
• landscape
• Chile

Additional information

Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge funding from the Universidad de Murcia (PIT2 Postdoc Fellowship), and the CONICYT-Chile (Predoctoral Fellowship 2017-21171064).

Notes on contributors

Marta Gallardo

Marta Gallardo is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Geography at the University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain. Her research explores the relationship between cinema locations and space, taking a close interest in how cinema can explain different geographic concepts. She also performs territorial and planning studies and geospatial analyses.

David García-Reyes

David García-Reyes is a predoctoral researcher in the Department of Spanish at the University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile. His research focuses on cultural studies, cinema scenography, and intermediality in relations among the arts, literature, cinema, and architecture.