Cristóbal Arteaga Rozas (b. 1979, Santiago de Chile) studied journalism and in 2001 began to work in advertising. He moved to Spain in 2002, where he attended a course in media communications in Madrid. The following year, he returned to Chile, where he directed commercials until 2007. In 2006, he completed his studies in screenwriting and wrote scripts for various projects, including A Manual for Forgetting (Manual de Instrucciones para olvidar). In 2009, he received a grant for his script for the feature film I Invite You to My Funeral (Te invito a mi funeral), followed by screenplays for Constructing a Sound (Construcción de un sonido, 2010) and 10 Years and a Day (10 años y un día, 2010). He currently lives in Spain, where he shot Lighthouse without an Island (Faro sin isla, 2011), about the solitude of lighthouse keepers, and The Sad Smell of Flesh.
48. MFF Karlovy Vary
