Las Palmas Honoree Ignacio Agüero on Making Documentaries in an Era Without 'Truth' or 'Certainty'

Apr 22, 2026 10:39am PT

Las Palmas Honoree Ignacio Agüero on Making Documentaries in an Era Without ‘Truth’ or ‘Certainty’

Aguëro also talks abouyt why he's 'always on the edge of failing'

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Ignacio Agüero Courtesy of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Intl. Film Festival

Chilean documentary filmmaker Ignacio Agüero will be honored with a retrospective at the 25th Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Intl. Film Festival, which takes place April 23-May 3 on Spain’s Gran Canaria island.

The tribute will celebrate the life and career of the groundbreaking and award-winning documentarian, known for films including “Cien niños esperando un tren” (One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train) (1988), “El otro día” (The Other Day), “Como me da la gana II” (This Is the Way I Like It II), which won the Grand Prix at FIDMarseille in 2016, and “Nunca subí el Provincia” (I Never Climbed the Provincia), which won the same prize in 2019, as well as the award for best Latin American film at the Mar del Plata Festival.

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