Fuerza Punky is an Action/Adventure & Sci Fi Thriller, all set in the countercultural universe of the city of Valparaíso.
Funiculars, parks, stairs and labyrinthine streets painted with graffiti and murals are places with a life of their own.
An important part of the scenarios is the “Okupa” houses, abandoned buildings transformed by young people into homes and spaces for typical activities to their culture such as graffiti, tattoos and music, which expose an alternative life and a mechanism of political and philosophical expression before the system.
Fuerza Punky aims to reflect on the great evils of our society such as classism, intolerance and hypocrisy, to investigate the existence of some urban tribes and to explore conflicts among them. The tools and codes of the genres explored by this film allow us to develop themes that transcend mere entertainment.
The protagonists and their adventures extrapolate what young people face nowadays: a society full of prejudices where dressing codes, color of skin or beliefs are judged.
The “Nazi” iconography is exclusively used as a fantastic resource. Through these antagonistic characters we represent reactionary forces that live in the past abhorring diversity. The horrible creatures in this story whose aim is self-destruction, are a metaphor of a dehumanized society and system unaware of goodness. Values such as friendship, nobility and determination seek to be the spirit of this film, where the characters will experience extraordinary situations that will change their lives, although in appearance for others, things remain the same.
The Team
Víctor Uribe is a director and screenwriter with extensive experience in cinematography and genre films.He has collaborated in the camera team with prominent national and international directors, such as Raúl Ruiz (Casa Nucingen), Fernando Trueba (Danza de la Victoria), Alejandro Jodorowsky (La danza de la realidad) among others.His short films (as director and writer) Un día sagrado and Necrolovers won the Pedro Sienna award (Chile), as best national short films in 2010 and 2013, respectively.Both short films were selected in more than 30 international film festivals around the world.Necrolovers won 1st Prize at the Acocollona't Festival, Girona International Fantastic and Horror Film Festival (Spain), 1st Prize at the Pielagos en Corto International Film Festival (Spain), and the best international short film at the festivalhorror film “Rojo Sangre” from Buenos Aires (2013).
In 2014 his visual effects conceptual short film SUPER M went viral with more than 710,000 views on social media.
Subsequently, he writes his debut feature Fuerza Punky, which was awarded in 2017 with U$10,000 from the Chilean Audiovisual Fund to finish his script.
In 2020, together with a group of Chilean actors, he filmed two teaser trailers in the city of Valparaíso.
Recently, Victor Uribe has collaborated as a second unit director in the Sayen trilogy by director Alexander Witt (Amazon Prime Video).
