Where the Silence Is Heard, which looks at intergenerational trauma from Chile’s Pinochet dictatorship, will have its world premiere at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. Co-directors Peña and García talk about their emotional journey of dealing with family pain that has been passed down through exile and silence.
Where the Silence Is Heard is a Chilean family trauma movie, an intergenerational trauma documentary, and a movie about the Pinochet dictatorship. It will have its CPH:DOX 2026 premiere and an interview with Peña García, the directors.
The documentary looks at the untold stories of a Chilean family that were shaped by fear, absence, and emotional distance between generations. It asks how love can last even though there are scars from Augusto Pinochet’s rule.
Pena and García talk about how hard it was to make the movie, using their own past experiences that are both similar and different. Their work shows how hard it is to pass on trauma when you don’t talk about it.
The film is getting a lot of attention before its world premiere party in Copenhagen because of its unique take on collective memory. This very personal project shows how pain from being exiled during the dictatorship era can still affect people today.
