Pre-release HIMNO (Anthem)

Join us for the screening of HIMNO, a vibrant musical journey exploring how the Chilean song “El Pueblo Unido” (The People United), written in 1973, became an anthem for people’s struggles worldwide. Enjoy delicious Colombian food and a special performance by the Edinburgh-based choir Protest in Harmony, who will bring the powerful anthem to life. Don’t miss this unique celebration of music, history, and community!

Original title: Himno
Director: Martín Farías
Producer: Eileen Karmy
Country: Chile
Year: 2024
Language: Spanish, English, French, Japanese with subtitles in English.

Edinburgh
Where: @St. Peter’s Church Hall (Lutton Pl, Newington, Edinburgh, EH8 9PE)
When: Sat 01 June – Doors open at 19:30pm, screening starts at 20:00

*All proceeds from box office sales will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Sliding scale ticketing.You may pay as much or as little as you can afford.

Interweaving rare archival materials, testimonies, music, sound recordings and experimental excerpts, the film acknowledges the power of songs and the search for social transformations by diverse movements. Based on in-depth research and testimonies by musicians from Chile, Portugal, France, Germany, Finland, and Japan, it delves into the different uses and meanings this anthem has achieved worldwide.

Martin Farías (director)
Martin is a musicologist and documentary filmmaker. Master’s in creative Documentary from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. He has co-directed the documentaries Más cerca de la luz (2014), Canción norteña (2017), Our Voices Resound (2018) and Dolores (2020). More recently, he directed Himno (2023). He currently lives in Chile and he works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Communication and Image at the University of Chile.

Eileen Karmy (producer)
Eileen is a socio-musicologist and audiovisual producer. She is associate professor at the Department of Integrated Arts of the Art Faculty of the Universidad de Playa Ancha (UPLA), in Valparaíso, Chile. She has participated in either co-directing or conducting research for the documentaries Buenos Aires por la capital (2011), Más cerca de la luz (2014), Canción norteña (2017), Our Voices Resound (2018) and Himno (2023).

Poster: Pablo de la Fuente

El pueblo unido jamás será vencido, composed 50 years ago in Chile, has been recognized and interpreted in the most diverse latitudes.

*This screening is a pre-release (No competition, no official selection and all proceeds from box office sales will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians.)