Danilo Petrovich Jorquera is a programmer of FIDOCS in Chile, a Chilean anthropologist, filmmaker, and cultural researcher. His work focuses on the preservation and dissemination of Intangible Cultural Heritage through audiovisual media. For over 15 years, he has conducted ethnographic research across Chile, documenting religious rituals, devotional music, and rural traditions.
He is the author of the books Alta Esfera and Atlas Campesino, director of the documentary Sentido y Memoria, and co-producer and researcher of the vinyl To All the Images of the World, released by Mississippi Records in USA. As a cinematographer, he contributed to Huellas by Valeria Sarmiento and the Italian documentary Bella Ciao – Song of Rebellion.
Danilo was the General Producer of the Chilean National Cinematheque and the founder of MUCAM (Museo Campesino en Movimiento), an NGO focused on public art and heritage. He serves as President of the Documentary Cultural Corporation (CULDOC), the institution behind FIDOCS — Chile’s leading documentary film festival — and runs Librería Catálogo, a specialized bookstore in Viña del Mar.
He also works as a researcher at the Museo de Historia Natural de Río Seco in Chilean Patagonia, and is the curator of El Techo de la Ballena, a unique cinema housed inside a former industrial freezer, which features a suspended Sei whale as part of its permanent installation.
