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'Cielo' is a Chilean-Canadian documentary film, directed by Alison McAlpine and released in 2017.[Kate Erbland, [https://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/cielo-trailer-nyff-documentary-1201878799/ "Cielo Trailer: Awe-Inspiring NYFF Documentary Premiere Reaches for the Heavens Watch"]. 'IndieWire', September 21, 2017.] Filmed in the Atacama Desert in Chile, the film centres on the extraordinary beauty of the sky in the region, and its impact on the local population.[Kevin Crust, [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-cielo-review-20180823-story.html "Review: The sky above Chile comes alive in experimental documentary Cielo"]. 'Los Angeles Times', August 23, 2018.]
The film premiered at the New York Film Festival in October 2017,[ and went into commercial release in 2018.][Ben Kenigsberg, [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/movies/cielo-review.html "Review: Looking to the Stars, Cielo Cant Quite Form a Constellation"]. 'The New York Times', August 14, 2018.]
The film received four Prix Iris nominations at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019, for Best Documentary Film, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Benjamin Echazarreta), Best Sound in a Documentary (McAlpine, Andrs Carrasco, Miguel Hormazbal, Mauricio Lpez, Rodrigo Salvatierra, Carlo Sanchez Faras and Claudio Vargas) and Most Successful Film Outside Quebec.[[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1163767/gala-quebec-cinema-1991-ricardo-trogi-16-nominations "Gala Qubec Cinma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mne la course avec 16 nominations"]. Ici Radio-Canada, April 11, 2019.]
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