Madrid-based Amore Cine , founded by Paz Lázaro, Juan Pablo Félix and Edson Sidonie, has boarded “Dæmon,” the debut feature of Chile’s Valeria Hofmann, who snagged best director for short “AliEN0089” at Sundance 2023. It joins Chile’s Maquina , launched last year at the San Sebastian Film Festival .

Described as a body-horror techno-romance best encapsulated by its logline “In a world where you can print DNA at home, why not print your own boyfriend?” the drama dwells on the same themes of digital intimacy, grief and transformation that Hofmann explored in her short, which also scored best film at the world’s leadig short film fest, Clermont-Ferrand, in its Labo competition, among other accolades.

Set in the Chilean coastal town of Valparaíso, it follows Liz, a solitary content m

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