Santiago, Septemnber 13  (RHC)-- The film 'Araña' (Spider) directed by Andres Wood will represent Chilean cinema in the upcoming editions of the Goya Awards in Spain and the Oscars in the United States, informed the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage.

The film, starring Mercedes Moran, Maria Valverde and Marcelo Alonso, was selected with 40 votes to participate in the pre-selection of the most important Hollywood awards ceremony.

Having been submitted, the film will have to wait for the final selection for the categories of Best International Feature Film in the Oscars, and Best Foreign Film in the Spanish Language in the Goyas, which in both cases are made up of five titles from all over the world.

'Araña', a thriller with excellent performances and a good narrative rhythm of constant shifts between the past and the present, goes back to the years of Popular Unity in Chile, when the fascist organization Patria y Libertad carried out actions aimed at overthrowing the popular government headed by Salvador Allende.