The Red Hangar

The Red Hangar
The Red Hangar
Spanish	Hangar rojo
Directed by	Juan Pablo Sallato
Screenplay by	Luis Emilio Guzmán
Produced by	Juan Ignacio Sabatini; Juan Pablo Sallato;
Starring	Nicolás Zarate; Boris Quercia; Marcial Tagle; Catalina Stuardo; Arón Hernández;
Cinematography	Diego Pequeño
Edited by	Valeria Hernández; Sebastian Brahm;
Music by	Alberto Micheli; Matteo Marrella;
Production; companies	Villano; Brava Cine; Rain Dogs; Caravan; Berta Film; TVN;
Distributed by	Storyboard Media
Release dates	February 2026 (Berlinale); 1 October 2026 (Chile);
Countries	Chile; Argentina; Italy;
Language	Spanish

The Red Hangar (Spanish: Hangar rojo) is a 2026 political thriller film directed by Juan Pablo Sallato and written by Luis Emilio Guzmán starring Nicolás Zarate, Boris Quercia, Marcial Tagle, Catalina Stuardo, and Arón Hernández. Shot in black and white, it is a Chilean-Argentine-Italian co-production.

Plot

Set in Santiago de Chile against the backdrop of the 11 September 1973 Chilean coup d'etat, the plot follows a Chilean Air Force officer pressed to follow orders he does not believe in.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Nicolás Zárate as Captain Jorge Silva^[3]
Boris Quercia as Colonel Soler^[1]
Marcial Tagle [es] as Colonel Jahn^[3]
Aron Hernández as Sergeant Hernández^[3]
Catalina Stuardo [es] as Rosa^[3]
Francisco Carrasco as Lieutenant Carrasco^[4]
Juan Cano as Sargent Mujica^[4]

Production

The film is a co-production by Villano, Brava Cine, Rain Dogs, Caravan, Berta Film, and TVN.^[5] It was entirely shot in the Mendoza Province.^[1]

Release

The Red Hangar premiered in the 'Perspectives' section of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) in February 2026. The film also competed at the 29th Málaga Film Festival and the 41st Guadalajara International Film Festival. It is scheduled to be released theatrically in Chile on 1 October 2026.^[6]

Reception

Jonathan Romney of ScreenDaily commended the film as "at once impressionistic and very precise".^[7]

David Katz of Cineuropa pointed out that "whilst highly watchable" "it still has a certain televisual efficiency and feels like a suspense 'finger exercise' for the creatives behind it".^[3]

Matthew Joseph Jenner of International Cinephile Society rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, billing it as "a fascinating and disconcerting morality tale about a man who believes that violence is necessary".^[8]

Elsa Fernández-Santos of El País declared it a "notable" debut feature.^[9]

The Academia de Cine de Chile [es] submitted the film for the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film at the 41st Goya Awards.

Accolades


Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2026	29th Málaga Film Festival	Silver Biznaga for Best Actor	Nicolás Zárate	Won	^[10]
		Silver Biznaga for Best Editing	Valeria Hernández, Sebastián Brahm	Won
		Critics' Jury Special Prize		Won
		'El País' Audience Award		Won
	41st Guadalajara International Film Festival	Best Ibero-American Fiction Feature Film		Won	^[11]
		Best Director	Juan Pablo Sallato	Won
		Best Performance	Nicolás Zárate	Won
		Best Screenplay	Luis Emilio Guzmán	Won
		Best Technical-Artistic Achievement		Won

References

1 2 3 Lerer, Diego (13 February 2026). "'The Red Hangar' Berlinale Review: Due Obedience and Moral Collapse After Chile's Coup". Micropsia.
↑ "Hangar rojo". Programa Ibermedi. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 Katz, David (14 February 2026). "Review: The Red Hangar". Cineuropa.
1 2 "Hangar rojo". Berlinale. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
↑ "Diez películas realizadas con los fondos de Ibermedia en el Festival de Biarritz que empieza en dos semanas". Programa Ibermedia. September 2026.
↑ "Cine chileno: "Hangar Rojo" se estrenará el 1 de octubre en los cines del país". Televisión Nacional de Chile. 22 July 2026.
↑ Romney, Jonathan (13 February 2026). "'The Red Hangar' review: Tightly-controlled 1970s Chilean thriller proves powerfully timely". ScreenDaily.
↑ Jenner, Matthew Joseph. "Berlinale 2026 review: The Red Hangar (Juan Pablo Sallato)". International Cinephile Society.
↑ Fernández-Santos, Elsa (8 May 2026). "'Hangar rojo': una ópera prima rotunda sobre la conciencia individual en el golpe de Pinochet". El País.
↑ Jiménez, Jesús (14 March 2026). "'Yo no moriré de amor' gana la Biznaga de Oro y dos de Plata para los actores Júlia Mascort y Tomás del Estal". rtve.es.
↑ Alejandra, Andrea (April 2026). "FICG 41 2026: Lista completa de ganadores y ganadoras". Cine Premiere.

[micropsia-1] 1 2 3 Lerer, Diego (13 February 2026). "'The Red Hangar' Berlinale Review: Due Obedience and Moral Collapse After Chile's Coup". Micropsia.

[2] "Hangar rojo". Programa Ibermedi. Retrieved 14 September 2026.

[cineuropa-3] 1 2 3 4 5 Katz, David (14 February 2026). "Review: The Red Hangar". Cineuropa.

[berlinale-4] 1 2 "Hangar rojo". Berlinale. Retrieved 14 September 2026.

[5] "Diez películas realizadas con los fondos de Ibermedia en el Festival de Biarritz que empieza en dos semanas". Programa Ibermedia. September 2026.

[6] "Cine chileno: "Hangar Rojo" se estrenará el 1 de octubre en los cines del país". Televisión Nacional de Chile. 22 July 2026.

[7] Romney, Jonathan (13 February 2026). "'The Red Hangar' review: Tightly-controlled 1970s Chilean thriller proves powerfully timely". ScreenDaily.

[8] Jenner, Matthew Joseph. "Berlinale 2026 review: The Red Hangar (Juan Pablo Sallato)". International Cinephile Society.

[9] Fernández-Santos, Elsa (8 May 2026). "'Hangar rojo': una ópera prima rotunda sobre la conciencia individual en el golpe de Pinochet". El País.

[10] Jiménez, Jesús (14 March 2026). "'Yo no moriré de amor' gana la Biznaga de Oro y dos de Plata para los actores Júlia Mascort y Tomás del Estal". rtve.es.

[11] Alejandra, Andrea (April 2026). "FICG 41 2026: Lista completa de ganadores y ganadoras". Cine Premiere.

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