Mubi, a global film distributor, streamer and production company, has acquired the Latin American streaming rights to Chile’s 2025 box office phenomenon, the Chilean sausage docu-comedy Denominación de Origen, which will be available for streaming in the region later this year.
The second feature film from director Tomás Alzamora (“Little White Lies”) attracted more than 100,000 people in Chilean cinemas, according to Alzamora and his producing partner Pablo Calixto.
The story takes place in a small town called San Carlos (population: over 50,000 people). The town is outraged by what they perceive to be a terrible mistake by the neighboring town of Chillán, which deprived them of the award of “Chile’s best Longaniza award.” Outraged by this blatant injustice, a group of San Carlos locals, determined to restore the town’s pride and dignity, launched a grassroots campaign to formally request recognition of the sausage’s origin.
The documentary-fiction hybrid was shot entirely in southern Chile and features a non-professional cast, including Luisa Maraboli, Exekias Inostroza, Roberto Betancourt and Alexis Marin.
“It makes a lot of sense for us that Mubi is bringing ‘Denominación de Origen’ to its platform, not only because it allows this film to live on after it’s shown in theaters and festivals, but also because it allows us to bring it to new audiences across Latin America through a platform that has a very compelling cinematic perspective,” Alzamora told Variety.
“I also feel that there is something so beautiful about how a film that is so local, so connected to rural characters and a uniquely Chilean identity, can connect with audiences in so many different countries. After all, all over Latin America, we share many contradictions, a sense of humor, and a way of life.”
In 2024, Denominación de Origen won both the Best Feature Audience Award and the Special Jury Award in the Feature Film category at the 31st Valdivia International Film Festival, indicating strong box office success for the following year.
Alzamora also won the Best Director award at the 26th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI).
Written by Alzamora and Javier Salinas, with cinematography by Sergio Armstrong (The Club, Neruda), original music by Martin Schlotfeldt, and production design by Nicolas Oyarce, the film was produced under Ekeko, the production banner founded by Alzamora and Calisto in 2016.
The docu-comedy joins Mubi’s recent picks, including Fernando Einbecke’s Moscus, which is also scheduled for theatrical release, Oliver Lacks’ Oscar-nominated Silat, and Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, which won the 2026 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
Other titles in Mubi’s extensive catalog include Lynne Ramsay’s “Die, My Love,” Paolo Sorrentino’s “Grace: The Beauty of Doubt,” Akinola Davis Jr.’s “My Father’s Shadow,” Marcia Silinski’s “Sound of Falling,” Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice,” and Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident.”
