SUMMARY
The main objective of the research discussed in this paper was to identify fragments of the Bío-Bío (Chile)region, which are present in fiction films shot in the area between 2010 and 2017. At a specific level, theaim was to study the contribution of cinema in the construction of local identity, as well as hierarchizethe identity traits detected in the filmic sample. Through the selected methodology, the cinematographicproduction of the region was identified, and then possible identity traits that could characterize the localcommunity in a certain period of time were studied. For this purpose, the content of the analyzed filmswas taken into consideration, a group interview and individual interviews were carried out with expertsources and key informants, respectively, and findings were contrasted with a documentary study thatgave a context view at a local level. In turn, identity theory was used to give epistemic support to thechallenge posed in the research’s objectives. Finally, the presence or absence of identity traits in thefilm sample was analyzed through direct observation and analysis of characters and environments, andthe postulates of apparent and latent content. Among the most important findings, it is worth notingthat the most recurrent identity traits in the cinema analyzed were natural catastrophes, followed by theindigenous and peasant traits. On the other hand, it was determined that most of the films do possessmany of the identitary features identified and co-constructed in the area. Therefore, it can be concludedthat in the analyzed time period, the cinema of the Bío-Bío region contributed to the construction of alocal identity through the inclusion of specific identity fragments, which were explicit in the films