Oscar-Nominated 'The Mole Agent' Producer Readies Firefighter Doc 'Piropolis' (EXCLUSIVE) Christopher Vourlias, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Variety has learned exclusively. Set against a backdrop of protest, pandemic and social unrest in the city of Valparaíso, “Piropolis” follows the firefighters of the fifth company as they battle the epic forest fires raging around their city. Directed by Chilean filmmaker Nicolás Molina, whose latest feature “Gaucho Americano” (pictured) premieres in the International Spectrum competition at Hot Docs, the film is produced by Joséphine Schroeder for Pequén Producciones, and executive produced by Schroeder and Santibañez. More from Variety Principal photography on “Piropolis” started in late 2019, just as protests over rising inequality began sweeping across Chile. In the months that followed, Molina told