 1998 ended with the direction of another theatre play, "Ulysses", based on the original works by Homer.In 1999, he spent a period of time in Berlin where he directed the films "Diagnose", a gruesome dark comedy and "Flaschendrehen", a short film about a family hiding the truth from itself.The later won the Arcos Short Film Festival prize for best screenplay, in Santiago, Chile in 2000.