Los Huesos
EN:
Los Huesos is a fictitious account of the world’s first stop-motion animated film. Dated 1901 and excavated in 2021 as Chile drafts a new Constitution, the footage documents a ritual performed by a girl who appears to use human corpses. Emerging in the ritual are Diego Portales and Jaime Guzmán, central figures in the construction of authoritarian and oligarchic Chile.
ES:
Los Huesos es un relato ficticio de la primera película de animación en stop-motion del mundo. Fechado en 1901 y excavado en 2021, mientras Chile redacta una nueva Constitución, el metraje documenta un ritual realizado por una niña que parece utilizar cadáveres humanos. En el ritual aparecen Diego Portales y Jaime Guzmán, figuras centrales en la construcción del Chile autoritario y oligárquico.
- Title: “Los Huesos” (“The Bones”)
- Genre: Stop-motion animation, Horror, Comedy
- Country: Chile
- Year of Production: 2021
- Language: Spanish
- Duration: 14 minutes
- Color: Black & White
- Camera: 16mm Bolex
- Directed by: Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña
- Produced by: Lucas Engel
- Script: Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña
- Original Music & Sound Design: Tim Fain
- Executive Producers: Ari Aster, Adam Butterfield, Lucas Engel
- Animation: Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña
- Photography and Post-Production Supervision: Niles Atallah
- Cinematography: Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña, Niles Atallah
- Art Direction: Natalia Geisse, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León
- Stage and Costume Design: Natalia Geisse
- Editing: Joaquín Cociña
- VFX: Cristóbal León.
- Color Grading: Niles Atallah
- Production Companies: Diluvio & Pista B
Festivals and Awards / Festivales y Premios
- Venice International Film Festival – Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film
- Sitges Film Festival – Critics’ Award for Best Short Film
- Guadalajara International Film Festival
- Viennale International Film Festival
- DOK Leipzig
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival
- Stockholm International Film Festival
- Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
- Valdivia International Film Festival
- Animateka International Animated Film Festival
