Chile Lives

HALFway

Living with half a body and longing to become whole, Bani, a half-girl, sets out to find her other half. She keeps the secret that one of the half-bodies must die to truly become one person.

Crossfaded: Thesis Film

When a cynical, weed-pedaling stoner and a people pleasing social drinker are trapped in the basement of a frat party, the two strangers struggle to connect in a seemingly superficial world.

The Pride and the Passion

During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along the way, he falls in love with the leader's girl.

Strawberry Shortcake: Play Day Surprise

"Angel Cake in the Outfield": First, during a ball game, when things don't go Angel Cake's way, she decided to take her ball and go home. Thinking fast, Strawberry and Apple Dumplin teach Angel that the fun of sports... is to have fun! "Win Some, Lose Some": Peppermint Fizz is so determined to win the Nearly Once-A-Yearly Strawberryland Games, she cheats! But when Apple Dumplin' beats her in a race, Peppermint learns that it's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game that matters.

Somewhere Real

Roads fall into the sea and a travelogue breaks against the landscape.

Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant

Once upon a time, the planet was tyrannized by a giant dragon. The dragon stood taller than the largest cathedral, and it was covered with thick black scales. Its red eyes glowed with hate, and from its terrible jaws flowed an incessant stream of evil-smelling yellowish-green slime. It demanded from humankind a blood-curdling tribute: to satisfy its enormous appetite, ten thousand men and women had to be delivered every evening at the onset of dark to the foot of the mountain where the dragon-tyrant lived.

Dont Freak Out

In apartment 13, on a first date gone wrong and not sure if her date is dead or alive, Nova calls on her two best friends to help her figure out what to do with his unconscious body. Panic ensues… Meanwhile, in apartment 14, Tannie Ann goes about her morning only to discover that her and her late husband’s prized possession - a Mourning Cloak butterfly of impressive size - dead in her living room. Calm and composed, she goes through the process of preserving its corpse.

A snake called Perseus

emory: dirt

Composed of over 300 hand-carved ceramic tiles, the animated music video for “dirt” by emory creates a sense of movement and emotional presence within material that is traditionally still.

The Winding Sheet

A man takes one last road trip with his criminal son.

Strawberry Shortcake: Dress Up Days

Put on your favorite hat and join Strawberry Shortcake for more great storytelling. First, when a garden party at Strawberry's house has to be postponed because of a downpour, Blueberry Muffin suggests that they put on costumes and act out the fairy tale Strawberryella.

A Cowboy in Lisbon

Tired of my city, I imagine the arrival of a cowboy in Lisbon.

Rosaura

This film visualizes humanity’s quest to relentlessly pursue goals. In the human fight for progress, the march forward cannot be stopped, even when individual people become weary and die. This animated short is based on a poem by the Chilean filmmaker and poet Juan Forch. Chilean painter Hernando León created the design.

Chile

This short animation collage uncovers the financial backing of the Chilean Junta bosses by the US. Screened at the 1976 Oberhausen Int. Film Festival.

Border

Amidst the 1971 Indo-Pak war, a company of 120 Indian soldiers stationed at the border region of Longewala in Rajasthan must defend their post through the night against two thousand Pakistani troops armed with tanks. Based on the true events of the Battle of Longewala.

Devastation

A mother comes home to a trashed apartment and tries to figure out what happened...

Amarillito

Another World

Nothing is ever destined to happen in the nether. Everything is impermanent. When Ghostie, who should have lost traits of humanity, encountered a girl that was reluctant to give up on finding her lost brother, nothing will ever be the same anymore.

Captain Nano: ORIGIN

When an astronaut’s ship gets destroyed by a meteorite, he gains a new set of unimaginable superpowers and dawns the mantle of Captain Nano. With a newfound responsibility of protecting earth, an unexpected enemy emerges…

Little Human

Little Human is the third part of my ‘Cyprus Collage Stories’ series. Stop motion collage mixes up with old and new film in order to tell the imaginary adventures of a very popular Cypriot weaving pattern called ‘little human’. This anthropomorphic design which looks like something between a knight and a spaceman begins a journey to find his real home out of the weaving fabric.