Hugo Covarrubias
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Biography
Hugo Covarrubias is a Chilean stop-motion director and animator. He is the founder of the Maleza theater company, pioneers in mixing theater with animation, where he co-directs the plays "Maleza" and "Un Poco Invisible". Director of the short films "El Almohadón de Plumas" and "La Noche Boca Arriba". With Zumbástico Studios, he has directed the series "El Ogro y el Pollo", "Horacio y los Plasticines" and is co-creator and director of the series "Puerto Papel". He was the art director of the series "Zander" and the director of his third short film "Bestia"
Known For
Inspired by real events, "Bestia" enters the life of a secret police agent in the military dictatorship in Chile. The relationship with her dog, her body, her fears and frustrations, reveal a macabre fracture in her mind and a country.
Beast
A stop-motion documentary that describes the artificial mummification (black and red mummies) of the Chinchorro culture, a pre-hispanic society of fishermen and hunter-gatherers who practiced funeral rites with sophisticated techniques for body preservation 7,000 years ago, originating on the Camarones coast of Chile.
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The colorful dreams of a child seeking to escape from a reality he doesn't understand
The Star-Pajama Boy
A man has a motorcycle accident. Upon arriving at the hospital he begins to have strange hallucinations of a past that does not seem to be his. Here he begins a journey that will collapse the limits of his own reality. Chilean stop motion animated short film, based on the homonymous story by Julio Cortázar.
La Noche Boca Arriba
A clown experiences life along with its ups and downs.
Gabriel
Animation short based on a story by Horacio Quiroga.
El almohadón de plumas
Marcos is a boy who is about to appear in front of the audience of a talent show, but when he finally enters the stage to sing, his voice breaks, ending with him experiencing a panic attack on stage.