LOS HUESOS

THE BONES

By Cristóbal LEÓN, Joaquín COCIÑA

PISTA B - as PROD

Horror - Completed 2021

Using human corpses and invoking the spirits of two damned Secretaries of State, a girl performs a ritual to free the kingdom of Chile from its feudal heritage.

Festivals
& Awards

Venice - Biennale 2021
Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film
Sitges FF 2021
Critics’ Award for Best Short Film
Guadalajara FICG 2021
FNC - Montréal 2021
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2021
Jury Prize Award
Dok Leipzig 2021
Viennale 2021
Stockholm IFF 2021
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Horror, Art - Culture, Animation
    • Countries
    • CHILE
    • Director(s)
    • Cristóbal LEÓN, Joaquín COCIÑA
    • Writer(s)
    • Cristóbal LEÓN, Joaquín COCIÑA
    • Producer(s)
    • Lucas ENGEL (Pista B), Ari ASTER, Adam BUTTERFIELD
    • Synopsis
    • Los Huesos is a fictitious account of the world’s first stop-motion animated film. Dated 1901 and excavated in 2021, 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.