{"id":2396,"date":"2021-07-12T10:53:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T14:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/?p=2396"},"modified":"2021-07-13T10:25:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:25:02","slug":"five-chilean-animated-features-will-take-center-stage-at-the-cannes-film-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/five-chilean-animated-features-will-take-center-stage-at-the-cannes-film-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Chilean Animated Features Will Take Center Stage At The Cannes Film Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Cartoon Brew<\/a>
\nJULY 7, 2021<\/p>\n

This weekend at the March\u00e9 du Film, the market counterpart of Cannes Film Festival, Chile will present five animated films in search of partners. For a country that has barely released a dozen animated features in its entire history, this is a watershed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The five features will be presented on Saturday, July 10 as part of the market\u2019s Animation Days segment. They vary widely in themes, tone, and technique, ranging from 2d to cgi, and road-trip comedies to wartime dramas. Yet the stories are all steeped in the country of their origin, depicting the history, politics, traditions, and landscapes of Chile.<\/p>\n

This slate of confidently local animation IP shows how far Chilean animation has come in the last two decades. In that time, films and series from the country, such as Paper Port and Nahuel and the Magical Book, have earned plaudits around the world; the short film Bear Story even took home an Oscar. Studios have proliferated \u2014 chiefly in 2d, but increasingly in cgi and stop motion too \u2014 as have educational opportunities.<\/p>\n

As Cristi\u00e1n Freire, coordinator for the Chilean Animation delegation at Cannes 2021, tells Cartoon Brew, \u201cIn the last ten years, the quantity and quality of Chilean [animation] studios has grown enormously, with better prepared artists in the discipline, access to technological tools, and institutional support.\u201d<\/p>\n

This growth is buttressed by a three-pronged state funding system. The economic development agency CORFO supports series and features in their early stages. CNTV, the agency that oversees tv services, invests in many animated series. Finally, the Audiovisual Fund of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage covers all stages of the development and production of animated features, shorts, and webseries. All features at the March\u00e9 du Film benefited from it.<\/p>\n

Yet the cost of animation production is such that local money alone can\u2019t necessarily cover a full feature. Two of the films below are currently set up as international co-productions, and this model is likely to endure. \u201cI would say that with new co-production agreements with countries around the world,\u201d says Freire, \u201cthe chances of obtaining foreign funds and, of course, talent will become a common practice in all types of productions, not only in feature films.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freire stresses the importance of features to Chile\u2019s long-term animation strategy. Productions help develop the industry, of course, but features also \u201coften have artistic, cultural, and social goals that are important to our society.\u201d The projects heading to Cannes certainly promise to provide this kind of value.<\/p>\n

Read on for details of the five films that will feature at Animation Days:<\/p>\n

Underground Stories (Historias Clandestinas)<\/strong>
\nYear of production:<\/strong> 2023
\nFormat:<\/strong> Animation and live action 2k
\nDuration: <\/strong>90 min
\nCountries:<\/strong> Chile, Sweden
\nDirector:<\/strong> Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Gonz\u00e1lez
\nProducers:<\/strong> Catalina Donoso, Patricio Ochoa, Kamila Velich
\nProduction companies:<\/strong> Cusicanqui & Ni\u00f1o Viejo (Chile) in co-production with Laika Film & Television (Sweden)
\nWebsite:<\/strong> www.cusicanquifilms.cl<\/a>
\nStage:<\/strong> late development\/pre-production
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\nSynopsis:<\/strong> Franco Franco is a teenager who only interacts with Siri, the virtual assistant on his computer. To get closer to him, his father Ariel starts reading him a graphic novel he wrote some time ago. It tells the story of Ariel\u2019s experiences as a child during Pinochet\u2019s dictatorship, and about how his parents decided to hide two of the military regime\u2019s most wanted people for ten years.<\/p>\n

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Devil\u2019s Vein (La Veta del Diablo)<\/strong>
\nYear of production:<\/strong> 2024
\nFormat:<\/strong> 2k
\nDuration:<\/strong> 90 min\u2028
\nCountry:<\/strong> Chile\u2028
\nDirector:<\/strong> Germ\u00e1n Acu\u00f1a\u2028
\nProducer:<\/strong> Sebastian Ruz\u2028
\nProduction company:<\/strong> Carburadores
\nWebsite:<\/strong> www.carburadores.tv<\/a>
\nStage:<\/strong> pre-production<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong> At the height of the mining boom of the 1920s in the Atacama desert, Mercedes, a humble 16-year-old girl, decides to steal a mysterious piece of gold. She hopes to use it to help her brother, who has gotten in trouble with the real owner of the gold: the devil under the desert.<\/p>\n

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Grandpa Miguel (Tata Miguel)<\/strong>
\nYear of production:<\/strong> 2021
\nFormat:<\/strong> 4k
\nDuration:<\/strong> 80 min
\nCountry:<\/strong> Chile
\nDirector:<\/strong> Tomas Montalva
\nProducer:<\/strong> Cecilia Baeriswyl
\nProduction company:<\/strong> Llolleo Creativo
\nWebsite:<\/strong> www.osobucoanimacion.cl<\/a>
\nState: <\/strong>pre-production<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong> Grandpa Miguel makes the last trip of his life in search of his youthful love with the help of his eight-year-old granddaughter, whom he just met. Grandpa Miguel teaches her on this trip that an adventure can\u2019t wait!<\/p>\n