Bestia

Chile
2021
Animation
15 min.

 

Director | Hugo Covarrubias
Script | Martín Erazo, Hugo Covarrubias
Editing | Hugo Covarrubias
Animators | Hugo Covarrubias, Matías Delgado
Sound designer | Roberto Espinoza
Composers | Ángela Acuna, Camilo Salinas
Producers | Tevo Díaz, Hugo Covarrubias
Production company | Trebol 3 Producciones, MALEZA Estudio

 

Based on true events, “Bestia” explores the life of a secret police agent during the military dictatorship in Chile. Her relationship with her dog, her body, her fears and frustrations reveals a grim fracture of her mind and of the country.

 

About the director:

Hugo Covarrubias is stop motion director and animator. He is the founder of the Maleza theater company, pioneers in mixing theater with animation, where he co-directed the plays “Maleza” and “Un Poco Invisible”. H. Covarrubias is the 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”.