CHILEMONOS: ANIMATED PROGRAM

CHILEMONOS Festival presents in association with VLAFF “CHILEMONOS Familiar”. An exhibition suitable for all audiences that brings together short films and video clips from recent years, showing the diverse themes, visions, colours and styles that constitute Latin America. 

We invite you to enjoy this exhibition made up of 11 works from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador.

Festival CHILEMONOS presenta junto a VLAFF “CHILEMONOS Familiar”. Una muestra apta para todo público que reúne cortometrajes y videoclips de los últimos años, que muestran las diversas temáticas, visiones, colores y estilos que componen a Latinoamérica. 

Te invitamos a disfrutar de esta muestra compuesta por 12 obras, de Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia y Ecuador.


Sunday, Sept 15 at 2:00 PM
The Cinematheque

Rated G | Program running time: 64 min

Join the CHILEMONOS Filmbook Animation Workshop given by Margarita Cid Lizondo following the screening!

Youth under 18 – $8
Children under 12 – FREE!

VLAFF Festival Membership required

Consulate Partner:

ABRAKÇBA – RAPdão

Dir. Pedro Peluso
Brazil | 2023
Portuguese | 3 min

RAPdão is the third single of the ABRAKBÇA project, a fun stroll  through the ludic universe created by a magic MC, enchanting with words, that unites the attitude of hip-hop with the creativity of children. 

RAPdão é o terceiro single do projeto ABRAKBÇA, um paseio divertido pelo universo lúdico criado por um MC mágico, encantador com as palavras que une a atitude do hip-hop à criatividade infantil.


THE EMBROIDERERS
As Bordadeiras do Jardim 

Dir. Julia Vellutin
Brazil | 2017
No dialogue | 3 min

Enquanto esperam por um ônibus no sertão, três bordadeiras brincam com seus poderes mágicos.

While waiting for a bus in the backwoods, three embroiderers play with their magical powers.


QUMA AND THE BEASTS
Quma y las bestias

Dir. Ivan Stur & Javier I. Luna Crook
Argentina | 2019
No dialogue | 11 min

12000 years ago in South America, a boy named Quma aspired to become a hunter. Experiencing the first steps in his spiritual awakening as a journey alone in the wild changed his perspective forever.

Hace 12000 años en sudamérica, un niño llamado Quma impulsado por la curiosidad y el ánimo de volverse cazador se pierde en el monte encontrando mamíferos gigantes y un mundo totalmente nuevo para él.


THE COOK OCTOPUS
Canticuentos: El pulpo cocinero 

Dir. Juan Nadalino
Argentina | 2023
Spanish | 4 min 

Underneath the waves, looking like a wizard, the cook octopus mixes his concoctions. 

Debajo de las olas, con pinta de hechicero, revuelve sus mejunjes, el Pulpo Cocinero.


UN CUENTO PARA SOÑAR: LA SERPIENTE CÓSMICA 

Dir. Diego Galiano
Chile | 2019
Spanish | 6 min

In a very distant planet, surrounded by colorful moons, there used to live a happy and small little person. Amazed by the beauty of the Cosmic Serpent’s dance through the skies, the little person asks the serpent if they would teach them how to fly between the moons of the planet.

En un planeta muy lejano, rodeado de lunas coloridas, vivía una feliz y pequeña personita. Asombrado con la bella danza que daba la Serpiente Cósmica por los cielos, le pidió que le enseñara a volar entre las lunas del planeta.


THE JEWEL OF THE SWAMP
La joya del pantano  

Dir. Camilo Ayala Nieto
Colombia | 2023
Spanish with English subtitles | 7 min 

In the center of the swamp, the song of the frogs rises, a harmonious prelude to receive the precious gift of rain. However, this serenity is abruptly interrupted when bats kidnap the daughter of the toad Chieftain. These intruders also hatch plans to seize the hidden treasures lying in the depths of this mystical place.

En el centro del pantano se eleva el canto de las ranas, armonioso preludio para recibir el preciado regalo de la lluvia. Sin embargo, esta serenidad se ve abruptamente interrumpida cuando los murciélagos secuestran a la hija del sapo Cacique. Estos intrusos también traman planes para apoderarse de los tesoros escondidos que se encuentran en las profundidades de este lugar místico.


TRUMPET VOICE
Voz de trompeta

Dir. Pilar Smoje Gueico & David Monarte Serna
Chile | 2023
No dialogue | 12 min

A trumpeter who lives with his demons and suffers the theft of his trumpet by them. This will make him travel inside her mind to face her deepest traumas in order to get her back.

Un trompetista convive con sus demonios y sufre el robo de su trompeta por parte de estos. Esto hará que viaje dentro de su mente para enfrentar a sus traumas más profundos con tal de recuperarla.


ARMADILLO (MULITA) 

Dir. Mariano Asseff
Argentina | 2023
No dialogue | 2 min

Mulita is a music video that explores the life of the animal and its steps toward death. The departure and the ancestral encounter. The song belongs to Sebastián Kotliar. 

«Mulita» es un vídeo musical que explora la vida del animal y su paso hacia la muerte. La partida y el encuentro ancestral. La canción pertenece a Sebastián Kotliar.


BOM TEMPO

Dir. Alexandre Dubiela
Brazil | 2010
Portuguese with English subtitles | 2 min

A man undergoes several climatic changes until reaching his job. 

Um homem passa por muitas mudanças climáticas até chegar ao seu trabalho.


LUMINARIS

Dir. Juan Pablo Zaramella
Argentina | 2011
No dialogue | 6 min

In a world controlled and timed by light, an ordinary man has a plan that could change the natural order of things.

En un mundo en el que la luz reina y marca el ritmo de la vida, un hombre común tiene un plan que puede cambiar el rumbo de las cosas.


DOGS OF THE PLANET
Perros del planeta

Dir. Antonio Villamandos
Chile | 2019
Spanish | 4 min

It’s the XXII century. Humans have left the planet without trace. Meanwhile, the world’s dogs have started to work on their own revolution.

Es el siglo XXII. La humanidad ha desaparecido sin dejar rastro de su paradero. Mientras tanto, los perros se han encargado de llevar a cabo su propia revolución.


With respect and gratitude, the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival acknowledges that it takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.