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RED BIRD (Puka Urpi)

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September 7 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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Dir. Segundo Carlos Fuérez | Ecuador, 2024 | Rated PG
Chimborazo Highland Quichua with English subtitles | 72 min | Narrative, animation, experimental

Film inspired by an Ecuadorian oral story. Puka Urpi is about the adventure of Killa, a 5-year-old girl who, after the death of her mother, moves from the city to the countryside to live with her grandmother. At first, she does not understand the language or the environment, but little by little over time the girl learns from her grandmother to work the land and connects with the countryside and nature. One day the grandmother gets sick and Killa goes into the forest in search of the medicine, here she finds some red feathers that guide her to an old house where she finds something that will change her destiny.

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Segundo Fuérez

Segundo Fuérez is a farmer and multidisciplinary creator. Since 2009, he has collaborated on several audiovisual works and produced several short fiction films and web series from his family background. He is a passionate self-taught artist who experiments with animation and special effects and, to date, has created several professionally animated projects through RUNAnimation. He is currently in post-production on his debut feature film, due for release in late 2025.He completed Master’s degrees in Audiovisual Scriptwriting (TECH, 2021), Stop Motion Animation at the Latin American Stop Motion Workshop (IITLSM, Argentina 2014), and Cinematography for Film and TV (INCINE, Quito 2013).