Opening Ceremony

Featuring opening screening:

Our Milestones

Welcome to the Chilemonos Festival in Vancouver: The Southern Latin American Festival!

“Our Milestones” is a journey through the history of Latin American animation, passing through important historical events of animated cinema in the region.

The showcase will feature a selection of eleven short films, representing the best of six countries in the region. Among the highlights are the award-winning short film “Luminaris” (2011), by Argentinean director Juan Pablo Zaramella; and the Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film in 2016, “Historia de un oso” (2014) by Chilean director Gabriel Osorio.

Screenings Program:

The Embroiderers | Julia Vellutini | Brazil | 3’ | 2017
The employment | Santiago Bou, Patricio Plaza | Argentina | 7’ | 2008
Mate? | Ignacio Godoy | Argentina | 2’ | 2020
Bear Story | Gabriel Osorio | Chile | 10’ | 2014
Pilgrim | Alejo Schettini | Uruguay | 4’ | 2023
Down to the bone | Rene Castillo | Mexico | 12’ | 2001
Luis | Niles Atallah, Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña | 4’ | Chile
The way things are | Juan Pablo Zaramella | Argentina | 2’ | 2018
BOA | Nicolas Eduardo Parra | Colombia | 13’ | 2021
Freelance | Luciano A. Muñoz Sessarego, Magnus I. Møller, Peter Smith | Chile – Denmark | 3’ | 2024
Luminaris | Juan Pablo Zaramella | Argentina | 6’ | 2011

Full screening runtime: 65’

Monday, October 21

6:00 pm.

VIFF Centre
1181 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3M7, Canadá

*Invitation only

CHILEMONOS in Vancouver, 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. We express our respect to the many territorial guardians of the lands and waters where we work, both past and present.