Join us this Thursday, May 21 for a special conversation with filmmakers Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña, directors of the groundbreaking stop-motion animated film The Wolf House, moderated by film critic Carlos Aguilar. The conversation will be streamed live on the distribution company KimStim’s Facebook account.

Currently available to U.S. and Canadian audiences in its virtual theatrical run, The Wolf House tells the story of María, a young woman finds refuge in a house in the south of Chile after escaping from a sect of German religious fanatics. She is welcomed into the home by two pigs, the only inhabitants of the place. Like in a dream, the universe of the house reacts to Maria’s feelings. The animals transform slowly into humans and the house becomes a nightmarish world. Inspired on the actual case of Colonia Dignidad, The Wolf House masquerades as an animated fairy tale produced by the leader of the sect in order to indoctrinate its followers.

León and Cociña, both born in Chile in 1980, have been working together since 2007. They were educated at the Universidad Católica, Santiago de Chile. León also studied at UDK (Berlin) and De Ateliers (Amsterdam). León and Cociña have won numerous awards and their films have premiered at Rotterdam and Locarno among other international film festivals. Their work is frequently exhibited in museums and biennials in Latin America, but it has also been presented at venues such as the Whitechapel Gallery, the Guggenheim, KW Berlin, the Venice Biennial 2013 and Art Basel Statements 2012 with Upstream Gallery. Their debut feature film, The Wolf House, which had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, was produced as a nomadic work in process art installation in many different public locations like museums, cultural centers and art galleries.