May 21, 2020
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Cristóbal León and Joaquín 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.

Moderated by Carlos Aguilar, a Mexico City-born Los Angeles-based freelance film journalist, critic and filmmaker. In 2014, he was one of six young film critics to be chosen for the first Roger Ebert Fellowship, organized by the Sundance Institute and IndieWire. His work has appeared in prestigious publications such as IndieWire, Slate, Moviemaker Magazine, Filmmaker Magazine, Variety Latino, Bustle, Americas Quarterly, and Remezcla, among others.

The Wolf House is currently available in the U.S. and Canada in its theatrical run by the hand of distributor KimStim. Click here to learn more where to stream the film.