#MacabroXVIII: Selección de cortometraje animado de horror

This is the list of short films competing for the Macabro Award for best animated horror short film:

Lentes

Director: Carlos Smith Rovira

Colombia | 11 min | 2018

Mr. X is a gray guy with a boring job, whose hobby is visiting antique shops. One day he comes across a pair of glasses that show him reality as it truly is: a city full of beasts devouring one another.

Dreams from the Ocean

Director: Carolina Sandvik

Sweden | 14 min|2018

A woman spends the night in a five-room house, going about ordinary activities like watching TV or having a cup of tea. However, she is constantly interrupted by a mysterious figure dressed in black who threatens all her plans — and her very life.

Anacronte

Director: Raúl Isidoro Koler & Emiliano Sette

Argentina | 15 min| 2018

One night, humanity must face the designs of Anacronte and the Sorcerers of Evil, who put people's happiness to the test in a series of conflicts with far-reaching consequences.

Toe

Director: Neal O’Bryan & Chad Thurman

USA | 7 min |2019

A hungry boy eats a thumb he found buried in the ground. That same night, a spectral being comes looking to get that snack back.

The Last Man On Earth Sat Alone In A Room

Director: Junyi Xiao

China | 2 min |2019

The last man on Earth gets an unexpected visit from outer space: an alien who wasn't counting on the peculiar individual's equally peculiar taste in food.

Cómo y por qué se ha esfumado Don José

Dir. Moshe Ben-Avraham

Spain | 12 min | 2018

A bee shows up to interrupt Don José's vacation; he ends up spitting at it, and the poor bee falls into his drink. He saves it from drowning, and the two immediately strike up a relationship. When his new friend is devoured by a duck, Don José sets off on a surreal journey to rescue her.

The Last Crossroads of Earth

Director: Fabrício de Castro

Brazil | 19 min | 2019

A young musician faces the biggest dilemma of his life at a crossroads in the middle of nowhere: sell his soul in exchange for success, or give in to the love of a stranger.

Fuse

Director: Shadi Adib

Germany | 7 min |2018

A group of men gathers to discuss how to kill the mouse that has fallen into their trap. Each one reveals his most sadistic fantasies. But as the torture continues, both parties end up sharing the same fate.

Viva el Rey

Director: Luis Téllez

Mexico | 8 min | 2017

On a chessboard where the battle has ended, a black pawn watches as the scene crumbles from the blows it has endured. This gives rise to a new opportunity for both sides in a game that takes on new dimensions. Winner of the 2019 Ariel Award for best animated short film. Features original music composed by guitarist Alex Otaola (Santa Sabina, Cuca).

Wild Love

Director: Paul Autric, Quentin Camus, Léa Georges, Maryka Laudet, Zoé Sottiaux, Corentin Yvergniaux & Julien Deparis

France | 7 min| 2018

Alan and Beverly go rock climbing in the woods for a romantic getaway. But without realizing it, the two cause the accidental death of a marmot… which unleashes the fury of an entire bloodthirsty army of marmots that puts an end to their romance.

Primos

Director: Federico Gutiérrez Obeso

Mexico | 10 min. |2018

A story of opposites starring fantastical primates. It's an animated tale that shows the same place through two different visions. Matter and spirit merge to transform the nature of these primates.

Todo esto sucede mientras duermes (y no puedes ver los que sueño) vol. 1 y 3

Director: Adrián Quintero

Mexico | 5 min |2018

A collection of short animations based on current events unfolding in the realm of the subconscious.

JURY

Carlos Narro

Trained at CUEC, Carlos Narro has produced numerous feature films, short films, documentaries, and audiovisual works, and has served as a jury member at various film festivals. He currently teaches at FAP, CUEC, and the Faculty of Political Science. He is Deputy Director of the Cultural Outreach Area at Radio UNAM, where he coordinates and programs the Cineclub, the Revista Rúbrica, the Feria de Arte sin intermediarios, the Concurso de Cortometraje Animado, the Lunes de Teatro at the Sala Julián Carrillo, the Homenajes a Poetas on the Radiopoemario and the Martes de Danza Independiente at Radio UNAM. His latest cultural endeavor at Radio UNAM is the small-press book fair Los otros libros.

He has been a founder of the Revista Pantalla, the Revista Rúbrica, the publication Butaca; he is the author of books and scripts for various media outlets, producer of films and festivals, records, and exhibitions; mentor to countless theses, patron of young artists, producer and host of the radio programs Cinemorfosis and El Retorno a la Razón (FICUNAM) .

Pablo Ángeles Zuman "hombreZOO"

I studied for a degree in Graphic Communication Design at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Xochimilco. Influenced by the genre films, comics, and video games I discovered at a very early age, I became interested in telling stories.

My work is a hybrid of traditional analog art and digital art. I began my career as an illustrator for film magazines and textbooks, then as a graphic designer and animator for Canal 22, and later as a digital artist at studios abroad such as Dneg, Weta and ILM.

In 2014 I finished my short film “ H.P. Lovecraft´s Pickman's Model” (El Modelo de Pickman), which won the Rigo Mora Award that same year; that same year the short was also part of the official competition selection at Annecy and won the Ariel in 2015, as well as the jury and audience awards at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in California.

I currently live and work in Japan, and I'm still doing what I love most: animation. At the same time, I'm seeking funding and preparing my animated feature film project:

"No hay dios en esta tierra," a horror, science fiction, and action story, my favorite genres.