Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña Retrospective

60 mins

Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña (both 1980, Chile) have collaborated since 2007. They work in films, animation films, installations, paintings and sculptures, among other media. Both studied at the Universidad Católica de Chile. León also studied at UDK – Berlin and at De Ateliers, Amsterdam. For the production of their films they combine different techniques such as live action, photography, drawing, sculpture and performance. León & Cociña have won several awards and their films are regularly selected for international film festivals and theaters. Their work has been exhibited in several Film Festivals, museums and biennials. Their work is part of both private and public art collections such as TATE (London), The Ekard Collection (The Netherlands) and Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz (Brazil). They are represented as filmmakers by United Talent Agency (US) and as visual artists by Upstream Gallery (The Netherlands). Together with Niles Atallah they direct Diluvio Productions (Chile). They recently premiered their first feature film “La Casa Lobo” at the 68 Berlinale 2018, where they received the Caligari Award. They live and work in Santiago, Chile. Right now they are premiering the animated short film “Los Huesos” in Venice Film Festival LA BIENNALE 2021, produced by Diluvio (Chile) and Pista B (Chile).

Followed by a Q&A with Joaquín Cociña.