Hugo Covarrubias

Chile

(1977) Graphic Designer and Audiovisual Director specialized in Stop Motion Animation. Founder and Director of the Maleza theater company, pioneers in mixing theater with animated films, where he co-directs the plays "Maleza" and "Un Poco Invisible", which have been staged in France, the Czech Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. Director of the animated short films “El Almohadón de Plumas” and “La Noche Boca Arriba”. He has also served as Stop Motion director at Zumbástico Studios, where he has directed animated series such as “El Ogro y el Pollo”, “Horacio y los Plasticines” and is co-creator and director of the series “Puerto Papel”, a co-production with Brazil, Colombia, Argentina. He currently works as a teacher and in June 2021 he premiered his third animated short film "Bestia" at the Annecy festival, France, winning more than 80 national and international awards, including the Prix Festivals Connexion (Annecy), Best Latin American Short Film (Chilemonos) , Best Animated Short Film (FIC Guadalajara, México), ANNIE Awards Best Short Subject, Best Animated Short Film at Clermont Ferrand, Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Firebird Award (grand Prix) Hong Kong and was nominated for an Oscar 2022 for Best Short Film animated.