The Hyperboreans

The Hyperboreans (2024)

Los hiperbóreos

A film about a lost film.

Actress and psychologist Antonia Giesen decides to film a script revealed by a voice within the mind of one of her patients. Seeking collaboration with the filmmaking duo León & Cociña, they craft a crossroads of theatre, science fiction, animation and fabulated biopic, populated by parallel worlds and haunted by the shadow of a Chilean Nazi writer as a demonic figure.

Date of release
2024-11-28
TMDB
8.2 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 7m
Genres
Animation, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Director
Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León

Casting

Interesting facts

The Hyperboreans is a 2024 Chilean surrealist film co-written, co-edited and directed by Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña, combining stop-motion animation, puppetry and live-action footage. It premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in May 2024.

Production

The film was directed by Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña. As with The Wolf House, their first feature-length collaboration, The Hyperboreans was conceived both as a film and as an art exhibition. In addition to drawings, the exhibition features sets and puppets from the film, offering visitors the chance to interact with the artists. The film combines puppetry, stop-motion animation, and live-action footage.

Principal photography for The Hyperboreans lasted two and a half weeks. The production involved around 30 people, including live-action actors Antonia Giesen and Francisco Visceral Rivera.

The film's score was composed by experimental musician Valo Sonoro.

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