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The Weird is Here in ‘Humanimal’
About a year after shooting it’s teaser-trailer, Humanimal finally wrapped it’s shooting. The chilean movie is a weird take on the horror genre, as it’s main actors are fully dressed on almost ridiculous animal costumes and has no dialogs at all. Beyond the break you can check out the trailer, read more about the film and dig on some stills.
Check out the official website.
The teaser-trailer featured the three main actors Ramón Llao (Turtle), Jenny Cavallo (Cat) and Sebastián Layseca (Fox). It allowed the film to get chilean and international media attention and eventually helped the movie work on a bigger budget. Also new actors joined the cast to play the remaining roles like Cristobal Tapia-Montt, Felipe Avello, Francisco Gormaz, among others. The film features a total of 13 characters and the whole story takes place on one big location.
The movie tells the story of Turtle a character that lives on an abandoned house with the abusive Fox. After he rescues Cat they start competing to seduce her. Yet, she is only interested on the one who incorporates human habits. Turtle realizes he can gain some advantage by feeding flesh-eating creature that lives on the kitchen.
Despict being labeled by chilean press as a fable-horror that is shocking, strange, overloaded and a surreal experience with an atmosphere full of symbolism, the movie is a straight lineal story that follows how an inoccent character (Turtle) becomes corrupt with the temptation of sex and power, and how he eventually grows up.
The film is being directed by spanish director Francesc Morales who is currently living in Chile. He says about the movie: “The story talks through animals about the decline of human nature and it expects to be a tough criticism about what makes us persons”. Being a movie that doesn’t need dialogs it has the advantage that it can be seen in any place of the world without difficulties.
The movie plans to travel through fantasic film festivals during 2010 as it’s currently finishing it’s editing and preparing it’s festival debut. A first trailer of the movie will be available online during the next months.
Her House of Horrors, the horror division of Independent Production House WOMXNOGRAPHY, has launched its Bite Size Short Grant Program, ahead of its film festival Dollhouse of Horror, which will take place in March 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.
The Bite Size Short Grant Program awards $2,000 film grants to female-identifying and queer horror filmmakers. Shorts must be able to be made for $2,000, with a minimum runtime of 8 minutes. Submissions are now open on Filmfreeway, and are being judged by a panel of horror lovers and content creators.
The 2024 Bite Size Short Grant Program judge lineup is as follows:
“James H. Carter II- A documentary director, film producer, podcaster, marketing specialist, and writer. James is the founder and co-owner of Creepy Kingdom. Creepy Kingdom was founded in 2011 and is a multimedia website, and production studio specializing in creepy content. Their primary focus lies at the intersection of childlike fantasy and the macabre, covering horror films, theme parks, haunts, and much more. Beyond their extensive media coverage, Creepy Kingdom hosts events, offers original merchandise, and engages in film production under the Creepy Kingdom Studios brand producing original films like “Foolish Mortals”, exploring Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” fan culture, and “Georgie”, featuring Tony Dakota from the original “It” miniseries.
“In addition to founding Creepy Kingdom, James has won awards for his documentary work, including the award-winning “Foolish Mortals,” which has earned him recognition. He has been featured on Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween special.
“Ashleeta Beauchamp is the editor-in-chief of Peek-A-Boo! Magazine, a cheeky horror magazine created to uplift marginalized writers, artists, models and other creators within the horror community. She also runs The Halloween Coalition, a community group to provide support and marketing for horror and Halloween events around the Southern California area.
“Titeanya Rodríguez is a multi-hyphenate creative, and the founder and owner of HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, home of DOLLHOUSE OF HORROR and the horror division of WOMXNOGRAPHY. As a fellow storyteller and a self-proclaimed artivist, Titeanya’s mission is to create opportunities for women of color and queer women, across film, tv, sports, music, and beyond. She is also the creator of the BITE SIZE SHORT grant program.”
Winners will have a one-night theatrical screening at Regal Cinemas. Submissions Close April 8 at Midnight. Winners will be announced on May 27, 2024. Shorts must be shot and through post-production by June 30, 2024. The screening will take place on July 8, 2024, in Los Angeles, CA.
WOMXNOGRAPHY, HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, and Rodriguez are represented by Azhar PR, Granderson Des Rochers, and Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir.
To submit your short to the Bite Size Short Grant Program, go to the FilmFreeway link here.
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