Night Song / Canción de noche / Pesem noči

Karla Castañeda (IMCINE)
2026, Mexico, 9’21’’

In a barren landscape of predators and prey, we meet a young boy and his mother- their lives, simple and loving and music. All seems to end when tragedy strikes: swift, brutal, uncaring. A fragile balance between pain and art that shows us how our loss and acceptance can transform and give breath to our most intimate.

V pusti krajini plenilcev in plena spoznamo dečka in njegovo mater - njuno življenje je preprosto, ljubeče in prežeto z glasbo. Zdi se, da je vsega konec, ko udari tragedija: bliskovita, surova, brezbrižna. Krhko ravnovesje med bolečino in umetnostjo, ki nam pokaže, kako lahko izguba in sprejemanje preobrazita tisto najbolj intimno v nas in mu vdahneta življenje.

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Language: None
Technique: Puppet animation
Recommended for children under 14 years of age: No

Team

Script: Karla Castañeda
Animation: Luis Téllez and Uriel Chan
Music: Fernando Velázquez
Art Department: Karla Castañeda, Nicol Lozaya 
Editing: Agustin Rexach
Sound Design: Scott Gershin Xf -Polar Studio and Mr. X Color Company 3
Production and Distributin: IMCINE (www.imcine.gob.mx)

Karla Castañeda

an animator who has won two Ariel Awards for Jacinta (2008) and La Noria (2012) and numerous awards at international festivals, including MEIFF and Biarritz, is a key figure in the Mexican stop-motion animation scene. She has worked both in Mexico and abroad, leading the art department for a key sequence in Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. She has served as art director and created animations for projects as diverse as music videos for Korn and Inflames, and a commercial for Tequila Patrón. She has been a member of the AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) since 2022.

Find more: IG: karlacastanedao, X: @karla_jacinta