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  Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★★½ 10

  JUNIMATION

  Guillermo would be proud. And so will probably Tim Burton.

  This coming-of-age stop-motion short does a remarkable job, with its designs and morbid tone, of blending elements of Alice in Wonderland and giving it a dark and disturbing twist, but there's also a certain form of "beauty". The cinematography, direction, and overall production design all work together to immerse you in the story from the very first frame. Our protagonist, at least in my case, develops into a captivating figure in a relatively short amount of time.

  All in all, a short film where the worst of it all is its short length, as I would have liked to explore more of this world.

  JUNIMATION

  TODAY SCHEDULE
  En el Pais de Bella Flor
  El Cuatro de Hojalata
  Selkirk
  Cerulia

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  Review by rio ★★★★½

  mexican coraline is haunting

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  Review by London ★★★★½

  We Are One: Film Festival Ranked

  The stop motion in this is breathtaking. But the shots as well, the angles and the lighting are all just as excellent. It makes it feel truly cinematic, and it sweeps you off your feet.

  This short is eerie as hell. It is thoroughly creepy throughout its run time, and its story being surrounded in a veil of mystery and memories really helps amplify those creepy feelings. One of the best things I have seen from the festival. Effective, short, and mindblowing.

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  Review by Alejandro Villalobos ★★★★

  Our demons never really go away.

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  Review by 𝖆𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖆 ☆ ★★★★½

  Me identifico muchísimo con esto y con cómo ve las cosas Sofia Carrillo (tqm). Tiene una fascinación con la fantasía, lo extraño, la nostalgia y los recuerdos que se mezclan para brindarnos este corto tan lindo. Me encantaaaa el estilo que le impregna a los movimientos y a la ambientación, los detalles de cada personaje y su forma de añadir cositas muy personales en lo que está puesto ahí.

  Inevitable pensar en mi propia historia al ver esto, inevitable no recordar con cariño el ático de mis abuelos con (literal) cientos de años de historia familiar, fotos, jarrones, bicicletas, máquinas de coser antiguas, pianos, proyectos escolares de mis tios, miles de cosas. Me producía una fascinación extraña que estaba entre…

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  Review by Prad Bitt ★★★★

  Cada día más enamorado de la animación mexicana

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  Review by deepbluefunk ★★★★

  Dark Mexican stop motion fable. Interior horror.
  This short has a couple pacing issues in the middle but it's such a rich. mysterious world thats been created with gorgeous art direction and animation, that I'm happy to see past them. There's so much astounding work here, I can't wait to see more work from Sofía Carrillo.

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  Review by Nightfalll ★★★★½

  ¿Son sueños aunque esté despierta?

  Que buen corto el de esta directora mexicana, al estilo Coraline pero con un ambiente y vestuario muy tétrico; además la música está bien utilizada.
  Muy recomendable.
  Voy a buscar sus otras producciones
  Acá está el link por si gustan verlo:
  youtu.be/qKRo9Z9Y3nE?si=UZUHBD2z_EtJfG1v

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  Review by Luis M. Monterrubio

  "¿Son sueños aunque estés despierta?"

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  Review by sam_____popcorn

  Y’all ever just kill your family and friends and brush their hair?

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  Review by JAWSH 🌃 ★★★★★

  Eerie, gothic, beautiful.

  Damn, these Mexican shorts have a lot traumatic baggage to unpack, huh?

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  Review by ribcage ★★★★½

  A young woman tries to escape her past, but the memories, the ghosts, the lost version of herself won't let her go.

  Or something like that, you're guess is as good as mine as to what's going on in this frightening stop motion short that spirals into unrefined madness by the time credits roll.

  Cerulia has such pained, beady eyes -- they are so sad, so piercing, so haunting! As are the machinations of her strange puppet alter ego, an imaginary friends with ominous motives and bewildering methods.

  What is going on in this house? What went on in this house? What or who are these animals?
  Who even is Cerulia?

  We're not meant to know, we just get pulled…