Programming

21st Ficdh

El circo de los payasos bigotones

The Mustached Clown Circus
Argentina / 2025 / 10 min. / Animation
Rated: Suitable for over 16 years
Language: Spanish
Thematic: Dictaduras, Dictatorships
Section: Memory, Animated Shorts Selection
Director: Ana Comes, Tomás Alzogaray Vanella, Paz Bloj
Contact: info@animation1908.com

Dates, times and locations:

Friday, June 13 / 6 p.m. / FADU (Ciudad Universitaria) / Sala Simón Feldman

Synopsis:

A child´s diary bears witness to the horrors hidden in The Mustached Clown Circus, a sinister spectacle that took place in a Latin American country. A twisted children´s tale where entertainment disguises disappearances and torture. The tamers and their creatures play with terrified young girls, while the clowns revel in their macabre performance of cruel and cynical acts.

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Curatorial note:

In Latin America, horror as an artistic genre is often associated with politics itself. In this collectively created children’s story, there is no doubt about it: the piece’s visual language is rich with symbolism and intertextuality. It is a macabre game of metafiction, led by a circus troupe, guided by a testimony that proceeds from exile, and watched over by the souls of thousands of victims of state terrorism in our region. Mario Manríquez
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