Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña are Chilean stop-motion animators and filmmaker duo. They live and work in Santiago de Chile, and have been working together since 2007. Independent of each other, th
León and Cociña in 2026
Lucia 2007
Der Kleinere Raum, 2009
León and Cociña at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
The Hyperboreans
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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 premie
Cristobal León & Joaquín Cociña
…Beau Is Afraid - 2023 (animators only) The Hyperboreans (Los hiperbóreos) - 2024 Donkey Princess (Princesa Burro) - 2026…
Theatrical release poster
Joaquín Cociña at the Cannes Film Festival, May 2024