The challenge of producing a digital animation feature in Chile

"The number is incredibly small. And it doesn't speak of a lack of talent or creativity, but of the arduous journey of building an ecosystem."

The Winpy blog publishes a feature by Monserrat Flores on the challenge of producing an animated feature in Chile, taking Uky and Lola in Tierra del Fuego — produced by La Fabulosa — as its case. The article recalls that only six to ten animated features have been produced in Chile over the last 20 years, and that this project embodies the effort to consolidate a local creative ecosystem.

"When the right technology reaches the right place at the right time, it can literally be what turns a dream into a real film."

The piece traces 20 years of development, the story of two children in Patagonia facing colonisation, and the role of technology partners like Dell and SanDisk in making an international-grade animation pipeline possible from Chile.

"Every Chilean film that gets made tells another creator that it can be done."