THE WHALES' SHEPHERD
El pastor de ballenas


Animation, Experimental
17 mins.
Chile/Spain, 2023

Direction, Script, Production, Music: 
Alex Celis
Illustration, Animation: 
Pablo Brand


Selections / Awards

Best Animation, The Fantasy Film Festival, Paris, 2024.

Official Selection, Fixion Fest, Santiago de Chile, 2026.
Official Selection, Lift-Off Global Network, Tokyo, 2025.
Official Selection, Santiago Horror, Santiago de Chile, 2023.

LA MIRADA RECOBRADA. JULIO BERTRAND VIDAL (1888-1918)
Transmedia project

Documentary film teaser
1 min 48 sec
Chile, 2015

Direction, production, editing, montage, and music: Alex Celis
Camera: Matías Garrido
Direct sound: José Miguel Ortega


La mirada recobrada aims to illuminate the enigmatic figure of Chilean sculptor and photographer Julio Bertrand, founding member of the mythical group Los Diez. Stereoscopic photography, his most audacious and unknown work, acts as the thread of the story.

This project was carried out in conjunction with the research thesis submitted for the completion of the Master’s degree in the Master’s Program in Image Studies at Alberto Hurtado University, Chile. 


LA MIRADA EMPLAZADA: LA FORMA DEL CUERPO DESNUDO EN LA FOTOGRAFÍA ESTEREOSCÓPICA DE JULIO BERTRAND VIDAL
Master's thesis

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