René Castillo
2001 Fellow–Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Hasta los huesos | Down to the Bone (2001)
Format: 35 mm
Length: 11:25 min.
Credits: Director/Script/Editor: René Castillo; Cinematography: Sergio Ulloa; Art Direction: Cecilia Lagos; Animation: Luis Téllez and René Castillo; Music: Café Tacuba; La Llorona sung by Eugenia León.
A man arrives in the land of the dead and, with the help of a beautiful hostess, joins the eternal party.
Distribution Info:
IMCINE
Tepic No. 40
Col. Roma Sur
México, DF 06760
Tel: 525-584-7283
Fax: 525-564-4187
Selected Works
Film
Hasta los huesos | Down to the Bone (2001)
Sin sostén | Without Support (1998, co-director)
Ojo por ojo | An Eye for an Eye (1995)
Oye | Listen (1994)
Guitamorfosis (1992)
Accomplishments
Since 1996 René Castillo has directed short films, produced animated TV commercials and taught workshops on animation. He co-wrote and co-directed the animated short Sin sostén, which screened at Cannes and received numerous national and international awards. His short film Hasta los huesos premiered at the Annecy Animation Film Festival and screened in festivals in Mexico and abroad, including Huesca, Toronto and Biarritz. The film received an Ariel Award, among other honors. Castillo studied communications at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO) in Guadalajara.
Education
Communication Science, ITESO, Guadalajara, Jalisco
News
October, November, December 2007
René Castillo’s Hasta los huesos | Down to the Bone was screened daily at the Walker Art Center as part of their “Cinemateca: Contemporary Film from Mexico” series.  This animated short provides a lively tour of the underworld. (Mexico)
2003 Year-End Update
René Castillo's Hasta los huesos (Down to the Bone) screened at the Morelia festival in Mexico in October. The animated short is about a man who arrives in the land of the dead and with the help of a beautiful hostess joins in at the eternal party. Mexico
Late Fall 2003
René Castillo's Hasta los huesos (Down to the Bone) screened at the Morelia film festival in Mexico in October. The 2001 short is about a man who arrives in the land of the dead and with the help of a beautiful hostess joins in at the eternal party. Mexico