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Santiago Areán Viveros

Areán Viveros; Santiago

Animation, Direction
Santiago Areán Viveros is a Mexican filmmaker and animator. From an early age, he developed an interest in animation and storytelling during his studies at the Centro Educativo Morelia [Morelia Educational Center].
Since 2021, he has been studying at GOBELINS Paris, France, where he first completed his training in animation and later undertook a Master’s degree in Visual Narration. During these past years, he has taken part in animation projects such as A Sweet Tale (2024)—the short film collectively produced by GOBELINS students and later screened at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
The Boy and the Demon represents his debut short film as an authorial work, created as his final project under the mentorship of Irish filmmaker Tomm Moore.

Other Movies

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More

Lives on the Border

Vidas en la orilla
Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More

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Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More

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