Sanfic Mórbido Lab Unveils Six-Title Lineup for 7th Edition
The Santiago genre lab runs Nov. 2-8 with five Latin American projects and one from Spain, including Chilean animated feature L4IK4.
The Sanfic Mórbido Lab has announced the six titles selected for its 7th edition, which runs Nov. 2-8 in Santiago de Chile as part of Sanfic Industria, according to Variety. The lineup comprises five projects from Latin America and one from Spain.
Leading the Chilean contingent is L4IK4, the first feature from animation creator Simón Bucher, co-directed with Raimundo Bucher and produced by La Mazmorra Studio. The film is set in an alternate Cold War universe in which a dachshund is sent as an experiment into the first virtual world.
Roberto San Sebastián directs The Hostess (La Anfitriona), written by Guillermo Guerrero and produced by Monndo, CSC Films and Plátanobolígrafo. Javier Attridge writes and directs Beneath the Flesh (Lo que duerme bajo la carne), produced by Panóptico Films.
Antonia Baudouin wrote and directed Chupacu, produced by Rodrigo Carneiro of Carneiro Verde Filmes. The lineup is rounded out by Spring Curse, the latest film from director Pablo Vergara, and Tonalli, the latest from director Jesus "Chiva" Rodríguez.
Returning names
Simón Bucher created the animated sequence in the Chilean box office hit Denominación de Origen. The Hostess is San Sebastián's first feature in 10 years, following The Night of the Virgin (2016), while Attridge previously directed Wekufe: the Origin of Evil, released in 2017.
Quick answers
When does the 7th Sanfic Mórbido Lab take place?
It runs Nov. 2-8 in Santiago de Chile as part of Sanfic Industria.
How many titles are in the 2026 Sanfic Mórbido Lab lineup?
Six: five from Latin America and one from Spain.