“Kirilo” is a collaborative hybrid short film directed and co-produced by Sofía Muñiz George.

A curious little crab must overcome his fears when he and his family gets tragically captured by an infamous crab hunter.

Film

Animatic

Inspiration

I am heavily influenced by my grandmother, Margarita Iguina Bravo, who is a Puerto Rican author, and is the one who gave life to the character of Kirilo in her novel “Las Aventuras de Kirilo: En busca de una estrella”.

Margarita Iguina Bravo

“When you grow up, you too have to go in search of your star.”

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CHECK OUT THE KIRILO FILM INSTAGRAM

The Kirilo team is excited to announce our second official film festival selection for the Bestlov Film Festival🦀💙 #bestlovfilmfestival
Hello!! Kirilo got its first official film festival selection for the Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions 2024. #liftofffilmfestivals
Hey! Hey! Hey!!🦀 It’s been a couple weeks since the wrap up on production and it all still feels so unreal! What’s even more amazing is our film being submitted to film festivals!! However, before we do anything else, we need your help-
We officially submitted Kirilo for the Rookie Awards! Go check our entry and support our beautiful moody film🦀💙 @therookiesco
With capstone coming to a close we’re delighted to share this amazing Spring poster done by the lovely @karls.arting !! So excited to see what’s to come in the near future for this beautiful film💙✨
We are excited to announce that Kirilo is finished!! It was tiring but so worth it in the end to see our beautiful film come to life. Thank you all for the support and can’t wait to see everyone’s films at the showcase.💙🦀💙
We’re taking it back a little to share some style frames of the beginning, middle, and end of our heartwarming film!! 💙🩵 Slide 1: As Kirilo and Kachi come together, the cave rumbles violently, debris falling. Kachi shields Kirilo as Carlitos
Guess who’s ready for production?! As we move in to finalizing everything, our favorite star is textured and ready for the big cameras.💫🩵 (Swipe through for a little process work✨) Amazing texture by: @meg.fbx Beautiful model by: @emily_ann
Kirilo is looking for extra help crew to assist during spring quarter! If you are a 2D FX Animator, 2D Clean-Up Artists, 3D Character Animator, and a Composer we would love to have you on the team! 💙🦀🇵🇷 If you’re interested, please fill o