Hothouse

SWEET TALK
Oil-covered fish meet skateboards and the War on Terror in this razor-sharp satire of media, government, and the tycoons who take advantage of the system.

Inspired by found sound of kids talking about oil and gas, hand-drawn with love and produced as part of the 10th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship, in collaboration with the Mexican Film Institute.

Esteban Azuela is a visual artist from Mexico City. After learning photography at the Academia de Artes Visuales, he went on to study Traditional Animation at the Vancouver Film School. The visual language and illusion of movement have been his tools and motivations for getting involved in animation, cinema, video installations, and live projections with music bands.