Matías Tikas

Filmes

Fortitude
Art Direction
To escape the crisis in Venezuela, and his alcoholism, Roque retreats into the Amazon jungle to renovate a cabin he built during happier times. He struggles with feverish visions caused by alcohol abstinence, and his desire for redemption becomes distorted when he joins old friends to work in an illegal gold mine controlled by Colombian guerrillas. The violence required to work in the mine plunges Roque into a cycle of self-destruction that devours his interior. He will need the fortitude to get out and start anew.
The Lake Vampire
Production Design
Desperate to find a subject for his next novel, Ernesto Navarro follows the tracks of a mysterious killer, a man obsessed with drinking human blood and becoming immortal.
The Family
Art Direction
Andrés and his son Pedro live in a working district of Caracas and hardly ever see each other. While Andrés fills his time doing different jobs, Pedro wanders the streets playing with friends and learning from the violent atmosphere around him.
El Amparo
Art Direction
On the border of Venezuela with Colombia, during the late 80's, two men survive an armed assault near the Arauca River, in which fourteen of their companions end up dead. The Army accuses them of being guerrilla fighters and tries via intimidation to seize them from the cell where they are being watched over by the local police officer and by the entire village. They say they are simple fishermen, but pressure to yield to the official version is overwhelming.
De Longe Te Observo
Set Designer
Caracas, Venezuela. Armando (Alfredo Castro) é o dono de um laboratório de próteses dentárias que costuma se espreitar pelos pontos de ônibus, de forma a se aproximar de rapazes. Ele oferece dinheiro para que os jovens o acompanhem até sua casa, para que possa se masturbar diante de sua nudez. Um dia, Armando faz a oferta a Elder (Luis Silva), que lidera uma gangue local. Revoltado e desconfiado por natureza, Elder aceita a oferta mas, na casa de Armando, o agride e rouba seu dinheiro. É o início de um complexo relacionamento entre eles, já que Armando volta a procurá-lo dias depois.
De Longe Te Observo
Art Direction
Caracas, Venezuela. Armando (Alfredo Castro) é o dono de um laboratório de próteses dentárias que costuma se espreitar pelos pontos de ônibus, de forma a se aproximar de rapazes. Ele oferece dinheiro para que os jovens o acompanhem até sua casa, para que possa se masturbar diante de sua nudez. Um dia, Armando faz a oferta a Elder (Luis Silva), que lidera uma gangue local. Revoltado e desconfiado por natureza, Elder aceita a oferta mas, na casa de Armando, o agride e rouba seu dinheiro. É o início de um complexo relacionamento entre eles, já que Armando volta a procurá-lo dias depois.
3 Beauties
Art Direction
Perla is obsessed with having a beauty queen in the family and she is willing to do whatever it takes to make her dream come true.
Bad Hair
Production Design
A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.
The Longest Distance
Art Direction
Two sides of the same country: a chaotic and violent city contrasting against a natural paradise where the oldest mountains on the planet can be found. Two main characters that find each other at a crucial moment. Two fearless journeys, one that begins as a childlike adventure and ends up on the other side of the country and a one-way journey, free and determined. The same destiny will inevitably bond a woman with her grandson. Without knowing it they are part of an unbreakable family circle that deeply unites them. Second opportunities will arise while individual freedom of choice will become imposing. Everything comes together to tell us: there is only one destiny, the one you choose for yourself.
Azu
Conceptual Design
1780, a group of slaves flee from a sugar cane hacienda. As they are pursued by Don Manuel Aguirre, obsessed landowner who has fixed his eyes on Azu, the beautiful slave with an ancestral destiny.
A Seita
Art Direction
Cinco anos após o assassinato da filha, um casal recebe um telefonema misterioso que pode guiá-los até os responsáveis pelo crime.
A Seita
Production Design
Cinco anos após o assassinato da filha, um casal recebe um telefonema misterioso que pode guiá-los até os responsáveis pelo crime.