Selections revealed in 9 categories including Best Feature Film, Best Short Film and Best Series; the winners will be announced May 14 at a ceremony in Madrid.
Finalists in nine categories were announced for the 5th edition of the Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards. The awards, which were created to promote and value animation in the Ibero-American region, will be presented May 14 at a ceremony held at Casa de América.
Submissions were received from 12 countries including Brazil; Chile; Mexico; Spain; Argentina; Peru; Colombia; Uruguay; Ecuador; Portugal; and for the first time the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.
Best Feature Film category:
- Bob Spit - We Do Not Like People - directed by Cesar Cabral, produced by Coala Filmes, Cup Filmes (Brazil)
- My Uncle José - directed by Ducca Rios, produced by Origem Produtora De Conteúdo (Brazil)
- Valentina - directed by Chelo Loureiro, produced by Abano, Antaruxa, Gatoverde, Sparkle Animation (Spain, Portugal)
- Ainbo Spirit of the Amazon - directed by José Zelada and Richard Claus, produced by Tunche Films, Cool Beans (Peru, Netherlands)
Best Series category:
- Two Little Birds - directed by Alfredo Soderguit and Alejo Schettini, produced by Palermo Estudio, Can Can Club, Señal Colombia (Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia)
- Frankelda's Book of Spooks Season 1 - directed by Roy Ambriz and Arturo Ambriz, produced by Cinema Fantasma
- Zander Season 1 - directed by Enrique Ortega, produced by Tres Tercios Producciones, Señal Colombia; with the support of TVN and financed by CNTV (Chile, Colombia)
Best Short Film category:
- Bestia - directed by Hugo Covarrubias, produced by Trebol 3 Producciones, Maleza Estudio (Chile)
- Leopoldo From the Bar - directed by Diego Porral, produced by Joaquín Garralda (Spain)
- Soldevilla
- Tio – directed by Juan J. Medina, produced by Outik Animation (Mexico)
Best Animation School Short Film category:
- Crimson Tears - directed by Íñigo Álvarez and Antonio García Tardón, U-Tad Centro Universitario de Tecnología y Arte Digital (Spain)
- Flies Only Live One Day - directed by Mauro Luis López, Master en Animación UPV (Spain)
- Abril - co-directed by Sofia Caponnetto and Eliana Fernández - Universidad Ort Uruguay (Uruguay)
Best Ibero-American Animation Commissioned Film category:
- #BINARYGENDERNORM: GIRLS - directed by Bernardita Ojeda and Cristián Freire, produced by Pájaro (Chile)
- Day of the Dead - directed by Paulo Garcia, produced by Zombie Studio (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
- Las Mariposas: How Three Sisters Defied a Dictator - directed by Tomás Pichardo, produced by TEDed (Dominican Republic)
Best Ibero-American Animation for Video Game category:
- Arrog - developed by Hermanos Magia, Leap Game Studios (Peru)
- Greak: Memories of Azur - developed by Navegante Entertainment (Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela)
- Narita Boy - developed by Studio Koba (Spain)
Best Visual Development of Ibero-American Animation Work category:
- Bestia - directed by Hugo Covarrubias
- Bob Spit - We Do Not Like People - directed by Cesar Cabral
- Frankelda's Book of Spooks Season 1 - directed by Roy Ambriz and Arturo Ambriz
Best Animation Design of Ibero-American Animation Work category:
- Bestia - directed by Hugo Covarrubias
- Bob Spit - We Do Not Like People - directed by Cesar Cabral
- Frankelda's Book of Spooks Season 1 - directed by Roy Ambriz and Arturo Ambriz
Best Sound Design and Original Music category:
- Ainbo Spirit of the Amazon - directed by José Zelada and Richard Claus
- Bestia - directed by Hugo Covarrubias
- Bob Spit - We Do Not Like People - directed by Cesar Cabral
Additional information about the finalists is available here.
Source: The Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
