Selection 2021

ANIMATION! Pitching Sessions

Again in special alliance with the MIFA Market at Annecy International Animated Film Festival, 14 series and feature film Latin American projects in development or pre-production stage were selected.

The projects were showcased at Ventana Sur Market 2021 and they have been evaluated by a jury made up of MIFA members and animation experts.

The jury chose four winning projects (two for series and two for feature film) that will be part of a special program presented by Animation! in Annecy 2022.

Since its first edition in 2016 and through the prizes awarded at Animation! Pitching Sessions, 43 Latin American projects have been able to tour key animation events around the world and access concrete financing opportunities.

Feature Films

CHASKIS – MENSAJEROS DEL SOL / CHASKIS – MESSENGERS OF THE SUN

Dir: Alex Agurto Quesada / Prod: Mario Santillana Vargas
Star Toons Animation (Peru)

COPACABANA 1920 / COPACABANA 1920

Dir: Ennio Torresan Jr. / Prod: Renata Fazzio
Apocalipso Produções (Brazil)

HALLOWEEN / HALLOWEEN

Dir: Silvia Prietov / Prod: Karina Forero
Lucy Animation Studio (Colombia)

HANTA / HANTA

Dir: Emilio Ramos / Prod: Rodrigo Herranz
Atotonilco Estudio (México), Animanostra (Portugal), EdFilms (Canada)

MI AMIGO EL SOL / MY FRIEND THE SUN

Dir: Alejandra Perez / Prod: Miguel Angel Uriegas Flores
Fotosintesis Media (Mexico)

SUR MARINA / SUR MARINA

Dir: Mariano Rojo, Nicolas Couvinz / Prod: Dolores Montaño
Malabar Producciones (Argentina)

Series

CIUDAD SALVAJE / WILD CITY

Dir: Eva Ruiz de Chávez / Prod: Eva Ruiz de Chávez
Panamericana Pictures, Mighty Animation (Mexico)

COTTON BOTTOM TOWN / COTTON BOTTOM TOWN

Dir: Felipe Rodríguez / Prod: Luisa Fernanda Velásquez
Caballo Loco (Colombia)

CRÓNICAS DE LA BELLA DURMIENTE / THE SLEEPING BEAUTY CHRONICLES

Dir: Adrian Ollé-Laprune / Prod: Pablo Calvillo
Maliarts (Mexico)

KADDY: LA FABULOSA HECHICERA DEL CAOS / KADDY: THE FABULOUS CHAOS ENCHANTRESS

Dir: Lucila Iñiguez / Prod: Matt Revello
Listo Calisto! Animation (Argentina)

LIVRARIA BERG / BERG’S BOOKS

Dir: Rubens Belli / Prod: Cao Quintas
Latina Estudio, Belli Studio and Ultrassom (Brazil)

LIZARDS HAVE NO FRIENDS / LIZARDS HAVE NO FRIENDS

Dir: Johel Rivera Martinez (Costa Rica)

RAINBOW HUNTERS / RAINBOW HUNTERS

Dir: Santiago O’ Ryan / Prod: Catalina Fontecilla
Lunes Creative Studio (Chile), Productores asociados: Copa (Brazil)

SAN MISTERIO / SAN MISTERIO

Dir: Carlos Sallas (Mexico) / Prod: Humberto Cervera Barón

Animation! Mentoring Program

Five projects directed by Latin American female animation directors participated in the first edition of the Mentoring Program for Female Creators. After a training focused on production, script and pitch given by international experts, the Creators presented their projects and shared their unique visions at Ventana Sur 2021.

CONDENADITOS / CURSED CHILDREN

Amarres
DIR: Matisse González PROD: Yashira Jordán, Stephan Michel
Celeste Estudio (Bolivia)

FLAVOR QUEST

Flavor Quest
DIR: Maria Coello PROD: Fabián Flores
Estudio Rayo Púrpura (Chile)

LA CARPETA DE GRETA / GRETA’S JOURNAL

DIR: Elva Alessandra Arrieta Tabuzo PROD: Carlos Falconi Valderrama
Wuf Studio (Peru)

LA SOMBRA DEL ALTIPLANO / HIGHLANDS SHADOW

La sombra del Altiplano
DIR: Paula Boffo PROD: Patricio Plaza
Ojo Raro (Argentina)

MUJER FUTURA / FUTURE WOMEN

Mujer Futura
DIR: Emilce Avalos PROD: María Fernanda Torrera
Tamandua Estudio / Primavera Films (Argentina)

ANIMATION! Work in Progress by Annecy

Animation! WIPs by Annecy is an exclusive program of upcoming animated feature films curated by the Annecy International Animation Festival and its market (MIFA).

Once again the selection is extended to Ibero America, including films from Spain and Portugal among the features in the program.

KAI

Dir: Milton Guerrero / Prod: Rita Street, Marie Castañeda
Red Animation Studio (Peru)

LEN Y EL CANTO DE LAS BALLENAS / LEN AND THE SONG OF THE WHALES

Dir: Joan Millán, Manuel Victoria / Prod: Julián Londoño Navarro
Len, Felicitá Movies, Planet 141 (Colombia)

NIMUENDAJÚ

Dir: Tania Anaya / Prod: Tatiana Mitre, Gabriel Bonilla
Anaya Produções Culturais (Brasil), Apus (Peru)

OS DEMÓNIOS DO MEU AVÔ / MY GRANDFATHER’S DEMONS

Dir: Nuno Beato / Prod: Nuno Beato, Diogo Carvalho, Carlos Juárez, Xosé Zapata, Emmanuel Quillet
Sardinha em Lata (Portugal), Caretos (Spain), Midralgar (France)

PERLIMPS

Dir: Alê Abreu / Prod: Laís Bodanzky, Luiz Bolognesi, Ernesto Soto Canny
Buriti Filmes / Sony Pictures / Globo Filmes / Gloob (Brazil)