Info Focus @MIFA 2022

Animation! Ventana Sur, together with the Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards (Spain) and Pixelatl Festival (Mexico), joined forces to create La Liga de la Animación Iberoamericana (the Ibero-American Animation League) with the shared objective of promoting the creation and development of audiovisual projects across the region.

In special alliance with the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market (MIFA), Ibero-American feature films and series projects were selected to be pitched in the special program La Liga Focus @MIFA.

During the pitching session, the awarded projects of Animation! Pitching Sessions 2021, the selected project from the Animation! Mentoring Program for Female Creators and the short film project granted with La Liga de la Animación Iberoamericana award at Shortway / Pixelatl will be showcased.

CHASKIS – MESSENGERS OF THE SUN

Winner at Animation! Pitching Sessions 2021

After the eclipse announces the arrival of the Supay, God of the Underworld, Yori, Ch’aska and Sach’a, three young Chaskis, will meet Sami, a baby with mysterious abilities. While traveling through the Andes, the Chaskis must prevent the Supay from capturing Sami, the key to destroying the world.

HALLOWEEN

Winner at Animation! Pitching Sessions 2021

The clock that controls the universe’s time has been damaged, condemning Bogotá to relive Halloween day over and over again. Grandfather, Alicia and Rodrigo suspect their mysterious new friend Mortis might be behind it. They must solve the mystery and free humanity from this suspense and adventure loop.

GATO OCHO

Selected from Animation! Mentoring Program for Female Creators

For Kitty Eight and his friends, Duckie Two and Dina Seven, every day is perfect for a brand new adventure, but they won’t be alone; their trustworthy magic crayon will be there to lend some magical help. All they have to do is use math to activate its magical powers!

COTTON BOTTOM TOWN

Winner at Animation! Pitching Sessions 2021

A giant pink cloud of smog covers Cotton Bottom Town and numbs the adults into a trance of work and submission. When Log and his band of friends try to discover what the cloud is hiding, they will be challenged by all sorts of mysterious conflicts and adventures.

BERG’S BOOK

Winner at Animation! Pitching Sessions 2021

Berg’s Books, the home and business of the Ksiazkaberg family, strives to remain standing in technological times, as we follow the 12 year-old son, Benny, who battles the insecurities of his age, balancing old and new, virtual and real, tradition and innovation.

DON’T CRY

Selected by La Liga in Shortway / Pixelatl

Stuck at an empty train station in Berlin, a young Colombian woman befriends the ghost of La Llorona (the weeping lady) and inadvertently captivates each other to get over their sorrows.