Spain Dominates At The 7th Edition Of Quirino Awards
‘Robot Dreams’ won two awards, including best feature.
‘Robot Dreams’ won two awards, including best feature.
This year’s awards, to be held on May 11 in Tenerife, feature a new category for best animation in a music video.
Animated series, vr, and multimedia projects from Spain, Italy, and Brazil were selected by a jury to receive mentorship and financial backing.
Spain’s Basque Country has produced animated fare that stands out at international markets, festivals, and awards ceremonies.
‘To Bird or Not to Bird’ won best animated short and ‘The Society of the Snow’ won best special effects.
The Spanish production from director Pablo Berger is one of the standout films of the past year.
Nearly half of this year’s 33 Oscar-qualified animated features feature hand-drawn 2d animation, or cg meant to look hand-drawn.
The filmmaker recruited talent from across Europe to staff his single-use studio.
Four other films got animated feature nominations: ‘They Shot the Piano Player,’ ‘Sultana’s Dream,’ ‘Mummies,’ and ‘Hanna and the Monsters.’
Director Julio Soto and character designer Max Kostenko discuss the development process for the film, hitting U.S. cinemas this weekend.
The two companies are currently working on ‘Giants of La Mancha,’ to be released in 2024.
We attended every pitch at this year’s Weird Market in Valencia and picked out 10 that deserve a closer look.
Herguera tells us how she ended up making a film about a century-old Indian story and the steps it took to get the project off the ground.
The feminist utopian feature will world premiere in competition at the San Sebastián Film Festival this weekend.
The San Sebastián screening will mark the film’s European debut and only the second time an animated feature has opened the festival.
Over $160,000 in grants are being given to projects that make use of new technological tools for animation or open-source software.
The ‘Chico & Rita’ directors’ latest will hit Spanish theaters in October before Sony Pictures Classic brings it to the U.S.
This cg-animated family feature was inspired by Agatha Christie noir mysteries and screened at last week’s Annecy Festival.
Viva picks up a minority stake in the Spanish company now, but will have the option to up that to a majority share in two years.
Zinkia executives will ask shareholders to approve a sale of ‘Pocoyo’ to French outfit Animaj Investment next month.