David Bridges
Animayo Gran Canaria’s excessive two winners this 12 months, one from Iran, one different Central American, contact on the an identical theme that’s encapsulated in what a character says in Guatemalan Pablo León’s 2D animated fast, “Have in mind Us,” winner of the competitors’s biggest fast film of Spanish-Speaking Nationality – Animation with Ñ.
“You battle your wars twice, first inside the battlefield, then in your memory,” says the journalist in “Have in mind Us” who chronicles three tales of the civil battle that tore El Salvador apart for 12 years.
“Inside the Shadow of the Cypress,” winner of Animayo’s Most interesting Worldwide Fast Film prize, amenities on a battle veteran combating post-traumatic stress dysfunction (PTSD) who takes out his pent-up rage on his daughter until one factor stunning washes up on the seaside sooner than their residence.
With Animayo being the first and solely animation competitors in Spain designated a qualifying competitors by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, every shorts get a direct go to vie for the Oscars in its fast film courses.
Remaining 12 months, the Animayo Grand Jury prizewinner, Yegane Moghaddam’s Iranian stop-motion/2D hybrid fast “The Uniform,” was among the many many 5 nominees shortlisted for the animated fast film Oscar.
Disney animation legend John Musker (“The Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin”), who served as jury president, praised “Inside the Shadow of the Cypress” by Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani for its scenography, use of sunshine, script and story. Other than worthwhile the Grand Jury Prize, it moreover took home the right 2D Award.
For this 19th model held May 8 to 11, 59 works competed in 4 Official Rivals sections: Worldwide, Animation with Ñ, Cinematics, videogames and commissioned films, and the kids’s and youthful people’s half, ‘My First Pageant.’
As always, it counted on the assistance of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, the Society for the Promotion of the Metropolis of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Turismo Gran Canaria, the Foundation of La Caja de Canarias, the Authorities of the Canary Islands and ICEX-Put cash into Spain. The competitors moreover is determined by the participation of a lot of manufacturing companies, studios, schools, and universities.
Winners of the 19th Animayo:
Grand Jury Prize
“Inside the Shadow of the Cypress,” Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani. Iran.
Most interesting 2D
“Inside the Shadow of the Cypress”
Most interesting 3D
“Ruthless Blade,” Zhang Bo and Nicolas Nemiri. China.
Most interesting Stop Motion
“A Rapariga de olhos grandes e o Rapaz de pernas compridas,” Maria Hespanhol. Portugal.
Most interesting Screenplay
“Orage,” Benoît Michelet. France.
Most interesting Art work Path
“Summer time season 96,” Mathilde Bédouet. France.
Most interesting Scholar Fast Film
“The Navel of the Moon,” Sara António, Julia Grupińska, Bokang Koatja, Tian Westraad, Ezequiel Garibay. Gobelins Faculty. France.
Most interesting Comedy
“Todo Bien,” Diana Acién Manzorro. Spain.
Most interesting VFX (Seen Outcomes)
“Magnificence,” Aitana Belda, Aroa Celdrán, Carmen Castrelo, Carla Martinez and Lewis Sánchez. Spain, La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull.
Most interesting Neutral Fast Film
“To Chook or To not Chook,” Martín Romero. Spain.
Most interesting New Experience
“O Estado de Alma,” by Sara Naves. Portugal, Spain.
Most interesting Social Fast Film
“Raja,” Louisa Maria Würden and Franziska von Holst, Germany.
Most interesting Fast Film of Spanish-Speaking Nationality – Animation with Ñ
“Have in mind Us,” Pablo León. Colombia, Guatemala, USA.
Jury’s Specific Level out in Spanish for Most interesting Social Consciousness
“Daisy,” Aditi Dixit, Shecid Domínguez Aguilera and Joffrey Atienza Zamora. Spain.
Jury’s Specific Level out in Spanish for Most interesting Art work Path
“Magnificence,” Aitana Belda, Aroa Celdrán, Carmen Castrelo, Carla Martinez and Lewis Sánchez. Spain – La Salle – Universitat Ramon Llull.
Cinematic, Spots and Music Films
Most interesting Industrial / Commissioner
“G’day, the Fast Film,” Michael Gracey, Australia.
Most interesting Music Video
“Colmillo,” Tainy, J. Balvin, Youthful Miko, Jowell & Randy’. Directed by Pau Carreté.. Canada, Spain.
Most interesting Video Recreation Cinematics
“Magic: The Gathering, Dawn of the Phyrexian Invasion”
Author: Axis Studios, Wizards of the Coast, U.Okay.
Viewers Awards
Youngsters’s Viewers Award – ‘My First Pageant’
“Luki & the Lights,” Toby Cochran, Sascha Groen and Anjo Snijders. U.S., Netherlands.
“The Navel of the Moon,” Sara António, Julia Grupińska, Bokang Koatja, Tian Westraad, Ezequiel Garibay. Gobelins Faculty. France.
Animation With Ñ
Courtesy of Animayo Gran Canaria 2024
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