Decorado, Ana and Bruno, JP Zaramella Win at 2018 Quirino Awards

Twenty four productions, coming from nine Ibero-American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Spain and Uruguay)  were competing for the 9  statuettes of this first edition  of Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards.

In retrospect, the premier Quirino Awards seemed like an easy auteurish job to win, at least in the main categories:

The meta-narrative, graphic-format style of Decorado by Alberto Vázquez won Best Ibero-American Animation Short Film, whereas Juan Pablo Zaramella won (Best Ibero-American series)  for his The Tiniest Man in the World.

The Argentinian Tantalus (by Juan Facundo Ayerbe & Christian Krieghoff, Universidad de Buenos Aires) won Best School Film.

In the feature film category, the Mexican Ana and Bruno (dir. Carlos Carrera, here's the trailer beat out the Spanish hit Tadeo Jones: The Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas. The Enrique Gato & David Alonso-directed film won the award for Best Sound Design and Original Music.

However, the surprise here is the short film from Brazil Way of Giants (dir. Alois Di Leo, produced by Sinlogo Animation) with two nominations (best animation design - best sound design and music);

Fernanda Frick from Chile won the  Best Visual Development of Ibero-American Animation Work for Here's the Plan  (produced by María José Barros)

All Quirino Awards Winners:

• Quirino Award for the Best Ibero-American Animation Feature Film: ANA AND BRUNO, Directed by Carlos Carrera / Produced by Altavista Films, Lo Coloco Films, in coproduction with Ítaca Films, Ánima Estudios, Five 7 Media, Argos Servicios Informativos (Mexico)
• Quirino Award for the Best Ibero-American Animation Series: THE TINIEST MAN IN THE WORLD, Directed by Juan Pablo Zaramella / Produced by Les Films De L’Arlequin, JPL Films, Can Can Club (Argentina, coproduction with France)
• Quirino Award for the Best Ibero-American Animation Short Film: DECORADO, Directed by Alberto Vázquez /Produced by UniKo, in coproduction with Autour de Minuit and Abano Producións (Spain, coproduction with France)
• Quirino Award for the Best Ibero-American Animation School Short Film: TANTALUS, Directed by Juan Facundo Ayerbe & Christian Krieghoff, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
• Quirino Award for the Best Ibero-American Animation Commissioned Film: SING WITH MEANING, A BIOGRAPHY OF VIOLETA PARRA Directed by Leonardo Beltrán / Produced by Plastivida & Niño Viejo (Chile)
• Quirino Award for the Best Ibero-American Animation Innovative Work:  THE MANY PIECES OF MR COO: Directed by Nacho Rodríguez / Produced by Nacho Rodríguez (Spain)
• Quirino Award for the Best Visual Development of Ibero-American Animation Work: HERE´S THE PLAN, Directed by Fernanda Frick / Produced by María José Barros (Chile)
• Quirino Award for the Best Animation Design of Ibero-American Animation Work: WAY OF GIANTS, Directed by Alois Di Leo /Produced by Sinlogo Animation (Brazil)
• Quirino Award to the Best Sound Design and Original Music of Ibero-American Animacion Work: TAD, THE LOST EXPLORER AND THE SECRET OF KING MIDAS, Directed by Enrique Gato & David Alonso / Produced by Te lecinco Cinema, Telefonica Studios, 4Cats Pictures, Tadeo Jones y el secreto del Rey Midas AIE, Ikiru Films, Lightbox Animation Studios (Spain)

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And a look at the nominees (Selection Jury: animation historian Giannalberto Bendazzi, producer and distributor Eleanor Coleman,  producer and consultant Joan Lofts, animators David Feiss and Raúl García.

Best Ibero-American feature animation nominees:

• ANA AND BRUNO, Directed by Carlos Carrera, Produced by Altavista Films, Lo Coloco Films, in coproduction with Ítaca Films, Ánima Estudios, Five 7 Media, Argos Servicios Informativos (Mexico)
• DEEP, Directed by Julio Soto Gurpide, Produced by The Thinklab, in coproduction with The Kraken Films (Spain)
• EL LIBRO DE LILA, Directed by Marcela Rincón González, Produced by Fosfenos Media, en coproduction con Palermo Estudio (Colombia, coproduction with Uruguay)
• TAD, THE LOST EXPLORER AND THE SECRET OF KING MIDAS, Directed by Enrique Gato & David Alonso, Produced by Telecinco Cinema, Telefonica Studios, 4Cats Pictures, Tadeo Jones y el secreto del Rey Midas AIE, Ikiru Films, Lightbox Animation Studios (Spain)

Best Ibero-American Short Film Nominees:

• AFTERWORK, Directed by Luis Uson & Andres Aguilar, Produced by Matte CG, in collaboration with Uson Studio, Apus Estudios (Ecuador, coproduction with Spain and Peru)
• CERULIA, Directed by Sofia Carrillo González, Produced by Nahuyaca Films (Mexico)
• DECORADO, Directed by Alberto Vázquez, Produced by UniKo, in coproduction with Autour de Minuit and Abano Producións (Spain, coproduction with France)

 

Best Ibero-American Animation Series

• OLD FOLK´S TALES – 3rd SEASON, Directed by Marcelo Dematei & Carlos Smith, Produced by HierroAnimación, Piaggiodematei, Señal Colombia (Colombia, coproduction with Spain)
• POCOYO – 4th SEASON, Directed by Alex Hidalgo, Produced by Zinkia Entertainment (Spain
• PAPER PORT, Directed by Alvaro Ceppi & Hugo Covarrubias, Produced by Zumbastico Studios en coproduction con Gloob, Señal Colombia, ANTV, Pakapaka, TVN (Chile, coproduction with Brazil, Argentina and Colombia)
• THE TINIEST MAN IN THE WORLD, Directed by Juan Pablo Zaramella, Produced by Les Films De L’Arlequin, JPL Films, Can Can Club (Argentina, coproduction with France)

Quirino Award for the Best Ibero-American Animation School Short Film

• TANTALUS, Directed by Juan Facundo Ayerbe & Christian Krieghoff, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
• A DAY IN THE PARK, Directed by Diego Porral
• ESNE, Escuela Universitaria de Diseño, Innovación y Tecnología (Spain)
• WE ARE THE IMMIGRANTS, Directed by Catalina Matamoros, University of Southern California (Colombia, coproduction with USA)

 

Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards  are named in tribute of the creator of the first feature length animation film in history, the Italian-Argentinean Quirino Cristiani, who in 1917 directed the (now lost) “El Apóstol” this Argentinean production, The main sponsor of the Quirino Awards is the Tourism department of Tenerife. Its first edition took place  on April 6th and 7th in the island of Tenerife (Spain).