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Animated works from Spain, Brazil and Uruguay topped the eighth Quirino Awards, the premier celebration of Ibero-American animation.

Spain’s David Baute scored best feature with his debut “Black Butterflies,” a migration-themed climate drama that has already won praise at Annecy, the Goyas and the Platino Awards. Brazil’s irreverent “Jorel’s Brother” clinched best series for its fifth season, while Uruguay’s Alfredo Soderguit took best short for “Capybaras,” an allegory of prejudice and friendship.

Known for his documentary background, Tenerife-born director Baute crafts a sweeping tale of three women from different corners of the world, each forced into migration by the climate crisis. The feature builds on Baute’s 2020 doc Climate Exodus and has already claimed prizes at the Goya and Platino Awards. Co-written with Yaiza Berrocal, “Black Butterflies” is produced by Spain’s Ikiru Films and Tinglado Film, in collaboration with Panama’s Anangu Grup.

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The Quirino Awards, the prestigious trans-Atlantic ceremony recognizing excellence in Ibero-American animation, has officially unveiled its finalists for this year’s 8th edition.

With 26 nominated works across ten categories, this year’s competition highlights the creative strength of the Ibero-America’s animation industry. Spain, Brazil and Portugal have emerged as the frontrunners in nominations, setting the stage for a May 10th awards ceremony in the Spanish Canary Island co-capital of Tenerife.

Spain continues to dominate the competition, securing or sharing all nominations in the best feature film and best school short film categories. Meanwhile, Chile, Portugal and Argentina each boast two nominations in the best series, best short film, and best music video categories. Brazil leads in the technical categories, with five nominations across visual development, animation design, sound design and original music.

This year’s feature category includes “Buffalo Kids” – a high-grossing kids and family feature set in the...

Wake Up, Carlo! is an animation Brazilian series directed by Juliano Enrico.

Carlo is a wacky, fun-loving boy with a passion for cookies and adventure. But after he falls into a magically deep sleep, things will never be the same!

Release date

July 6

Where to Watch Wake up, Carlo!

Netflix

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Five projects get access to suite of services starting in early 2023.

Karla Velázquez’s feature project Kolaval (Mexico) and Pizza Delivery (Brazil), a TV seriesw to be directed by Luah Garcia, are taking part in the third Latin American Women Animation Directors Mentoring Program at Ventana Sur, which this year includes two feature projects and three TV series.

All five projects will get access to a training programme focused on production, scriptwriting and pitching techniques starting in early 2023. After training is completed, one selected project will participate at Annecy’s MIFA market next year in Focus La Liga, a section...

Barcelona – The Quirino Awards will launch its 2nd Co-Production Forum for Ibero-American Animation which will take place around the awards ceremony, on the Canary Island of Tenerife over April 16-18 next year.

The call for project submissions to the animation market kicks off Dec. 4 and will be announced the same day at Buenos Aires’ Ventana Sur event.

The event will mainly see presentations, of individual titles, work sessions and B2B meetings where producers will have access to key Ibero-American industry players. The organization will place especial emphasis on inviting international companies from Europe, it said.

Last year, the 1st Co-production Forum ran up 650 meetings welcomed 150 participants coming from 20 countries. Acquisitions companies attending the event. such as U.S. Pgs, U.K.’s Cake Entertainment and Gfm Films, Brazil’s Gloob, Argentina’s Cartoon Network and Discovery and Hong Kong’s Mattel The “early bird” closing for the projects submission will be Feb.

Tenerife, Spain – Santiago Caicedo’s debut “Virus Tropical” took best feature prize at Quirino Awards in a ceremony held at Tenerife’s auditorium on Saturday April 6.

Best TV series award went to Juliano Enrico’s “Jorel’s Brother – Be Broccoli!” and best short kudo to Nara Normande’s “Guaxuma.” Two out of three main prizes went to Brazil’s productions.

Based on the graphic novel of Colombia-Ecuador’s Power Paola, “Virus Tropical” is produced by Colombia’s Timbo Studio and France’s Ikki Films. Sold to Amazon by Paris’ Stray Dogs, it’s a black and white coming-of-age story beginning the very night Paola is conceived. This will set the tone for a family drama with a strong element of sexuality exploring its main character, a woman born to a priest and a psychic, who will battle for independence and to find her place in the world.

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Madrid — Finalists in nine categories for the 2nd Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards were announced last week in Madrid’s stunning Casa de América. The awards will be held again this year in the Spanish Canary Islands city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on April 6.

In total, 25 films representing seven countries received recognition on the day in nine distinct categories. Spanish animation bagged 13 nominations, while Brazil scored 7, followed by Colombia (5), Argentina (4), Chile (4), Portugal (3) and Mexico (1).

Having already won best short film at Mexico’s Pixelatl Awards, Carlos Baena’s “La Noria” (The Ferris Wheel) scored the most Quirino nominations with three. Pan-Latin-American series “Paper Port Season 2 – The Lives of Others” and Colombian feature “Tropical Virus” were the only other entries with multiple nominations at two each.

This year’s feature competition looks to be one of the event’s most competitive. Raúl de la Fuente and Damian Nenow’s “Another Day of Life...

Annecy, France— Annecy’s Brazil tribute looks like “the strongest showcase of the Brazilian animation sector at any festival ever,” says Brazilian Culture Minister Sergio Sá Leitão. Here’s a drill down on some – but just some – key titles.

‘Angeli The Killer’ Coala Filmes

A TV series in competition with the episode “A Crazy Love’s Delirium,” directed by Cesar Cabral, two-time winner of the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for his shorts “Tempestade” (also screening at Sundance) and “Dossiê Rê Bordosa.” Based on Arnaldo Angeli Filho’s graphic novel “Chiclete com Banana,” it offers mixed techniques of 2D, puppets, clay and live action.

‘Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People’ Coala Filmes

A spinoff feature of adult and teen demos-targeted TV series “Angeli The Killer,” “Bob” turns on an old punk who tries to escape a post-apocalyptic desert. Feature is scheduled for delivery at the end of 2019.

‘Boy Transcoded From...

Annecy, France — Brazil is the guest country of honor at this year’s Annecy Festival, and is well represented in all of the festival’s competitions. In TV, two series made the cut, stop-motion “Angeli the Killer” and, for younger and older audiences alike, “Jorel’s Brother” will represent the South American nation.

“Jorel’s Brother” features the episode “Special Eject” as its competition entry. In it, a giant birthday cake, a puppet of William Shakespeare and a team of Japanese heroes with microwave bodies invade Japan after Jorel’s brother uses the Special Eject button on the family’s Vcr. Jorel’s brother is whisked away to Japan in a race against time to save the island nation.

Copa Studio produced along with Cartoon Network Latin America; Copa’s Zé Brandão talked to Variety about the series, creator Juliano Enrico’s influences and the possibilities for further distribution.

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