The Worldwide Federation of Movie Producers’ Associations (FIAPF) and Girls in Animation (WIA) have unveiled the 5 delegates chosen to take part within the second version of Tales x Girls.
This yr’s delegates are, in alphabetical order:
Superpunk – Brazil. A challenge led by Mirtes Santana (with Guilherme Petreca).
Negocio de Brujas (Witch’s Enterprise) – Chile. A challenge led by Paulina Sanhueza Meléndez (with Alejandra Jaramillo Fanta)
Nerea – Dominican Republic. A challenge led by Fabiola Contreras Rosso (with Arima Léon)
The Golden Pig – Malaysia. A challenge led by Hwei Ling Ow (with Kate Goodwin)
Papo Hapo – Türkiye/Kenya. A challenge led by Irmak Atabek Ndungu (with Mbithi Masya)
Tales x Girls was established in 2022 to offer worldwide alternatives to girls animators who wish to inform genuine tales from rising animation communities in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.
Greater than 130 artists utilized to take part on this yr’s program. The 5 chosen delegates will take part in a sequence of mentoring classes with animation consultants and one-on-one teaching classes the place they’ll discover ways to pitch. All 5 will then make the most of these classes to deliver their tasks to Annecy’s MIFA Pitching Classes.
Marge Dean, WIA president, mentioned in a launch: “For 10 years, WIA has been targeted on reaching 50/50 gender parity in animation by 2025. The Tales x Girls program aligns completely with our mission of supporting and empowering folks of underrepresented gender identities in animation. It’s actively eradicating limitations confronted by girls and gender non-conforming creatives and making area for them to inform their genuine tales. We will’t wait to see the expansion and growth of this worldwide group of proficient creators.”
Stated Luis Alberto Scalella, president of FIAPF: “FIAPF is proud to deliver the second version of Tales x Girls with WIA with the assist of The Walt Disney Firm and Sony Photos Leisure. Our business, specifically its manufacturing section, is dedicated to bringing new tales and new voices to our audiences internationally. Tales x Girls helps the work of ladies animators from areas which might be much less seen within the worldwide market and is an additional contribution to the collective efforts made by this business in that subject. As the worldwide voice for producers worldwide, FIAPF promotes all types of movie genres, together with animation and its common language.”
Tales x Girls is sponsored by The Walt Disney Firm, with further assist from Sony Photos Leisure.
