The Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards have introduced the nominated titles for his or her sixth version, happening on Could 13 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife. Chosen from 223 submissions, 41 works from 10 international locations are aiming for a spot among the many finalists within the 9 classes. The Quirino Awards had been created in 2018 to advertise Ibero-American animation expertise and business.
Spain, Argentina, and Portugal lead this yr’s checklist of nominations with 20, 18 and 15 works, respectively, adopted by Brazil and Colombia with 5 every. This primary choice additionally consists of works from Chile, Mexico, Uruguay (two), Ecuador and Peru (one). The Portuguese quick movies Garrano and Ice Retailers, the Argentine quick Passenger and the Spanish function movie Unicorn Wars have probably the most nominations, with 4 every. They’re adopted by the function movie Nayola and the quick movie The Rubbish Man, each Portuguese, with three.
With finalists on the Oscars (Ice Retailers), and on the Goya Awards (Inspector Solar and the Curse of the Black Widow, My Grandfather’s Demons, Tad the Misplaced Explorer and the Emerald Pill, Unicorn Wars and Roped), the choice displays the rising worldwide influence of animation from the area. As well as, among the works have been chosen and gained awards at among the world’s most necessary festivals, together with Annecy, Sundance, Animafest Zagreb, Clermont Ferrand, Cannes and Sitges.
The nominees had been chosen by a Choice Committee, whereas the three finalists in every of the classes will likely be chosen by an worldwide jury made up of Andrea Fernández (artwork director for The Cuphead Present!), Julio Bonet (Grownup Animation Supervisor for Netflix U.Ok.), Risa Cohen (movie and video-game producer/government producer), Robert Jaszczurowski (producer/director at GS Animation/Grupa Smacznego), and Simón Wilches-Castro (Inventive Director at Titmouse Studios). The finalists will likely be introduced on March 10 on the Portuguese Embassy in Madrid.
Quirino Awards 2023 Nominees
See the complete checklist at premiosquirinos.org.
Function Movie
- My Grandfather’s Demons — Nuno Beato (Portugal/Spain/France)
- Inspector Solar and the Curse of the Black Widow — Julio Soto Gúrpide (Spain)
- Nayola — José Miguel Ribeiro (Portugal/Belgium/Frnace/Netherlands)
- The Different Form — Diego Guzmán (Colombia/Brazil)
- Perlimps — Alê Abreu (Brazil)
- Tad the Misplaced Explorer and the Emerald Pill — Enrique Gato (Spain)
- Trunk Practice – The Film — Zé Brandão (Brazil)
- Unicorn Wars — Alberto Vázquez (Spain/France)
Sequence
- Chica Cartoon — Alei Valet Siv Manrique (Colombia)
- Jasmine & Jambo — Silvia Cortés (Spain)
- The Tiny Orchestra — Juan Carve (Peru/Uruguay/Colombia/Argentina/Spain)
- Petit S3 — Bernardita Ojeda (Chile/Spain/Argentina/Colombia)
- Ponilopolis — Maria Antolini & Martin Guido (Spain/Mexico/France/Argentina)
- Underdogs United — Luis Grane & Pedro Blumenbaum (Argentina)
Quick Movie
- Roped — Carmen Córdoba González (Spain)
- Boa — Nicolas Eduardo Parra Garzón (Colombia)
- Flesh of God — Patricio Plaza (Argentina/Mexico)
- Garrano — David Doutel & Vasco Sa (Portugal/Lithuania)
- The Rubbish Man — Laura Gonçalves (Portugal)
- Ice Retailers — João Gonzalez (Portugal/France/U.Ok.)
- Passenger — Juan Pablo Zaramella (Argentina)
