Submissions at the moment are open for this yr’s LXiA Spark Animation Grant, a program designed to assist rising and unbiased Latinx animation filmmakers and artists in producing an unbiased animated brief movie. Supported by Netflix, this system promotes the presence of Latinx animation filmmakers and highlights their distinctive concepts and views whereas elevating the creativity and expertise within the Latinx group.
LXiA’s Founder & Co-Director, Magdiela Hermida Duhamel, remarked, “Netflix’s beneficiant assist has helped make this grant doable, and we’re honored that they’ve dedicated to increasing the grant program for 2023.”
“We’ve realized a number of classes from final yr’s grant recipients, which has helped us develop this program much more thoughtfully,” added Bryan Dimas, LXiA’s Co-Founder and Co-Director. “We are able to’t wait to see the influence of the Spark Animation Grant among the many Latinx animation group.”
The 2023 LXiA Spark Animation Grant program will award three visionary animation filmmakers with a grant of $20,000 every. Grant fellows work with a Producer/Mentor who will produce, information, and supply experience all through the manufacturing of the brief movie, in addition to an trade mentor, together with creatives at Netflix, who will supply their recommendation, expertise, and steerage by the manufacturing of their brief movies. As well as, Fellows will take part in a sequence of workshops tailor-made to assist them by the assorted levels of brief movie manufacturing. Accomplished brief movies will display as a part of Animation Day at LALIFF 2024.
Netflix’s assist of the LXiA Spark Grant builds on its partnership with the Latino Movie Institute, and is a part of Netflix’s Fund for Inventive Fairness, an effort to create extra behind-the-camera alternatives for underrepresented communities throughout the TV and movie industries.
Again to Regular creator and Spark Animation Grant recipient for 2022, Cecilia De-Jesus, shared, “For me, receiving the Spark Grant has been a tremendous alternative to precise myself as a storyteller, and it has given me the possibility to work with some extremely proficient individuals. I can’t wait to see what the following cohort comes up with.”
Anthony “Ant” Gallegos, the creator of Urie and Spark Animation 2022 Grant recipient, famous, “Receiving this grant has been a wonderful alternative to make a movie I’ve wished to make for a very long time. Greater than that, although, it has been tremendous inspiring to satisfy and be taught from so many Latinx[s] within the trade, and it makes me much more enthusiastic about what I can do after ending this undertaking. I hope the following recipients really feel the identical inspiration crafting their artwork by this program.”
The LXiA Spark Animation Grant will probably be awarded to particular person Latinx filmmakers residing and dealing in the USA. As a result of the aim of the grant is to assist assist a singular, full brief movie, the grant is not going to be out there to college students or for business initiatives (together with music movies, TV present pitches, or internet sequence).
The Spark Animation Grant is now accepting submissions by Friday, February 3, 2023, at 11:59 pm PT. Further data is offered right here.
Supply: LatinX in Animation
Debbie Diamond Sarto is information editor at Animation World Community.
