
Gran Canaria, island of animation from 2 to 5 may due to Animayo 2018 Como festival cualificado para los Oscars en la categor a de cortometrajes de animaci n, los cortometrajes ganadores del Gran Premio del Jurado de Animayo entrar n autom ticamente a ser considerados por el Comit de Selecci n de la Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematogr ficas de Hollywood.
Del 2 al 5 de mayo, Gran Canaria es la isla m s animada gracias a Animayo, el Festival Internacional de Cine de Animaci n, Efectos Visuales y Videojuegos.
Como festival cualificado para los Oscars en la categor a de cortometrajes de animaci n, los cortometrajes ganadores del Gran Premio del Jurado de Animayo entrar n autom ticamente a ser considerados por el Comit de Selecci n de la Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematogr ficas de Hollywood por los premios Oscars.
La Secci n Oficial est compuesta por obras de animaci n, efectos visuales y videojuegos. Se visionan cerca de 2.000 trabajos, 200 pasan a la primera fase de selecci n, que culmina con la Selecci n Final compuesta por aproximadamente 60 cortos seleccionados. Durante el Festival Animayo Gran Canaria las secciones oficiales a concurso pasar n a votaci n del p blico y muy especialmente a la votaci n de un Jurado Internacional 2018, de quienes saldr n los premios y nominaciones que compondr n el Palmar s Oficial Animayo 2018.
La selecci n sigue un riguroso y esmerado proceso basado en cinco pilares fundamentales que son el leit motiv del programa: el gui n, la originalidad, la t cnica, la tem tica y la articulaci n de las ideas. Historias hiladas de principio a fin, donde los personajes presentados llegan a calar y a cultivar al espectador. T cnicas variadas y pulidas acordes a la tem tica y al gui n, donde se potencian valores como la diversidad, la igualdad, la convivencia, la familia, el amor, el respeto, el medioambiente, la infancia, la solidaridad o el bienestar social.
La secci n internacional a concurso Animayo 2018 ha recibido mayormente inscripciones procedentes de los siguientes pa ses: Estados Unidos, Alemania, Rusia, Brasil, L bano, Francia, Holanda, Colombia, Suecia, Reino Unido, Australia, Dinamarca, Portugal, Irlanda, Turqu a, B lgica y Espa a. Se han sumado artistas independientes y prestigiosas escuelas internacionles como Ringling College of Art and Design, Filmuniversity Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, ESMA, L'Idem Barcelona, Isart Digital, Gobelins, National Film and Television School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais o Universidad Nacional de Colombia, entre otras muchas.
Destacan en la selecci n obras premiadas en otros festivales hermanos como Annecy, Afi Fest,Goya, Siggraph Asia, Klik Amsterdam Animation Festival, Animago, Montreal, Mundos Digitales, Bucheon International Animation Festival, shortlisted en los Oscar y Bafta, por nombrar solo algunas de las distinciones recibidas.
Las Secciones Oficiales Internacionales a Concurso abarcan diversos rangos de edad, sin discriminar ideolog as, pensamientos ni conocimientos previos. El festival contar con seis Secciones Oficiales divididas en: Cuatro Secciones Internacionales de obras a concurso para la categor a de animaci n, una Secci n especial de Cinem tica de Videojuegos, publicidad y v deos musicales, y, como novedad y estreno, una Secci n Oficial Internacional a Concurso dedicada exclusivamente a p blico infantil, denominada Mi primer festival , para que los m s peque os, con su propio criterio aprendan a valorar y a votar desde muy temprana edad.
El Jurado Internacional Animayo Gran Canaria 2018, conformado por profesionales de la industria de la animaci n, efectos visuales y videojuegos, ser n los encargados de decidir los mejores cortometrajes de esta 13 edici n, con el a adido de optar a la posibilidad de entrar directamente en la preselecci n de los Oscar y enmarcarse en el proyecto de itinerancia de Animayo, proyectando el Palmar s en ciudades como Los Angeles, Chicago, Praga, Zlin, Mumbai, Lisboa, Uruguay, Colombia, Korea del Sur, Madrid, Barcelona o Lanzarote.
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