Quirino Awards launched a forum for co-production of animation

Quirino Awards launched a forum for co-production of animation Until December 14, the event will receive animated works of the 23 countries of Latin America have been released between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017.

The Organization of the Quirino of the Ibero-American animation Awards It announced last Thursday the extension of registration to completed works; and the opening of the call to the co-production Forum. Both events will take place on 6 and 7 April in the Auditorio of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain).

The announcement was made in the context of the presentation of the awards Quirino in window South 2017, which was held in Buenos Aires between November 27 and December 1. The presentation was conducted by Jos Luis Farias, promoter of the initiative; Gerardo Michelin, press officer; Marta Machado, Ambassador of the awards in Brazil; Jos I esta, Ambassador to Mexico; Paul cow, responsible for international relations and Silvina Cornillon, Ambassador for Latin America.

Until December 14, the event gets animated works of the 23 countries of the region that have been released between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017. The announcement includes nine categories: series, short film, feature film, short film school, innovative work, the work of custom, visual development, animation design and sound design. To participate are available on the website of the awards Quirino.

Co-production Forum

Parallel to the awards, the Organization announced the forthcoming opening of the call of the Latin America/World Forum of co-production. From December 15, Ibero-American entertainment companies may apply to the activity, to be held on 6 and 7 April in the Auditorium of the island town. The program will feature meetings one to one, workshops and conferences with the aim of creating a meeting point for Ibero-American animation producers. "We not only want to talk about projects, but also of the own producers, because many times to be able to work together is important not only to know the projects, but also know how to work each producer", said Jos Luis Farias.

The Brazilian To Noahs Ark It is one of the first projects which have confirmed their participation in the Forum after receiving the Quirino Prize awarded by the Organization of the event at South window Animation! With production of Gullane)UMA story of love and fury), Videos and Globo Filmes, this family comedy in 3D will be under the direction of Sergio Machado has been chosen by the jury of Animation! "the originality of the proposal, the charm of the characters and the excellent pitch made".

With the challenge of creating a space for debate and reflection on the animation, the Quirino awards be organized besides the Congress International of the animation Iberoamericana, which will take place simultaneously at the Forum and in the same venue. The call for proposals is open until January 24 and they are available on the website of the Congress. "We need to think about what they are producing, on forms and the business that we are developing; and the academic universe is the perfect place to do so,"mused Marta Machado.

Identity

The Quirino Awards come at a time of effervescence of the Latin American animation. Currently, according to concerned Gerardo Michelin, only in Latin America develops around a hundred feature films, of which 25 are Brazilians.

In this context, the event has the challenge of promoting collaboration to build an identity, explained the promoters. "Animation is a language in which we see reflected universally, it is important that the community will meet around these awards to begin making content made by us and for us to export to the world," said Jos I esta.

"The Forum gives us ability to start to get to know us and make alliances to develop things together. We are making many separate efforts, we must come together and, perhaps, make fewer projects with greater potential and quality,"said Machado. In this sense, Silvina Cornillon said the wind in favor for collaboration. "This great creative potential is also accompanied by a change of paradigm: we are meeting with professionals who are not afraid to associate with each other and which are understanding that the union makes strength".

For his part, Paul cow stressed the potential of the Quirino to enlarge the circulation of American animation, "will allow many works which are perhaps not known to make visible, not only large but also short films and shorts from" school", said.

Awards are named in tribute to the creator of the first animated feature of the history, the italo-Argentine Quirino Cristiani, who in 1917 directed "The Apostle"; an Argentine production which were 58,000 drawings made to hands and shot in 35 mm, as well as several scale models representing public buildings and streets of the city of Buenos Aires.

Los Premios Quirino cuentan con el patrocinio principal de Turismo de Tenerife reflejando la apuesta decidida que se est haciendo por la animaci n desde hace a os en la isla, no s lo con estos premios sino con la presencia en los principales eventos y mercados, atrayendo nuevas empresas, as como con el apoyo al floreciente sector local.

A su vez cuenta la colaboraci n del Auditorio de Tenerife Ad n Mart n as como de algunos de los principales eventos iberoamericanos de animaci n, como el mexicano Pixelatl Festival de Animaci n, Videojuegos y C mics de Cuernavaca y el espa ol 3D Wire, Mercado Internacional de Animaci n, Videojuegos y New Media, entre otros.

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