Madrid, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Chile dominate the nominations for the Quirino Awards for Ibero-American Animation in its fifth edition, the organizers announced today.
The event will take place from May 12 to 14 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the island of Tenerife.
In total, 39 works from 12 countries were selected that aspire to be finalists in the nine categories of these awards, created in 2018 to promote talent and the Ibero-American animation industry. Spain and Brazil confirmed their leadership in the region with 14 and 11 nominated works, respectively, followed by Mexico with nine and Argentina and Chile with eight each.
The list also includes six works from Peru, five from Colombia, five from Uruguay, and three from Portugal, while Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela are present with one of their works each.
Among the nominees, the Chilean short film finalist for the 2022 Oscars “Bestia”, the Brazilian feature film “Bob Cuspe – Nós Não Gostamos de Gente”, the Uruguayan series “Dos Pajaritos” and the Mexican short “Tío” stand out among the nominees.
According to the source, on March 14 at Casa de América in Madrid the three finalists by category will be announced.
The selection will be made by an international jury made up of Sebastian Debertin (director of international content, purchases and co-productions of KiKA, Germany), Magdiela Hermida Duhamel (founder and co-director of the LatinX in Animation program, United States) and Zofia Jaroszuk (producer and production supervisor at Animoon, Poland).
Likewise, Kenneth Ladekjær (animation director of “Flee” and co-creator of Sun Creature Studio, Denmark) and Hernán La Greca (creative director and content developer, United States).
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