The seventh edition of the Quirino Awards, an annual event dedicated to promoting animation in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America, saw Spain win five of the 10 awards on offer. Housed in the Teatro Leal, in the Canary Island’s Santa Cruz de Tenerife, an eclectic and, at times, musical gala concluded an upbeat Quirino Awards.
Pablo Berger’s first foray into animation, the Oscar-nominated “Robot Dreams,” continued its charge, winning awards for best feature film and sound design. A first Neon pick-up at Cannes last year, the film has won plaudits just about everywhere, described by Variety as a “sweetly sorrowful buddy movie .”
For the second year running, best series went to Spain’s “Jasmine & Jambo – Season 2” by Silvia Cortés. Series leads Jasmine and Jambo are music-obsessed and reside in Soundland. The series effortlessly educates through music-infused plots for kids, produced by Catalan company Teidees Audiovisuals in co-production with Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
Pablo Berger’s first foray into animation, the Oscar-nominated “Robot Dreams,” continued its charge, winning awards for best feature film and sound design. A first Neon pick-up at Cannes last year, the film has won plaudits just about everywhere, described by Variety as a “sweetly sorrowful buddy movie .”
For the second year running, best series went to Spain’s “Jasmine & Jambo – Season 2” by Silvia Cortés. Series leads Jasmine and Jambo are music-obsessed and reside in Soundland. The series effortlessly educates through music-infused plots for kids, produced by Catalan company Teidees Audiovisuals in co-production with Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
- 5/12/2024
- by Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
Brazilian talents to track Enock Carvalho and Matheus Farias, selected for 2021’s Sundance with short “Unliveable,” are teaming with Janaina Bernardes, a co-producer of Karim Ainouz’s “Nardjes A.” and Argentina’s Frutacine, behind Tribeca player “Initials S.G.,” to produce “Burning Land” (“Terra de Fuego”), Carvalho and Farias’ awaited feature debut.
“Unliveable” was voted by Brazil’s Abraccine critics’ assn. as the best short of the year.
Part of Pernambuco’s building film scene, Carvalho and Farias will produce “Burning Land” via their Recife-based Gatopardo Filmes. Frutacine is headed by Iván Eibuszyc, whose credits also include Santiago Loza’s “La Paz” and Alejandro Fadel’s “Murder Me, Monster.”
It forms part of Pitching Paradiso, a six feature project showcase which will unspool on Nov. 30 at Buenos Aires’ Ventana Sur.
Written by Carvalho and Farias, “Burning Land” is set at a sugar cane mill in Brazil’s North-East, which is hit by financial crisis,...
“Unliveable” was voted by Brazil’s Abraccine critics’ assn. as the best short of the year.
Part of Pernambuco’s building film scene, Carvalho and Farias will produce “Burning Land” via their Recife-based Gatopardo Filmes. Frutacine is headed by Iván Eibuszyc, whose credits also include Santiago Loza’s “La Paz” and Alejandro Fadel’s “Murder Me, Monster.”
It forms part of Pitching Paradiso, a six feature project showcase which will unspool on Nov. 30 at Buenos Aires’ Ventana Sur.
Written by Carvalho and Farias, “Burning Land” is set at a sugar cane mill in Brazil’s North-East, which is hit by financial crisis,...
- 11/21/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
A man reportedly missing for eight years was found last week, but some are questioning if he was ever really “missing” at all.
Rudolph “Rudy” Farias IV, who was reported as a missing teen on March 6, 2015, was returned to his family members after a person saw him sleeping in front of a Texas church.
The news of Farias’ return was celebrated across the internet, but those closer to Farias and his family are expressing their doubts.
Kisha Ross and her family claim to have welcomed Farias into their residence to hang out with them.
“That boy has never been missing,” she told ABC13.
Another neighbor said that the news shocked him and that he had seen Farias living with his mother for years.
After Houston authorities were called last week, Farias, who is nonverbal, reportedly refused transportation to the hospital, which his mother, Janie Santana, allegedly signed off on.
Santana...
Rudolph “Rudy” Farias IV, who was reported as a missing teen on March 6, 2015, was returned to his family members after a person saw him sleeping in front of a Texas church.
The news of Farias’ return was celebrated across the internet, but those closer to Farias and his family are expressing their doubts.
Kisha Ross and her family claim to have welcomed Farias into their residence to hang out with them.
“That boy has never been missing,” she told ABC13.
Another neighbor said that the news shocked him and that he had seen Farias living with his mother for years.
After Houston authorities were called last week, Farias, who is nonverbal, reportedly refused transportation to the hospital, which his mother, Janie Santana, allegedly signed off on.
Santana...
- 7/15/2023
- by Rose Anne Cox-Peralta
- Uinterview
Seeking to recharge the animation sector in Latin America, Spain and Portugal, regional fund Ibermedia touted its latest initiative at Annecy, following its May reveal at the Quirino Awards.
Ibermedia Next, a funding scheme seeking to back innovation and ingenuity into upcoming productions, enjoyed a strong boost at MIFA, with Quirino Awards executive producer José Luis Farias hosting a conference Thursday detailing its merits and outlining the application process, alongside several networking opportunities.
Assessment Committee and Consultancy members, who’ll select grant-receiving projects and guide their development, were also revealed.
Grants of up to €150,000 are on offer, in tandem with a support program valued at up to €95,000, a sum which serves to encourage talent to experiment with cutting-edge tech and fresh animation methods.
“What we’re trying to do is foster the use of new and open source technologies in animation. Maybe you’re working on a stop-motion, but you can do something innovative,...
Ibermedia Next, a funding scheme seeking to back innovation and ingenuity into upcoming productions, enjoyed a strong boost at MIFA, with Quirino Awards executive producer José Luis Farias hosting a conference Thursday detailing its merits and outlining the application process, alongside several networking opportunities.
Assessment Committee and Consultancy members, who’ll select grant-receiving projects and guide their development, were also revealed.
Grants of up to €150,000 are on offer, in tandem with a support program valued at up to €95,000, a sum which serves to encourage talent to experiment with cutting-edge tech and fresh animation methods.
“What we’re trying to do is foster the use of new and open source technologies in animation. Maybe you’re working on a stop-motion, but you can do something innovative,...
- 6/16/2023
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
Tory Lanez has filed a motion for a new trial after being found guilty of shooting music superstar Megan Thee Stallion on a California curbside in July 2020.
Lanez’s lawyers Jose Baez and Matthew Barhoma cite multiple grounds in the new paperwork filed late Wednesday, including a claim that the judge “erroneously allowed” jurors to view a September 2020 Instagram post from Lanez’s personal account claiming Megan’s now-estranged best friend Kelsey Harris was not the shooter.
The filing, obtained by Rolling Stone, includes a declaration from Lanez’s content creator,...
Lanez’s lawyers Jose Baez and Matthew Barhoma cite multiple grounds in the new paperwork filed late Wednesday, including a claim that the judge “erroneously allowed” jurors to view a September 2020 Instagram post from Lanez’s personal account claiming Megan’s now-estranged best friend Kelsey Harris was not the shooter.
The filing, obtained by Rolling Stone, includes a declaration from Lanez’s content creator,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Nancy Dillon, Jon Blistein and Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
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