France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival has unveiled the prize winners of its biggest edition to date, running from June 11 to 17.
Italian-French directorial duo’s Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s Chicken For Linda! has won the top Cristal award for best film.
The heartwarming tale revolves around a mother and daughter struggling to come to terms with a personal tragedy in their lives.
Following a misunderstanding, the mother embarks on a mission to cook her daughter her favorite dish of chicken with peppers against the backdrop of a national strike.
The features is coproduced by Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, and Dorje Film.
Hungarian director Áron Gauder’s Four Souls Of Coyote won the Jury Award.
The adventure tale tackles environmental issues through the prism of a Native American creation myth, revisited by four teenagers trying to save ancestorial land from an oil pipeline project.
Gauder previously won...
Italian-French directorial duo’s Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s Chicken For Linda! has won the top Cristal award for best film.
The heartwarming tale revolves around a mother and daughter struggling to come to terms with a personal tragedy in their lives.
Following a misunderstanding, the mother embarks on a mission to cook her daughter her favorite dish of chicken with peppers against the backdrop of a national strike.
The features is coproduced by Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, and Dorje Film.
Hungarian director Áron Gauder’s Four Souls Of Coyote won the Jury Award.
The adventure tale tackles environmental issues through the prism of a Native American creation myth, revisited by four teenagers trying to save ancestorial land from an oil pipeline project.
Gauder previously won...
- 6/17/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Guillermo del Toro was given a rock star welcome at the Annecy International Animation Festival on Tuesday as he took to the stage to discuss his life long obsession with animation.
The Oscar-winning The Shape Of Water filmmaker and producer is at the French lakeside festival this year as one of the figureheads of special a focus on Mexican animation, alongside The Book Of Life director Jorge R. Gutierrez, producer Sofia Alexander (Onyx Equinox) and Guadalajara Festival head Estrella Araiza
Having recounted his early beginnings in the genre using his father’s Super 8, del Toro said he always thought he would work mainly in animation but instead got caught in live action for close to a decade, on TV show Hora Marcada and the film Cronos and breakthrough classics such as The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth.
“Life had other plans and I didn’t come back to animation...
The Oscar-winning The Shape Of Water filmmaker and producer is at the French lakeside festival this year as one of the figureheads of special a focus on Mexican animation, alongside The Book Of Life director Jorge R. Gutierrez, producer Sofia Alexander (Onyx Equinox) and Guadalajara Festival head Estrella Araiza
Having recounted his early beginnings in the genre using his father’s Super 8, del Toro said he always thought he would work mainly in animation but instead got caught in live action for close to a decade, on TV show Hora Marcada and the film Cronos and breakthrough classics such as The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth.
“Life had other plans and I didn’t come back to animation...
- 6/13/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The Annecy Festival’s tribute to Mexico as its 2023 guest county of honor brings over 250 artists and executives to the world’s biggest animation event. Here are 10 Talents to Track emerging directors and artists among an exploding animation scene. Variety could easily have chosen another 20 more.
Sofia Alexander
Celebrated as the executive producer and creator of Crunchyroll’s first original series “Onyx Equinox,” the tale of a young Meso-American slave who becomes the last hope of saving humanity from invading gods of the underworld. On TV “I never saw Meso-American Indigenous Mexico without Spanish influence, and I wanted to connect with my roots,” says Alexander. The series is anime influenced, not just in its aesthetics – the painterly fields of Meso-America and the frenzied gory combat – but also in its being serialization, pacing and broad audience target, including adults, she argues. A freelancer for Cartoon Network, Hasbro and Nickelodeon, but “Onyx Equinox” is her major achievement.
Sofia Alexander
Celebrated as the executive producer and creator of Crunchyroll’s first original series “Onyx Equinox,” the tale of a young Meso-American slave who becomes the last hope of saving humanity from invading gods of the underworld. On TV “I never saw Meso-American Indigenous Mexico without Spanish influence, and I wanted to connect with my roots,” says Alexander. The series is anime influenced, not just in its aesthetics – the painterly fields of Meso-America and the frenzied gory combat – but also in its being serialization, pacing and broad audience target, including adults, she argues. A freelancer for Cartoon Network, Hasbro and Nickelodeon, but “Onyx Equinox” is her major achievement.
- 6/9/2023
- by John Hopewell, Holly Jones and Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
"Crunchyroll", the distributor, publisher and licensing company focused on streaming 'anime', 'manga' and 'dorama' to over 70 million registered users worldwide, presents the 'Crunchyroll Original' action fantasy animated series "Onyx Equinox", created by Sofia Alexander, airing November 21, 2020 in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French and German:
"...'Aztec' boy 'Izel' finds himself at the center of a war between gods. In order to save humankind, he must complete an impossible task — closing the five gates to the underworld. Izel reluctantly agrees, but only after learning his quest will also correct a terrible tragedy.
"Joining him on his quest are 'Yaotl', the jaguar-like emissary of 'Tezcatlipoca', 'Zyanya', a warrior with a powerful ability seeking revenge on those who destroyed her city...
"...'Yun' and 'K’in', two twins with distinct approaches to problem-solving and 'Xanastaku', a priestess who's turned from darkness and hopes to redeem her past..."
Cast includes Olivia Brown as 'Izel', Sofia Alexander as 'Nelli',...
"...'Aztec' boy 'Izel' finds himself at the center of a war between gods. In order to save humankind, he must complete an impossible task — closing the five gates to the underworld. Izel reluctantly agrees, but only after learning his quest will also correct a terrible tragedy.
"Joining him on his quest are 'Yaotl', the jaguar-like emissary of 'Tezcatlipoca', 'Zyanya', a warrior with a powerful ability seeking revenge on those who destroyed her city...
"...'Yun' and 'K’in', two twins with distinct approaches to problem-solving and 'Xanastaku', a priestess who's turned from darkness and hopes to redeem her past..."
Cast includes Olivia Brown as 'Izel', Sofia Alexander as 'Nelli',...
- 10/29/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Whoa! The more I think I know something about anime, the more I realize how little I know. Case in point: the first, rip-roaring trailer for Onyxy Equinox premiered today, catching me off guard with its fresh backgrounds and stirring story. The series "follows a young Aztec boy named Izel who is saved from death by the gods and is chosen to act as 'humanity's champion,' forced to discard his apathy toward his fellow man and prove humanity's potential." As soon as the opening moments began, I flashed back to Mel Gibson's Apocalypto, but, happily, those thoughts quickly dissipated. Created by Sofia Alexander, the series is a Crunchyroll Studios Production. No release date yet beyond "coming soon," though we know it was be debuting on...
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- 6/25/2020
- Screen Anarchy
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