Don't miss the Spanish selection of animated short films curated by Carolina López at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

In Spain, the digital tools to make frame by frame animation are now in the hands of the right ones: the creators coming from other artistic disciplines. It’s tough to think about contemporary animation from a national perspective without falling into clichés.

What’s more “Spanish”, the candy world of American Wreck-it Ralph inspired by Gaudi’s architecture, or Spanish Oscar nominee Chico and Rita with all Cuban references and the beautiful drawings of Javier Mariscal? The films presented in this screening dig beyond the clichés and represent a personal approach to animation, singular and true to each of the artists.

Screening list:

Caffeine by Danae Díaz and Patricia Luna (2011), 5:02

O Gigante by Luís da Matta Almeida and Julio Vanzeler (2012), 7:00

Bendito Machine IV by Jossie Malis (2012), 11:15

Enjuto Mojamuto: El peor día de mi vida by Joaquín Reyes (2010), 2:12

Écart de Conduite by Rocío Álvarez (2012), 0:30

The Day I Killed My Best Friend by Antonio J. Busto (2012), 6:10

Alienation by Silvia Carpizo (2012), 3:38

La isla de los muertos by Vuk Jevremovic (2012), 8:00

Història d’Este by Pascual Pérez (2011), 7:19

Vespres Verds by Nueveojos (2012), 3:02

Jamón by Iria López (2012), 8:00

Ámar by Isabel Herguera (2010), 8:07

Doomed by Guillermo García Carsi (2011), 10:26

On Thursday, September 19 at 7 pm, Saturday, September 21 at 5 pm, and Sunday, September 22 at 1 pm.

Venue

Various venues in Ottawa

More information

Festival's website

Credits