The Quirino Awards 2021 announces the 40 semifinalists of animation

Il Quirino Awards of Ibero-American animation announced the finalist works for the fourth edition, with the awards ceremony scheduled for May 29 in the city of Tenerife, La Laguna (Unesco world heritage site). Chosen from 265 entries, 40 works from nine countries are in the running for the finalist places, which will be selected by an international jury. The selections of the finalists in nine categories will be announced on March 17 at the Casa de América in Madrid.

Spain tops the list of countries with the most contenders (22), followed by Argentina (13), Chile (9), Mexico (8) and Colombia (7). Among the candidates there are also works from Brazil, Portugal, Costa Rica and, for the first time, the Dominican Republic. The feature film Nahuel and the Magic Book (Nahuel and the Magic Book), the second season of Small series - both from Chile - and the Spanish short film Homeless Home (Homeless house) have the highest number of nominations, with four each. Mexico, Spain and Argentina lead the Feature Films, Short Films and Commissioned Films categories respectively.

The jury composed of Jean François Tosti (TAT productions, France), Joana Toste (animator and director, Portugal), Paula Taborda (Planeta Junior, Brazil) and Sergio Jiménez (Pinkman.TV, Spain) will choose the three finalist works in each category . A committee composed of Agnieszka Kowalewska-Skowron, Loïc Portier, Sydney Padua, Paco Rodríguez and Ylka Tapia was in charge of selecting the selected works.

Semifinalists Quirino Prize 2021:

FEATURE FILM
Xico's Journey, directed by Erick Caballero. Produced by Cristina Pineda Antúnez (Mexico)
A Costume for Nicholas, directed by Eduardo Rivero. Produced by Fotosíntesis Media, co-production with Péek Paax (Mexico)
Cranston Academy: Monster Zone, directed by Leopoldo Aguilar. Produced by Ánima (Mexico, co-production with the UK)
Lava, directed by Ayar Blasco. Produced by Crudo Films, co-production with Chimiboga (Argentina)
The League of 5, directed by Marvick Eduardo Núñez Aguilera. Produced by Ánima (Mexico)
Nahuel and the Magic Book, directed by Germán Acuña Delgadillo. Produced by Carburadores, co-production with Levante Films and Punkrobot Animation Studio (Chile, co-production with Brazil)

SERIES
Count On Me, directed by Andrés Lieban and Alessandro Monnerat. Produced by 2DLab (Brazil)
Hero Dad, directed by Nathalie Martinez and Maxi Valero. Produced by Wise Blue Studios (Spain)
Small 2 Season, directed by Bernardita Ojeda. Produced by Pájaro, co-production with Pakapaka, Señal Colombia and Non Stop (Chile, co-production with Argentina and Colombia)
Me Pipoo, directed by Nahuel Poggi. Produced by ReinaMono, financed by CNTV and broadcast by TVN (Chile, co-production with Argentina)
Me, Elvis Riboldi, directed by Javier Galán and Raphaël Lamarque. Produced by Peekaboo Animation, co-production with Watch Next Media, Wuji House, Insomne ​​Animation Studio and Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (Spain, co-production with France).
The Zurfs, directed by Alex Cervantes. Produced by Hampa Studio and Gallego Bros, co-production with À Punt Mèdia (Spain)

SHORT FILMS
Tie, directed by Alexandra Ramires. Produced by Bando à Parte and Bap Animation Studios, co-production with Providences (Portugal, co-production with France)
Homeless Home, directed by Alberto Vázquez. Produced by Uniko and Autour de Minuit (Spain, co-production with France)
Mad in XPain, directed by Coke Riobóo. Produced by Los Animantes (Spain)
Roberto, directed by Carmen Córdoba González. Produced by Carmen Córdoba González (Spain)
Routine: The Prohibition, directed by Sam Orti. Produced by Hampa Studio (Spain)
It's All the Salt's Fault, directed by María Cristina Pérez. Produced by Mauricio Cuervo Rincón (Colombia)

FILMS FOR STUDENTS
The beast, directed by Ram Tamez (Mexico), Alfredo Gerard Kuttikatt and Marlijn Van Nuenen. Gobelins l'Ecole de l'Image (France)
Colrun, directed by Jorge Sarria de Vicente. U-TAD University Center of Technology and Digital Art (Spain)
Roach, directed by Agustín Touriño. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - Facultad de Artes (Argentina)
Experiment, directed by Zoé Berton-Bojko, Susana Covo Perez (Colombia), Guillaume Heussler, Yann Kacprzak and Margot Wiriath (Dominican Republic). École des Nouvelles Images (France)
Memories for Sale, directed by Manuel Lopez. Universidad Veritas (Costa Rica)
The Return of the Waves, directed by Alejandra Guevara Cervera (Mexico), Manon Cansell, Edward Kurchevsky, Francisco Moutinho de Magalhães (Portugal) and Hortense Mariano. Gobelins l'Ecole de l'Image (France)

COMMISSION FILM
Day of the Dead, directed by Cesar Cepeda. Produced by Kraneo Estudio (Mexico)
Int - Night / Spot Bit Bang 2020, directed by Juan Pablo Zaramella. Produced by Sol Rulloni and Bárbara Cerro (Argentina)
Penguin And Whale, directed by Ezequiel Torres and Pablo Roldan. Manufactured by Rudo Company (Argentina)
Pixelatl 2020, directed by Francisco Zamudio. Produced by Exodo Animation Studios (Mexico)
Routes, directed by Alejandro Imondi. Produced by Osa Estudio (Argentina)
Stormzy "Superheroes", directed by Taz Tron Delix. Produced by 2 Veinte (Argentina, co-production with the UK)

VIDEO GAME
To worship. Developed by Cadabra Games (Brazil)
Entails. Developed by Doxa Productions - DigiPen Bilbao (Spain)
error. Developed by Confusion Games - DigiPen Bilbao (Spain)
GYLT. Developed by Tequila Works (Spain)
The Antimatter Kid. Developed by Cosmic Brew Studios (Argentina)
Q4p (Quest 4 pope). Developed by Rumba Corp - DigiPen Bilbao (Spain)

VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
Tie. Produced by Bando à Parte and Bap Animation Studios, co-production with Providences (Portugal, co-production with France)
Homeless Home. Produced by Uniko and Autour de Minuit (Spain, co-production with France)
Nahuel and the Magic Book. Produced by Carburadores, co-production with Levante Films and Punkrobot Animation Studio (Chile, co-production with Brazil)
Small 2 Season. Produced by Pájaro, co-production with Pakapaka, Señal Colombia and Non Stop (Chile, co-production with Argentina and Colombia)
Routine: the ban. Produced by Hampa Studio (Spain) Wayback. Produced by User T38 (Spain)

HUMAN
Homeless Home. Produced by Uniko and Autour de Minuit (Spain, co-production with France)
Nahuel and the Magic Book. Produced by Carburadores, co-production with Levante Films and Punkrobot Animation Studio (Chile, co-production with Brazil)
Small 2 Season. Produced by Pájaro, co-production with Pakapaka, Señal Colombia and Non Stop (Chile, co-production with Argentina and Colombia)
Routine: the ban. Produced by Hampa Studio (Spain)
Umbrellas. Produced by Bigaro Film and Moukda Production (Spain, co-production with France)
Wayback. Produced by User T38 (Spain)

SOUND DESIGN / ORIGINAL MUSIC
alebrijes. Produced by María Posada Mylott, Luis Salas, Purapost and Guateque Cine (Colombia)
Homeless Home. Produced by Uniko and Autour de Minuit (Spain, co-production with France)
loop . Produced by Uniko (Spain, co-production with Argentina)
Nahuel and the Magic Book. Produced by Carburadores, co-production with Levante Films and Punkrobot Animation Studio (Chile, co-production with Brazil)
Small 2 Season. Produced by Pájaro, co-production with Pakapaka, Señal Colombia and Non Stop (Chile, co-production with Argentina and Colombia)
Wayback. Produced by User T38 (Spain)

In addition to the awards ceremony, the Quirino will once again bring together animation professionals at the Ibero-American co-production and Business Forum, which will take place from 27 to 29 May in La Laguna. In 2020, this industry activity brought together representatives from around 19 companies from 800 countries - including production companies, sales agencies, TV channels and distributors - who held more than 2 BXNUMXB meetings. Registration to participate in the forum will open in the coming weeks on the Quirino Awards website.

With the aim of offering a historical record of awards, the organization launched a search engine for finalist and awarded works in the different categories Quirino in its three editions. The search can be made from the "Palmares" tab of the Quirino Awards website using different filters such as edition, country or category.