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Productions from Spain, Brazil, and Uruguay were recognized in the three main categories of the\u00a08th Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards<\/strong>, created to celebrate animated works from this 23-country region. Spain\u2019s\u00a0\u201cBlack Butterflies\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0by David Baute won\u00a0Best Feature Film, while Brazil\u2019s\u00a0\u201cJorel\u2019s Brother\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0took home\u00a0Best Series, and Uruguay\u2019s\u00a0\u201cCapybaras\u201d,<\/strong>\u00a0by Alfredo Soderguit claimed\u00a0Best Short Film. The awards gala took place today in La Laguna, Tenerife, and was streamed online worldwide. The Quirino Awards are sponsored by the\u00a0Tenerife\u00a0Council through\u00a0Tenerife Tourism.<\/p>\n

With a strong background in documentary filmmaking, Tenerife-born director\u00a0David Baute\u00a0makes his animation debut with\u00a0\u201cBlack Butterflies,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0a feature film that follows three women from very different parts of the world that are forced to migrate due to the climate crisis. The film draws from Baute\u2019s 2020 documentary\u00a0\u201c\u00c9xodo clim\u00e1tico\u201d and has also been honored at the Goya and Platino Awards. Co-written by Baute and Yaiza Berrocal, the Quirino\u2019s\u00a0Best Feature Film<\/strong>\u00a0is a production by Spain\u2019s\u00a0Ikiru Films\u00a0and\u00a0Tinglado Film\u00a0(based in Tenerife), alongside Panama\u2019s\u00a0Anangu Grup.<\/p>\n

After winning\u00a0Best Series<\/strong>\u00a0at the 2019 Quirino Awards, Brazil\u2019s\u00a0\u201cJorel\u2019s Brother\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0was again recognized for its fifth season. Created by\u00a0Juliano Enrico\u00a0and produced by\u00a0the Rio de Janeiro-based Copa Studio together with Warner Bros. Discovery, the series is about an extremely creative boy navigating pre-adolescence in the shadow of his older brother Jorel\u2019s popularity.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0\u201cCapybaras\u201d,<\/strong>\u00a0winner of the Quirino Award for\u00a0Best Short Film<\/strong>, Uruguayan writer and director Alfredo Soderguit talks about prejudice and friendship through a story starring a family of capybaras forced to leave their habitat because of hunters. The work is an adaptation of the book of the same name written and illustrated by the director, known in the world of animation for \u201cAnina\u201d (2013) and for the series \u201cDos pajaritos\u201d, finalist in the 2022 Quirino Awards.<\/p>\n

The award for\u00a0Best School Short Film<\/strong>\u00a0went to \u201cAdi\u00f3s\u201d by Jos\u00e9 Prats, a Spanish director and graduate of the National Film and Television School in England, while in the\u00a0Best Animated Music Video<\/strong>\u00a0category, the award went to \u201cMy Way\u201d, a production by Argentina\u2019s Rudo Company directed by Jesica Bianchi for the band Siam\u00e9s. Finally, the award for\u00a0Best Animation Commissioned Film<\/strong>\u00a0went to the Brazilian \u201c47\u201d, directed by Paulo Garcia and Natalia Gouvea and produced by Zombie Studio, which also received the award for\u00a0Best Visual Development<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the awards, Spain\u2019s\u00a0\u201cNeva\u201d\u00a0(Nomada Studio<\/strong>) claimed\u00a0Best Video Game Animation<\/strong>, while Spain-France co-production\u00a0\u201cBuffet Para\u00edso\u201d by\u00a0Santi Am\u00e9zqueta<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0H\u00e9ctor Zafra<\/strong>\u00a0won\u00a0Best Animation Design<\/strong>. The short\u00a0\u201cGilbert\u201d\u00a0(Spain) by\u00a0Alejandro Salue\u00f1a Garc\u00eda, Arturo Lacal Ruiz, and Jordi Jim\u00e9nez Xiberta\u00a0earned\u00a0Best Sound Design and Original Music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s jury was made up of U.S. producer Ben Kalina of Titmouse studio, Spanish researcher and programmer Carolina L\u00f3pez Caballero, children\u2019s content acquisitions executive at Swedish public broadcaster SVT Helena Nylander, Brazilian animation director, screenwriter and animator Daniel Bruson, and CEO of French distributor and producer Prime Entertainment Group Leyla Formoso.<\/p>\n

The 26 finalists were chosen from 263 entries, 10 percent more than the previous year. Throughout its eight editions, the Quirino Awards have contributed to the creation of a common space for animation in the Ibero-American region, positioning its headquarters, the island of Tenerife, as a reference and meeting point for the sector.<\/p>\n

WINNERS OF 8th IBERO-AMERICAN ANIMATION QUIRINO AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n