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ANIMATION! WIPS BY ANNECY

By Roc ESPINET, Cynthia FERNÁNDEZ TREJO, David BAUTE, Celia CATUNDA, José CORRAL LLORENTE

Animation - Completed 2023

Girl and Wolf
Dir: Roc Espinet

The Language of Birds
Dir: Cynthia Fernández Trejo

Black Butterflies
Dir: David Baute

My Grandfather is a Nihonjin
Dir: Celia Catunda

Norbert
Dir: José Corral Llorente

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Animation
- Countries
- SPAIN, MEXICO, BRAZIL, ARGENTINA
- Duration
- 60 mn
- Director(s)
- Roc ESPINET, Cynthia FERNÁNDEZ TREJO, David BAUTE, Celia CATUNDA, José CORRAL LLORENTE
- Synopsis
- Animation! WIPs by Annecy is an exclusive program of upcoming Ibero-American animated feature films curated by the Annecy International Animation Festival and its market (MIFA) presented to an audience of industry representatives attending the market. Since 2020, the selection has been extended to Ibero-America. Other feature films of the program come from Brazil, México and Spain.
  
  2023 line up:
  Girl and Wolf
  Dir: Roc Espinet
  Orphaned in a world of men, Paula survives working as a waitress in FangTown, a small town located next to Howl Forest. One night, the evil innkeeper forces Paula to cross the Forest. They are attacked by wolves and Paula is lost. Deep in the mysterious woods, she finds a wounded wolf: GrayWolf. And an enigmatic bond is created between them.
  
  The Language of Birds
  Dir: Cynthia Fernández Trejo
  Natalia, a bird-loving girl, seeks to solve the mystery of the town she has just arrived at. There are no children and adults have completely forgotten them. Natalia will discover deep in the forest a cave where there is a children's village inhabited by forgotten children.
  
  Black Butterflies
  Dir: David Baute
  Climate change impacts the lives of Lobuin, Vanesa and Soma, three women from very different parts of the planet but with something in common: the three lose everything due to the effect of global warming and are forced to migrate to survive.
  
  My Grandfather is a Nihonjin
  Dir: Celia Catunda
  Noboru is a 10 year-old Japanese descendant in search of his cultural identity. He turns to his grandfather Hideo as he starts investigating his family’s history. Despite always avoiding his past, he agrees to tell Noboru his story. As Noboru digs into his family's past, he finds out he has an uncle he never met and, even worse, he didn’t even know about.
  
  Norbert
  Dir: José Corral Llorente
  Norbert is an incompetent spy in a grey, bureaucratic and sad nation. Its rulers dream of conquering their colourful neighbour; a small, cheerful country where everything works backwards, in total and absurd chaos, something that makes its inhabitants terribly happy. Despite his total uselessness, Norbert will become a key player in disrupting his own government's plans.