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The Quirino Awards will be held in May in La Laguna, Tenerife

Mónica Fuentes

The city of La Laguna will be the new venue for the fourth edition of the event

The Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards announce the 40 nominated works that seek a place among the finalists

The Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards announced the nominated works for their fourth edition, whose awards ceremony will take place on May 29th in the Tenerife city of La Laguna. Chosen from among 265 applications, 40 works from 9 countries are still running for a place among the finalists, which will be selected by an international jury. The finalist works in the nine categories will be announced on March 17th at Casa de América in Madrid.

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

The works that will seek a place among the finalists for Best Animated Feature Film are the Mexican ” Xico’s Journey” by Erick Caballero (produced by Cristina Pineda Antúnez), ” A Costume for Nicholas” by Eduardo Rivero (Fotosintesis Media), “Cranston Academy; Monster Zone” by Leopoldo Aguilar and “The League of 5” by Marvick Eduardo Núñez Aguilera, both produced by Ánima; the Chilean “Nahuel and the Magic Book” by Germán Acuña Delgadillo (Carburadores) and the Argentine “Lava” by Ayar Blasco (Crudo Films) are also nominated in this category.

Nominated for Best Animation Series are the Spanish “Hero Dad” by Nathalie Martínez and Maxi Valero (Wise Blue Studios), “I, Elvis Riboldi” by Javier Galán and Raphaël Lamarque (Peekaboo Animation) and “The Zurfs” by Alex Cervantes (Hampa Studio and Gallego Bros); the Chilean “Petit Season 2” by Bernardita Ojeda (Pájaro), the Chilean-Argentine “Me Pipoo” by Nahuel Poggi (ReinaMono); and the Brazilian “Count On Me” by Andrés Lieban and Alessandro Monnerat (2DLab).

With four nominations, Spanish animation leads the category of Best Animated Short Film: “Homeless Home” by Alberto Vázquez (Uniko, Autour de Minuit), “Mad in Xpain” by Coke Riobóo (Los Animantes), “Roberto” directed and produced by Carmen Córdoba González and “Routine: the Prohibition” by Sam Ortí (Hampa Studio). The Portuguese “Tie” by Alexandra Ramires (Bando à Parte, Bap Animation Studios) and the Colombian “It’s All the Salt’s Fault” by María Cristina Pérez, produced by Mauricio Cuervo Rincón, will also choose a place among the finalists of this category.

In addition, from the three categories already mentioned, the Quirino Awards also award the Best Animation School Short Film, the Best Commissioned Film, the Best Animation for Video Game, as well as three technical categories: Best Visual Development, Best Animation Design, and Best Sound Design and Original Music (full list of nominations at the end of this press release).

A committee made up of Agnieszka Kowalewska-Skowron, Loïc Portier, Sydney Padua, Paco Rodríguez and Ylka Tapia was in charge of selecting the nominated works.

The jury made up of the French Jean François Tosti (TAT productions), the Portuguese Joana Toste (animator and director), the Brazilian Paula Taborda (Planeta Junior) and the Spanish Sergio Jiménez (Pinkman.TV) will choose the three finalist works in each category.

La Laguna, new headquarters

Located on the island of Tenerife, the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna will be the new headquarters of the Quirino Awards from this edition. Declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1999, La Laguna is one of the island’s references in cultural matters, with several institutions, theaters, museums and a university.

In addition to the awards ceremony, the Quirino Awards will once again bring together animation professionals at the Ibero-American Co-production and Business Forum, which will take place between May 27th and 29th in La Laguna. In 2020, this industry activity brought together representatives of a hundred companies from 19 countries – including production companies, sales agencies, tv channels and distributors – who held more than 800 B2B meetings. Entries 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 the awards, the organization has launched a search engine for the finalist and award-winning works in the different Quirino categories throughout its three editions. The search can be carried out from the “Palmares” tab on the Quirino Awards website using different filters such as edition, country or category.

About the Quirino Awards

The awards are named after the creator of the first animated feature film in history, the Italian-Argentine Quirino Cristiani, who in 1917 directed “El Apostol”; an Argentine production in which 58,000 drawings made by hand and shot in 35 mm were used, in addition to several models representing public buildings and the streets of the city of Buenos Aires.

The Quirino Awards, which have the main sponsorship of the Cabildo de Tenerife through the Tenerife Film Commission, reflect the determined commitment that for years has been made to animation in the island. This commitment also materializes in concrete actions to support the flourishing local industry, assistance to the main international markets and the promotion of the “Tenerife Isla Cartoon” brand, specific to this sector.

The initiative has the sponsorship of ICEX Spain Trade and Investment and San Cristóbal de La Laguna City Hall; the collaboration of ICAA, CAACI, Ibermedia Program, Acción Cultural Española, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes (TEA), RTVE, Retina Latina, Tangram Solutions, WELAW, Embassy of Portugal and Casa de América; and the support of DIBOOS, SAVE, Pixelatl, Animation! Ventana Sur, Weird Market, La Liga de la Animación Iberoamericana (the Ibero-American Animation League), La Mesta, Clúster Audiovisual of Canarias, Annecy Festival and European Animation Emile Awards, as well as the associations: APA – Association of Animation Producers of Cordoba Argentina; Animar Cluster – Argentine Animation Cluster & VFX; ABCA – Associação Brasileira de Cinema de Animação; Animachi Chile; Bolivian Animators Network; GEMA Colombia – Animation Entrepreneurs Group; Animation Costa Rica; Guild of Animators of Ecuador; ACDMX – Association of Digital Creatives of Mexico; Paraguay Animation; Peru Animation and Casa da Animaçao of Portugal.

IBERO-AMERICAN ANIMATION QUIRINO AWARDS NOMINEES 2021 EDITION 

Quirino Award for the Best Ibero-American Animation Feature Film

Quirino Award for the Best Ibero-American Animation Series

Quirino Award for the Best Ibero-American Animation Short Film

Quirino Award for the Best Ibero-American Animation School Short Film

Quirino Award for the Best Ibero-American Animation Commissioned Film

Quirino Award for the Best Ibero-American Animation for Video Game

Quirino Award for the Best Visual Development of Ibero-American Animation Work 

Quirino Award for the Best Animation Design of Ibero-American Animation Work

Quirino Award to the Best Sound Design and Original Music of Ibero-American Animacion Work

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