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HOMENAJE A LA ANIMACIÓN ARGENTINA EN ANNECY 2010
A fines de 1990 iniciaba junto a Caloi -popular humorista gráfico argentino- el ciclo televisivo Caloi en
su Tinta. Una hora semanal consagrada a la animación de autor internacional, que en 1991 me llevaría por
primera vez al Festival de Annecy. Estos dos hechos, fundantes y permanentes, resultaron sin duda, la
principal inspiración de estos 20 años realizando, produciendo y difundiendo contenidos de animación,
que hoy encuentran su máxima expresión en este Homenaje a la Animación Argentina que tengo el placer
de presentar, en coincidencia con el Bicentenario de nuestro país y el 50 aniversario del Festival de
Annecy.
Así como los libros de Historia del Arte empiezan por las Cuevas de Altamira o de Lascaux, la Historia
de la Animación escribió uno de sus primeros capítulos en la Argentina. Allí, en Buenos Aires, Quirino
Christiani creó, dibujó y animó enteramente El Apóstol (1917), el primer largometraje animado del que
se tenga noticias.
La obra de este pionero, que despertó la curiosidad de Walt Disney cuando visitó el país en 1941, exhibía
ya la potencia creativa de una importante tradición gráfica y un rico mestizaje cultural, que son los
mismos valores que sustentan la producción actual de nuestros artistas.
Tanto las realizaciones independientes como las comerciales, gozan hoy de un sólido prestigio
internacional que las distingue como una industria cada vez más requerida por su capacidad para resolver
con originalidad todas las necesidades de una producción.
La programación preparada para este Homenaje ofrece un panorama amplio y representativo de nuestra
animación, reunida en dos programas de cortometrajes, uno de publicidad, una retrospectiva de Juan
Pablo Zaramella y dos largometrajes.
Gracias Annecy por la generosidad de esta distinción. Deseamos a todos que puedan disfrutar de nuestras
películas con la misma felicidad con que fueron realizadas y la que nos proporcionó a nosotros hacer esta
selección.
María Verónica Ramírez
CORTOMETRAJES
Un chiste corriente cuenta que los mexicanos descienden de los aztecas, los peruanos de los incas y los
argentinos... de los barcos. Quizás por eso, una de nuestras inquietudes ha sido siempre definir nuestra
identidad, sobre todo, cuando la globalización expresa sólo los valores de las potencias dominantes.
En 1993, desde el ciclo televisivo Caloi en su tinta, lanzamos el primer concurso de animación de la
Argentina. La idea era no sólo estimular a los animadores para que realizaran nuevas películas, sino
también, hacer un relevamiento del material histórico y reunir las obras que estaban desperdigadas o no
habían sido exhibidas.
En la necesidad de encontrar una voz que nos expresara hallamos que ella era naturalmente coral, un
mosaico con ecos de criollos, nativos e inmigrantes. Ahora, ayudados por el natural crecimiento de la
animación, el desarrollo de las tecnologías y por el estímulo que, aunque parezca inmodesto, recibieron
los jóvenes cuando difundimos las películas de autor de los grandes creadores de todo el mundo, nació en
la Argentina también una generación que se expresa con frescura a través de los cortos de animación.
Sin duda el cortometraje es el mejor campo de experimentación para los artistas que, alejados de los
condicionamientos del mercado, los enfrenta al desafío de la síntesis y aquello que no puede ser narrado
en detalle se convierte en metáfora visual.
He disfrutado especialmente conformando este panorama de la animación argentina a través de sus cortos
de autor, descubriendo y revisitando obras de gran belleza.
Con algunas piezas emblemáticas como La Pared, de Catú (premiado en el Festival de Annecy 1962), y
una gran cantidad de trabajos recientes -como el multipremiado El Empleo, de Santiago Grasso- más de
treinta cortometrajes nucleados en dos programas constituyen este coro de animadores argentinos que
exhiben la originalidad de sus voces y el universo personal que los define.
María Verónica Ramírez
Short films 1
Total running time: 80’
1- El Empleo (6’ 20’’ – 1º premio Concurso) / The employment
Directed by: SANTIAGO BOU GRASSO
Technique: 2 D / drawings on paper
Year: 2008
Synopsis: A man performs his usual trip to work, immersed in a world where the “use” of people is an
everyday thing.
2- Martian & Pulpet (5’ 21’’)
Directed by: DIEGO DIEGUEZ
Technique: 3D
Year: 2009
Synopsis: This is the story of the first encounter among two friends: Martian, an alien going through an
inspirational stroll; and Pulpet, a tinny flying octopus.
3- Tiruriru (2’ 15’’)
Directed by: PABLO RODRÍGUEZ JÁUREGUI
Technique: flash
Year: 2006
Synopsis: Inspired in a song by Leo Masliah.
4- Jamón (2’) / Ham
Directed by: NICOLÁS DI MATIA
Technique: drawings on paper
Year: 2007
Synopsis: Two distinguished pigs enjoy an afternoon of tea and cupcakes, until one of them breaks with
the peace of the moment.
5- Pimienta (3’ 11’’ – 3º premio Concurso) / Pepper
Directed by: JUAN ORTELLI
Technique: 2 D
Year: 2008
Synopsis: A little bug decides to give a day of peace to every animal and person in the whole world. So,
he takes a pepper mill and starts his hilarious journey and makes his idea a completely success.
6- Un corto de 2 metros (6’) / A short by 2 meters
Directed by: JAVIER MRAD, JAVIER SALAZAR, EDUARDO MARAGGI
Technique: animated objects
Year: 2007
Synopsis: As time passes, rolls and bounces, two beings are caught in a battle of millimetric proportions.
7- Hola? (2’ 16’’) / Hello?
Directed by: SANTIAGO BOU GRASSO
Technique: stop motion
Year: 2007
Synopsis: A mime practices his movements when the telephone next to him begins to ring. Will he dare to
answer?
8- Libro (5’ 50’’) / Book
Directed by: PABLO DELFINI
Technique: animated objects / stop motion
Year: 2009
Synopsis: A wrinkled paper dreams of being a book. It achieves it by means of a strange metamorphosis.
9- Watercat (1’ 05’’)
Directed by: ISMAEL NAIM
Technique: cut out in flash
Year: 2007
Synopsis: It is time for a shower and it seems the right moment to give free rein to the tenor inside. But
beware when choosing the right audience; it is unwise to go for a cat when one sings like a dog!
10- Piscis (3’) / Pisces
Directed by: JUAN CARLOS CAMARDELLA
Technique: 3D.
Year: 2008
Synopsis: A fishing boat arrives to an island looking for a secret treasure. It has as prisoner who can open
it.
11- Jubilados (3’ 30’’) / Retired
Directed by: JUAN SÁENZ VALIENTE
Technique: 2D
Year: 2002
Synopsis: A group of retired people expresses their sorrowful view of reality through artistic gym.
12-Un deseo muy particular (5´) / A very particular wish
Directed by: LILIANA ROMERO / NORMAN RUIZ
Technique: 2 D / 3 D / acuarels
Year: 2009
Synopsis: A little girl with a very particular wish… Maybe she can get it…
13- Manipulador de masas (1’ 50’’) / Mass Manipulator
Directed by: PABLO FAIVRE and FLORENCIA FAIVRE
Technique: 3D / collage
Year: 1996
14- El hombre que duerme (11’ 43’’ – mención Concurso) / The man who sleeps
Directed by: INÉS SEDAN
Technique: drawings on paper
Year: 2009
Synopsis: A young woman is married to a man who is constantly sleeping. Having him near gives her a
feeling of security and reassurance. She is a prisoner to her solitude and refuses to admit that the sleeping
body is nothing more than a memory… the reminder of someone she once loved.
15- Les Triolets (3’)
Directed by: LUCAS NINE
Technique: tradicional animation
Year: 2002
Synopsis: A second-class cabaret is run by the Devil himself. Finally, the ominous place catches fire and
peace returns to the region.
16- La competitiva (19’- mención Concurso) / The competitive
Directed by: HERNÁN CIEZA – ADRIANA DELFINO
Technique: stop motion / pixilation / cut out
Year: 2009
Synopsis: Two employees of a peculiar ramshackle factory of “caganers” express their creativity to the
fullest in order to dazzle the waitress who serves lunch daily. The exuberant competition in which they
are embarking ending aside the original games to make way for darker feelings.
Short films 2
Total running time: 83’
1- La Confesión de Saduj (7’– 2º premio Concurso) / The Saduj’s confession
Directed by: JUAN JOSE SURACE
Technique: cut out / 3D
Year: 2009
Synopsis: Is a brief satirical tale which aims to examine the legacy that our ecclesiastical institutions have
left us to cope with as individuals – namely, a sense of guilt; our need to feel forgiven for our sins, the
fear of God or of damnation.
2- El último tren (2’ 20’’) / The last train
Directed by: LUIS URQUIZA
Technique: flash
Year: 2009
Synopsis: Brief review that concentrates on trains history in Argentina: its exploitation and export. A tour
around the country that criticizes the ruthless centralization of Buenos Aires port.
3- Los Pecadores (2’ 17’’) / The sinners
Directed by: PABLO POLLEDRI
Technique: 2 D
Year: 2007
Synopsis: The seven deadly sins coexist in time and space… It could be terrible!
4- Romance del malevo (6’– mención Concurso) / The romance of the malevo
Directed by: JOSÉ MARTÍN LUENGO
Technique: 3D
Year: 2009
Synopsis: A country history between a “gaucho” and a dog where through a popular recitation shows the
landscape and the gaucho experience by reference to drawings of a known Argentinean painter.
5- La Pared (6’) / The wall
Directed by: JORGE MARTÍN –CATÚTechnique: Dibujos 2D
Year: 1961
Synopsis: A brief and symbolic story about a man that overcomes all difficulty through his mind.
6- Cat Out (4’ 11’’)
Directed by: GERMAN CUERVO
Technique: digital
Year: 2009
Synopsis: Alter committing suicides six times, a cat will try to put an end to his seventh and last life.
However, the reader knows that his time isn’t up yet. Will have to do the impossible to keep him safe…
7- Enajenados (3´ 27´´) / Insane
Directed by: LUCIANA DIGIGLIO
Technique: stop motion / plasticine
Year: 2009
Synopsis: A tired-looking man is watching television; suddenly, his dog begins to ask him for attention.
Nonetheless, nothing seems to be able to interrupt this man when he watches TV. Due to the increasingly
insistent dog’s barks a chaotic situation arises between the dog, the gentleman, his wife, the TV and the
house.
8- [¡!] (3’)
Directed by: PATRICIA GUALPA
Technique: 2D
Year: 2006
Synopsis: “A” vehemently looks for “B”, who does not know “A” is searching for him.
9- Un arma peligrosa (5’ 10’’) / A dangerous weapon
Directed by: MARIANA WENGER / PAOLA MURIAS
Technique: dibujo sobre papel / técnica mixta
Year: 2009
Synopsis: “A dangerous weapon” is a film about white slave trade which is based on the homonym text
by Eduardo Galeano.
10- Copia A (5’ 33’’ – Con placa 3º premio Concurso)
Directed by: PABLO A. DIAZ – GERVASIO RODRÍGUEZ TRAVERSO
Technique: 3D
Year: 2009
Synopsis: The adventures and misfortunes of Demódoco, a projectionist who discovers by chance a oneof-a kind way to get pleasure. However, abusing it leads risky consequences.
11- Creole love call (3’)
Directed by: CARLOS NINE
Technique: tradicional animation
Year: 2002
Synopsis: Frasco, the phlegmatic feline, falls in love with a striptease star “Lulú, the little mouse”, but
this heart will break into pieces when she chooses to leave with a millionaire pig.
12- Casa (5’) / Home
Directed by: MERCEDES MOREIRA
Technique: pen on paper
Year: 2005
Synopsis: What is a house like? Childhood games, discoveries, research… Through the spaces and the
shapes, this short film tells a story about a mother and a daughter.
13- Robo (2’ 07’’) / The Robbery
Directed by: JUAN ORTELLI
Technique: 2D
Year: 2008
Synopsis: There’s a robbery persecution. Policemen run trying to catch the thief, but he escapes
successfully. He hides himself on the end of a street with the loot under his coat… but he notices that he
stole something strange…
14- La Jornada (4’ 48’’) / The working day
Directed by: JORGE BOMPART
Technique: trimmed photos, collage and animation flash 2D
Year: 2006
Synopsis: For a child growing alone in the streets with no support, each coin counts. What is the price he
has to pay to get them?
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15- Trapitos al Sol (1’ 30’’) / Rags to the sun
Directed by: DAMIÁN EMILIO CARO
Technique: 3D
Year: 2007
Synopsis: An unfortunate parachutist whose wife is a fanatic for cleanness.
16- Si te he visto no me acuerdo (3’) / I don´t remember if I have seen you
Directed by: PABLO FAIVRE and FLORENCIA FAIVRE
Technique: Collage, digital 2D
Year: 2009
Synopsis: A lie, a letdown at the rhythm of the bolero.
17- El hombre sin cabeza (18’) / The man without a head
Directed by: JUAN SOLANAS
Technique: fiction with fx
Year: 2003
Synopsis: In a nostalgic atmosphere, a headless man takes joyful dance steps. He is getting ready for a
romantic date, buying himself a head for such occasion.
PUBLICIDAD Y FILMES POR ENCARGO
Hace muchos años, el director de una importante agencia de publicidad me contaba por qué habían
elegido la animación para promocionar un conocido insecticida y mostrar su efectividad para el feroz
exterminio de los mosquitos con un aerosol. La razón era muy simple, justamente porque no había
ferocidad cuando el insecto, que por cierto era muy simpático, era alcanzado por el producto y
desaparecía mágicamente en el aire sin dejar rastros. El locutor decía: ¨... los mata bien muertos!¨, sin
embargo, no había muerte, no había sangre, ni horror, ni violencia. El resultado del comercial fue tan
eficaz que la marca rápidamente se convirtió en líder y símbolo de insecticidas.
Ése es el poder de la animación que la vuelve inapelable: la magia.
En la Argentina la animación publicitaria tuvo su época dorada en los ‘60 y ‘70 con aquellos comerciales,
fenómeno que parece reeditarse en los últimos 10 años gracias a una nueva generación de creativos,
técnicos y artistas que se vuelcan a las nuevas tecnologías extremando las posibilidades de este lenguaje.
La combinación de estos recursos con un humor cada vez más omnipresente y agudo, convierte a la
publicidad de hoy en un arma imbatible cuyas municiones son exquisitas piezas de extraordinaria
eficacia.
Hoy, acompañada por una coyuntura económica mundial favorable, toda la maquinaria comercial de
nuestra joven industria es una usina creativa que produce para el mercado propio y el extranjero, exporta
talento y genera fuentes de trabajo. Por esta combinación de creatividad y conveniencia económica,
comerciales, videoclips, campañas de difusión, series, etc., son concebidos y/o realizados en Argentina
para todo el mundo.
Una variada selección de todas ellas, que incluye el ejemplo de los mosquitos, más obras del genial
Oscar Grillo -fundador en Inglaterra de Klakto, uno de los estudios más prestigiosos de Europa- y
producciones muy recientes, conviven en este nutrido panorama de la animación comercial.
María Verónica Ramírez.
Publicity and commissioned films
Total running time: 82’ 51´´
- “Seaside woman” (1979)
Directed by: Oscar Grillo
Technique: colorful drawings
Running time: 4´30´´
Category: VIDEOCLIP
Synopsis: Animation realized with the song “Seaside woman”, by Linda McCartney
- “Football Tips with Juan Carlos” (2001)
Production Company: Faivre Hnos.
Directed by: Pablo Faivre and Florencia Faivre
Technique: drawings - cut out
Running time: 1´35´´
Category: TV SEPARATOR
Synopsis: Juan Carlos is a former referee with a twisted outlook on football and life. In this episode, he
demonstrates the importance of wearing bright colours when taking medium-range shots.
- “Oso” (Bear) (1958)
Production Company: Oscar M Desplats
Directed by: Oscar M Desplats
Technique: drawings on paper
Running time: 1´ 10´´
Category: PUBLICITY
Synopsis: A polar bear escapes from the zoo to look up for a refrigerator, to stay cooler.
- “Friends with you” (2009)
Production Company: Pepper Melon
Product: Target
Technique: 2D drawings
Running time: 45´´
Category: PUBLICITY
Synopsis: The animated world of TARGET bears dozens of characters and environments that change
constantly.
-“Tan cerca del sol” (So close to the sun) (2008)
Directed by: Pablo Tufaro
Technique: 3 D
Running time: 3´14´´
Category: VIDEO CLIP
Synopsis: The vision on the eternal fight between the good and the evil and its
symbiosis to obtain that everything in this life continues working eternally.
- “Obras de arte” (Art works) (80´s)
Production Company: Catú Cine Animación SA
Directed by: José Martín “Catú”
Technique: drawings on paper – 2 D
Running time: 40´´
Category: PUBLICITY
Synopsis: The soups are done harvesting the best vegetables. Animation realized imitating Van Gogh’s
technique.
- “Luna” (Moon) (2003)
Production Company: Encuadre
Directed by: Rosanna Manfredi
Technique: 3D
Running time: 30´´
Category: PUBLICITY
- “Franceses” (French)
-“Bigotes” (Moustaches) (2009)
Production Company: Hombre.cosa
Directed by: Hombre.cosa
Technique: 2D
Running time: 40´´
Category: PUBLICITY
- “Baño” (Bath) (2002)
Production Company: Faivre Hnos.
Directed by: Pablo Faivre and Florencia Faivre
Technique: drawings – cut out
Running time: 10´´
Category: TV SEPARATOR
Synopsis: While a girl is putting on make up, a fly is moving around until she kills it.
- “Vals de la basura” (The trash vals) (2008)
Production Company: Hook Up Animation
Directed by: Diego Puente
Technique: 3D
Running time: 1´40´´
Category: EDUCATIONAL VIDEO / TV
Synopsis: The Neck Show: A talk show hosted by Neck the giraffe that entertains and teaches
preschoolers through little stories and songs.
-“Charles de Gaulle” y
-“Toma de la Bastilla” (Prise de la Bastille) (1989)
Production Company: BERRINO & NANNI
Product: Parisienne
Directed by: Miguel Nanni
Technique: pencil over paper, filmed in 35 mm
Running time: 40´´
Category: PUBLICITY
Synopsis: Charles de Gaulle Frees Paris and gives us an important speech: nobody can resist Parissiennes.
On July 14, 1789 the French Revolution takes place, the crowd goes to the Bastille and one of the
revolutionaries invites the citizens to smoke a Parisiennes before making History.
- “Sentidos” (Senses) (2009)
Production Company: Hombre.cosa
Directed by: Hombre.cosa
Technique: mixed - live action - 3D - 2D
Running time: 1´ 7´´
Category: PUBLICITY
- “Meltdown” (2004)
Production Company: Faivre Hnos.
Directed by: Pablo Faivre and Florencia Faivre
Technique: drawings – cut out
Running time: 10´´
Category: TV SEPARATOR
Synopsis: A snowman melts him while he is drinking hot chocolate.
- “Skips” (80´s)
Production Company: Klactoveesedstene Animations
Directed by: Oscar Grillo
Technique: cell animation
Running time: 32´´
Category: PUBLICITY
- “Cucarachas” (Cockroaches) (2001)
Production Company: 4Kartoon
Directed by: Roberto Schenone, Ricardo Achart
Technique: 3D
Running time: 3´ 57´´
Category: TV’s PROGRAMME SCKETCH
Synopsis: Two cockroaches had been locked up in the CQC archives, being their unique diversion to
watch recorded programs. One day, they manage to escape and make its own program giving an acid and
ironic glance on the world of the spectacle.
- “Saloon” (1960)
Production Company: M.C.Films Marcos Casado Sastre
Agency: J.Walter Thompson Argentina
Directed by: Néstor Córdoba
Technique: drawings on paper
Running time: 1´
Category: PUBLICITY
Synopsis: In a tavern in the Far West, arrives a cowboy wearing jeans. In Argentinean slang, the cowboy
is called “vaquero”, as well as that kind of jeans.
-“Galería de Arte” (Art Gallery), “Cita” (Date), “Velorio” (Funeral) (2008)
Production Company: Hook Up Animation
Directed by: Diego Puente
Technique: 3D
Running time: 1´ total
Category: SEPARATOR of Universal Channel
Synopsis: Two spies attempt to blast each other by hiding bombs on different
situations reminding us of the cold war movies or series. You guessed right, they always fail!
- MTV World Stage (2009)
Production Company: Hombre.cosa
Directed by: Hombre.cosa
Technique: 3D
Running time: 40´´
Category: PUBLICITY
- “Hipnosis” (Hypnosis) (2009)
Production Company: Pepper Melon
Product: Sponge-Bob SquarePants Spots
Agency: Madre
Directed by: Tomás García
Technique: 3D
Running time: 45´´
Category: TV SEPARATOR
Synopsis: A teenage girl innocently sits at the chair at a psychologist’s office. Through hypnosis she is
able to escape reality into a dream world where life swims freely through the air. At the end, she realizes
that the road out of bad karma lies in none other than… SpongeBob Squarepants.
- “No te hagas la cabeza” (Don't hope against hope) (2006)
Production Company: Ayllu Animaciones / Omava
Directed by: Juan Antín
Running time: 5´30´´
Technique: clay animation
Category: EDUCATIONAL VIDEO
Synopsis: Rolo is talking with his friend Colo about his wild sexual adventures. He is a little paranoid and
wanders if he has got the HIV along the way.
- “Viento” (Wind) (2007)
Production Company: Blue
Client: Ford
Agency: JWT Argentina
Directed by: Franco Bittolo, Cristian Morales
Technique: Live action, 3D, matte painting, Alien skin filter photoshop
Running time: 1´30´´
Category: PUBLICITY
- “Tasters” (90´s)
Production Company: Klactoveesedstene Animations
Directed by: Oscar Grillo
Technique: drawings on paper
Running time: 30´´
Category: PUBLICITY
- “No se deje meter el perro” (Don´t let them jerk you around) (1971)
Production Company: Producciones Story
Directed by: Raúl Avila
Creation of characters: Raúl Avila and Oscar M. Desplats
Technique: drawings on paper – live action
Running time: 41´´
Category: PUBLICITY
- “Lo mejor de Fox Sports” (The best of Fox Sports) (2006)
Production Company: Giboon Animation Estudio
Directed by: Ismael Naim
Technique: digital cut out
Running time: 1´
Category: TV´S PROGRAMME PRESENTATION
Synopsis: The hosts of the TV programme make different sports like racing and tennis.
- “Lightswitch - Nick Dreams” (2003)
Production Company: Faivre Hnos.
Directed by: Pablo Faivre and Florencia Faivre
Technique: drawings – cut out – live action
Running time: 20´´
Category: TV SEPARATOR
Synopsis: Dreamy situations involving real kids in imaginary situations.
- “PezPerro” (FishDog) (2008)
Production Company: Rebolucion
Directed by: Franco Bittolo, Cristian Morales
Technique: live action – 3D
Running time: 1’ 08’’
Category: PUBLICITY
-“Frog legs”, “Antidepressant”, “Asteroid technology”, “Internet dog”, “Read the card” (2007
2008)
Production Company: Hook Up Animation
Directed by: Gonzalo Azpiri – Omar Hechtenkopf
Technique: drawings on paper / 2D
Running time: 52´´
Category: spots
Synopsis: Short funny stories based on the famous The New Yorker magazine graphic cartoons.
- “Cuento tradicional chino” (Traditional Chinese story) (2008)
Production Company: Tercer Ojo Group
Animated by: Victor Blasco
Technique: 3D with backgrounds composed in 2D - collage of photos and textures
Running time: 1´30´´
Category: TV PILOT
Synopsis: A wise man called Chuang Tse dreamed that he was a butterfly. When he
woke up he decided to gather all his disciples and told them about his dream.
- “Arquitecta” (Architect) (2008)
Production Company: Nannimación
Directed by: Miguel Nanni
Design: Silvia Nanni / Miguel Nanni
Technique: Pencil over paper, colour hand applied with use of graphic tablet
Running time: 25´´
Category: PUBLICITY
Synopsis: Cefalex shows that not even erasing your head takes away the headache, only by using Cefalex!
- “Baile bananita Dolca” (80´s)
Production Company: Catú Cine Animación SA
Directed by: José Martín “Catú”
Technique: drawings on paper – 2 D
Running time: 30´´
Category: PUBLICITY
- “Road trip” of Monkey and Gorilla (2005)
Production Company: Faivre Hnos.
Directed by: Pablo Faivre and Florencia Faivre
Technique: drawings – cut out
Running time: 1´10´´
Category: TV SERIES
Synopsis: Two laboratory monkeys undergo various experiments with hard drugs.
- “Norfolk” (80´s)
Production Company: Klactoveesedstene Animations
Directed by: Oscar Grillo
Technique: drawings on paper
Running time: 30´´
Category: PUBLICITY
-“Mama Perfecta” (Perfect Mom) - “Luz de la cocina”(Kitchen´s light) - “Licuadora” (Blender)
(2008)
Production Company: Pepper Melon
Directed by: Tomás García
Technique: 3D
Running time: 1´48´´ each one
Category: PUBLICITY
Synopsis: Different commercials of Lucchetti´s Pasta
- “Gimnasia Jazz” (Jazz gym) (1985)
Production Company: Berrino & Nanni
Directed by: Miguel Nanni
Design: Miguel Nanni
Technique: pencil over paper, acetate tracing, textured color with a dermatographic
pencil
Running time: 35´´
Category: PUBLICITY
Synopsis: In the Kitchen of an ordinary house, a group of flies and mosquitoes do a Jazz Dance class on
food. The fun ends when Raid appairs on the scene…
- “Hansel and Gretel” (2009)
Production Company: EL. EI.
Directed by: Sebastián Lopez
Technique: fiction with green screen
Running time: 1´
Category: PUBLICITY
Synopsis: The main concept was to adapt Grimm’s Hansel & Gretel with a modern twist. The spot was
entirely shot against green screen with partial sets. Extensive matte painting was done in postproduction.
- “Budlight” (80´s)
Production Company: Klactoveesedstene Animations
Directed by: Oscar Grillo
Technique: cell animation
Running time: 30´´
Category: PUBLICITY
- MTV 10 Count (2008)
Production Company: Hombre.cosa
Directed by: Hombre.cosa
Technique: mixed - still photos - 2D - 3D
Running time: 56´´
Category: PUBLICITY
- “Oswald” (2004)
Production Company: Faivre Hnos.
Directed by: Pablo Faivre and Florencia Faivre
Technique: cut out
Running time: 1´
Category: TV SEPARATOR
Synopsis: Oswald is a stunt double who puts himself at risk in various trials, more out of his own
carelessness than any real danger.
- “Tubby 3 y 4” (1984)
Production Company: Catú Cine Animación SA
Directed by: Jorge Martín “Catú”
Technique: drawings 2 D
Running time: 40´´
Category: PUBLICITY
Synopsis: Two chocolates find each other walking in the street, starting a new
friendship.
- “Funky Punky” (2008)
Production Company: Encuadre
Directed by: Gustavo Cova – Rosanna Manfredi
Technique: 3D
Running time: 3´ 30´´
Category: TV SERIES / PILOT
Synopsis: They want to be famous… and they won’t stop until achieving it.
- “Architecture” (2000)
Production Company: Faivre Hnos.
Directed by: Pablo Faivre and Florencia Faivre
Technique: scale model shooting
Running time: 42´´
Category: TV SEPARATOR
- “Kia-Ora” (70´s)
Production Company: Klactoveesedstene Animations
Directed by: Oscar Grillo
Technique: cell animation
Running time: 40´´
Category: PUBLICITY
- Hinchada Clemente – “Japan”, “Argentina”, “Germany” (2006)
Production Company: CT Producciones
Directed by: María Verónica Ramírez, Carlos Loiseau (Caloi)
Animation: Franco Bittolo, Raúl Pastorino
Technique: 3D
Running time: 2´54´´
Category: TV´S MICROPROGRAMME FOR World Cup 2006
Synopsis: The popular animated character, Clemente, continues to delight us with his classic world cup
soccer chants.
- Iberobot I (2007)
Production Company: Giboon Animation Estudio
Directed by: Ismael Naim
Technique: digital cut out
Running time: 1´ 10´´
Category: TV SERIES
Synopsis: Constructed with obsolete technology, Iberobot complains against the world that created him.
- “Etiqueta” (Label) (1977)
Production Company: DIANAR Dibujos Animados Argentinos
Directed by: Jorge Martín “Catú”
Technique: drawings
Running time: 30´´
Category: PUBLICITY
- “Lowdown” (2009)
Production Company: Pepper Melon
Directed by: Daniel García
Technique: 3D
Running time: 10´´
Category: TV SEPARATOR
Synopsis: Cardboard figures move and organize in a stop-motion flow. They produce a vibe of
construction and creation that softly stings with nostalgia of when one once played with cardboard when
young.
- “Desayuno” (Breakfast) (2009)
Production Company: Rulloni Cine
Directed by: Mario Rulloni
Technique: stop motion / 2D / 3D
Running time: 7´
Category: EDUCATIONAL VIDEO
Synopsis: “Breakfast” is a short of animation, directed mainly to the children,
whose objective is to realize of the benefits of a good nutritional habit. One "Cow teacher" illustrates in
an entertained and dynamic way the fundamental importance to us of a good breakfast in early age.
- “Sugus” (80´s)
Production Company: Catú Cine Animación SA
Directed by: Jorge Martín “Catú”
Technique: 2D drawings
Running time: 25´´
Category: PUBLICITY
Synopsis: In the jungle, some creatures pick up fruits to make sweets.
- “Airport” (2006)
Production Company: Faivre Hnos.
Client: AXN
Directed by: Pablo Faivre and Florencia Faivre
Technique: stop motion - cut out - motion graphics
Running time: 30´´
Category: TV SEPARATOR
Synopsis: Campaign consisting of spots in different film genres to promote various genre-based
programming blocks: martial arts, film noir, detective movies, etc.
- “Javi y el club del árbol” (2009)
Production Company: Astrolab Motion
Directed by: Federico Badía
Technique: 2D
Running time: 4´56´´
Category: EDUCATIONAL VIDEO FOR TV
Synopsis: From his bedroom, Javi has access to a gigantic tree where every night a gang of animals meets
to play and hang out together.
- “Pizza, Pasta, Pepperoni” (2008)
Production Company: Hook Up Animation
Directed by: Diego Puente
Technique: 3D
Running time: 1´30´´
Category: EDUCATIONAL VIDEO FOR TV
Synopsis: The Neck Show: A talk show hosted by Neck the giraffe that entertains
and teaches preschoolers through little stories and songs.
- “Animals” (90´s)
Production Company: Klactoveesedstene Animations
Directed by: Oscar Grillo
Technique: cell animation
Running time: 1´
Category: PUBLICITY
Synopsis: Different animals sing the best songs of Frank Sinatra.
- “Pequeciencias” (2006)
Production Company: Power Comunicación S.H
Directed by: Christian Olmos
Technique: 3D
Running Time: 1´50´´
Category: TV SERIES
- “Robo al banco” by Hijitus (1967)
Production Company: Producciones García Ferré S.A.
Directed by: Manuel García Ferré
Technique: 2D
Running time: 4´20´´
Category: TV SERIES
Synopsis: "The adventures of Hijitus", the first animated series created in Argentina
for the television, first appeared in 1967. A humble boy that lives with his little dog, Pichichus, in the
outskirts of a small town called Trulalá. In his fight against evil, and with the help of his magic hat, he
becomes Super Hijitus, fighting against villains such as Neurus and Cachavacha.
- “La vecinita de enfrente” by Hijitus (1986)
Production Company: Producciones García Ferré S.A.
Directed by: Manuel García Ferré
Technique: 2D
Running time: 1´03´´
Category: TV SERIES
RETROSPECTIVA JUAN PABLO ZARAMELLA
La retrospectiva de un artista joven es una invitación a descubrir un creador sobresaliente. Este es el caso
de Juan Pablo Zaramella, notable y prolífico animador que a sus 38 años se distingue como uno de los
realizadores argentinos con mayor reconocimiento nacional e internacional.
Formado en el Instituto de Cine de Avellaneda, comenzó su carrera en el mundo de la publicidad, para
incursionar luego en la ilustración y la infografía. Con este bagaje de lenguajes y métodos comienza en el
año 2000 a recorrer un camino independiente, junto a la productora Silvina Cornillón, y se lo reconoce
inmediatamente como un especialista en la técnica del stop motion, a partir de su segunda película, Viaje
a Marte (2005), realizada en colaboración con el guionista Mario Rulloni y galardonada con más de 50
premios internacionales.
“Considero que el estilo de animación debe tener correlato con la historia a contar”, expresa Zaramella
que, a través de muy diversas técnicas, ha transitado un camino de exploración personal que incluye
trabajos notables como El guante (2001), en pixilación con actores, o la sintética y bidimensional Lapsus
(2007).
Merecedor de más de 150 premios internacionales, actualmente participa junto a Rulloni de Ánima
Buenos Aires, largometraje en producción que reúne a los realizadores más importantes de la Argentina.
Con una singular producción de trabajos por encargo y cortos independientes, la obra de Zaramella
plantea siempre mundos fantásticos surgidos de la realidad cotidiana. Es un artista de gran personalidad
que en cada filme afirma su opinión como autor y se ha convertido en uno de los referentes de la
animación argentina.
Esta retrospectiva, concebida desde el cariño y la admiración profundos, es un merecido reconocimiento a
la solidez artística de su trabajo.
María Verónica Ramírez
Juan Pablo Zaramella
Total running time: 60´
1- Introducción (1’ 51’’)
2- Desafío a la muerte / The Challenge to Death
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 3´16´´
Technique: stop motion
Year: 2001
Synopsis: For the first time in front of a camera, Fahaki Ayunanda introduces his all body into a blender
and assures that he will remain alive after turning it on.
3- El Guante / The Glove
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 10´
Technique: pixilation
Year: 2001
Synopsis: Story of a man who is mysteriously chosen to receive a box containing a globe. This becomes
part of a plan which will change his life forever.
4- Efectos del mate / Mate effects
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 2´
Technique: pixilation
Year: 2008
Synopsis: The Effects of Mate on the Northern Hemisphere
5- Lapsus
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 3´ 20´´
Technique: animated draw
Year: 2007
Synopsis: A curious nun ventures into the darker side of her animated world.
6- Making off Lapsus
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 30´´
Technique: animated draw
Year: 2007
7- En la ópera / At the opera
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 40´´
Technique: stop motion
Year: 2009
Synopsis: An original and particular moving night at the opera
8- Sexteens
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 5´ 20’’
Technique: stop motion
Year: 2006
Synopsis: Three girls and the beginning of their sex life. Educational video aimed to talk about
sex issues with adolescents.
9- Viaje a Marte / Trip to mars
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 16´ 05´´
Technique: stop motion
Year: 2004
Synopsis: Antonio is a boy who wants to go Mars. Luckily his grandfather knows how to get there.
10- Espejo / Mirror for Nickelodeon (3 episodes)
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 1´35´´
Technique: stopmotion
Year: 2001
Category: TV separator
11- Tres reyes / Three kings for Nickelodeon
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 45´´
Technique: stopmotion
Category: TV separator
12- Buzz
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 3´45´´
Technique: stop motion
Category: TV separator
13- Optimum
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 1´
Technique: stopmotion
Category: publicity
14- Ilolay
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 18´´
Technique: stopmotion
Category: publicity
15- Fibertel
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 54´
Technique: stop motion
Category: publicity
16- INASE
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 1´
Technique: stopmotion
Category: publicity
17- Clorox
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 40´´
Technique: stop motion
Category: publicity
18- Toyota Caurry
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 43´
Technique: pixilation
Category: publicity
19- Sprite
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 30´´
Technique: stop motion / mixed technique
Category: publicity
20- 9th Havana Film Fest New York
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 42´
Technique: stop motion
Category: opening’s spot
21- Pasta Knorr Cica (4 spots)
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 1´2´´
Technique: stop motion
Category: publicity
22- Tarjeta Naranja
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Country: Argentina
Running time: 49´
Technique: stop motion
Category: publicity
LARGOMETRAJE MERCANO, EL MARCIANO
Mercano, el marciano (2002), largometraje de animación para adultos del realizador argentino Juan
Antín, nació como una serie de cortos emitida por el canal de televisión Much Music del año 1998 al
2000 con gran repercusión de audiencia.
Mercano… es la historia de un extraterrestre que paseaba plácidamente por su planeta cuando una sonda
espacial enviada por los terrestres llamada “Voyager” aplasta a su perro. A partir de allí emprende el viaje
a la Tierra con una absurda misión: vengar la muerte de su mascota. Para su poca fortuna, la nave cae en
Buenos Aires, Argentina y queda destruída. Su misión fracasa antes de empezar y el “alien” se ve forzado
a sobrevivir en una realidad desconocida y poco amigable. Abandonado a su suerte y sin techo, Mercano
queda confinado a una vida en los márgenes de la sociedad. En el desamparo de una cloaca como
vivienda, el marciano se las arregla para obtener una laptop y comienza a crear una realidad virtual
parecida a su hogar. En el cyberespacio se hace amigo de Julián, un niño también solitario, hijo de un
poderoso empresario. Cuando el padre de Julián descubre la actividad de su hijo y el marciano, se lanza a
explotar un nuevo negocio millonario, en un delirio megalómano
"Es una película bastante dura, que trata sobre la realidad argentina", define Antín. "El marciano permite
mirar a nuestra realidad con ojos ingenuos".
Con una estética minimalista, un particular uso del lenguaje con jergas porteñas y argentinas, Antín
construye un retrato de la Argentina lleno de humor y cinismo a la vez que lanza una mirada crítica sobre
la tecnología y la vida cotidiana.
Este filme, que obtuviera entre otros galardones, la Mención especial del Jurado del Festival de Annecy
en 2002, vuelve a su pantalla como una de las obras representativas de la Animación Argentina.
María Verónica Ramírez
“MERCANO EL MARCIANO” / Mercano the Martian
Directed by: Juan Antín
Animation: Ayar B
Production Company: Universidad del Cine
Country: Argentina
Running time: 75´
Technique: 2D / 3D / computer
Year: 2002
Synopsis: Mercano is a Martian who lived happily on the planet Mars until the tragic day when the space
probe Voyager fell to Martian soil and crushed his dog. He was so furious that he took off in his rocket
towards Earth to wreak vengeance, but with a turn of misfortune, he was forced to permanently stay in
Argentina.
LARGOMETRAJE BOOGIE, EL ACEITOSO
Boogie, el aceitoso (2009) es un largometraje de animación basado en la historieta homónima creada en
los años ´70 por uno de los maestros del humor gráfico en Argentina, el recientemente fallecido Roberto
Fontanarrosa.
Sé que Boogie me despreciaría mucho, por sudamericano de un país periférico y por hispanoparlante.
No entraría dentro de sus amistades", decía Fontanarrosa,"
Boogie es un veterano de la guerra de Vietnam, “un prófugo de la justicia desde su nacimiento” según las
palabras de su creador. Un machista empedernido, admirador de Harry el sucio. Un especialista en armas
cuyo hobby es disparar a transeúntes desde la ventana de su apartamento. Un xenófobo que persigue por
igual a judíos, negros, homosexuales o “chicanos”. Un inescrupuloso asesino a sueldo que se ufana de ser
el mejor de los matones hasta que el mafioso más importante de la ciudad le encarga eliminar un testigo,
nada menos que a su competidor, el mercenario en ascenso, Blackburn. Es entonces cuando Boogie sale a
las calles a demostrar que él sigue siendo el número uno.
Este violento y sádico personaje, heredero de la tradición del policial negro, ha tenido desde su
nacimiento un gran impacto en el público debido al humor paroxístico y corrosivo de Fontanarrosa.
Boogie juega siempre al extremo de sus rasgos y ahí reside su carisma. La identificación que provoca ha
tomado por asalto el lenguaje en la vida cotidiana. “Es un Boogie”, se oye decir en la calle para
caracterizar a un sujeto inescrupuloso.
Este personaje de dimensión mítica ha sido la inspiración de esta película de animación con fondos 2D
que conviven con elementos 3D y tiene también su versión en 3D, convirtiéndose en el primer filme en
utilizar estas técnicas en el país. Boogie, el aceitoso, participó de la competencia oficial en Annecy 2009,
y se presenta también dentro de esta selección.
María Verónica Ramírez.
BOOGIE, EL ACEITOSO / Oily Boogie
Directed by: Gustavo Cova
Script: Roberto Fontanarrosa (characters) and Marcelo
Paez-Cubells (writer)
Production Company: Illusion Studios
Country: Argentina - México
Running time: 82´
Technique: 2D – 3D
Year: 2009
Synopsis: A cold-blooded and ruthless hit man. Always on the run, Boogie follows his own rules.
A violent, chauvinist and sadistic character starring in a film that features a story line, music and images
targeted to teen and adult audiences. Women, alcohol, bullets, it has it all. Boogie, combines black humor,
incredible 2-D backgrounds and 3-D graphics with a sharp screenplay. Boogie, is a film that provides a
lethal dose of irony and such extreme violence that it becomes impossible not to laugh.