3D Wire Fest selects thirty-three short films from fifteen countries

A total of 7 Spanish and 26 international short films will compete for the jury and audience awards that give them access to the European Animation Emile Awards.

Thirty-three short films will make up the official section of the 3D Wire Fest, a selection that is regrouped into 26 works in the international competition and 7 in the national competition.

Productions from 15 different countries from Asia, America and Europe will fight to win one of the recognitions granted by the jury and the public of this contest that takes place in Segovia (Spain) from 1 to 7 October and which gives direct access to the pre-selection of the Awards European Animation Emile Awards, the highest continental recognition in the sector. New talent is perfectly combined with renowned names in animation who present their latest works, such is the case of the Frenchman Vincent Paronnaud, director and screenwriter of the Oscar-nominated film, Persepolis, which has been selected with La Mort, Père & Fils; or the American Trevor Jimenez, an artist who has worked for Pixar on some of his latest hits such as Coconut or Looking for Dory, and which arrives in Segovia with Weekends.

In the national section we find 5 Spanish productions and another 2 in co-production with France and Estonia respectively. A careful selection that offers the viewer all kinds of genres through drama, comedy and even documentary; with a great thematic amalgam and where filmmakers with a close link to this animation, video game and new media market appear.

Diego Porral is one of them, the Goya-nominated filmmaker selected for the third consecutive year for this contest brings on this occasion Monsters Walking, are also Emilio and Jesús Gallego and his Ryoko or the collectiveo Atxur Animazio Talde, the latter participated in the last edition and in this one they will compete with Areka.

Another old acquaintance for the Castilian-Leonese appointment is Khris Cembe, who will premiere I'm a tomb, Movistar+ Short Film Project Award in 3D Wire 2016. Along with all of them, two students from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Nicolás Petelski with A table game (Spain-Estonia) and María Manero Muro with Patchwork. The selection is completed by Jossie Malis, who with Bendito Machine VI – Carry on (Spain-France), puts the culmination of a saga that has earned it multiple international awards.

The international competition, on the other hand, consists of 26 works. Works from countries as diverse as Belgium, Belarus, Canada, Colombia, South Korea, Croatia, the United States, Estonia, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Russia and Switzerland; a diversity that can also be seen in animation techniques ranging from 3D to drawing on paper, through stop motion or pixilation.

Alongside the important names highlighted above, the selection is home to many other gems to discover such as Inanimate by Lucia Bulgheroni (United Kingdom), which has already received the third prize at Cinéfondation at Cannes, or Vivat Musketeers! by Anton Dyakov (Russia), Young Audience Award at Annecy.

Young talent will also play a prominent role, with clear examples such as Cabin Pressure (United Kingdom) by Matthew Lee, winner of the Best Student Short Film Award at the Manchester Film Festival, or Hybrids, directed by a group of five young French filmmakers, some of whom have experience in major blockbusters such as Avengers: Infinity War or Thor: Ragnarok, something that is evident in its outstanding visual effects.

The competitive section of the Festival, which has the already announced jury of Jean Thoren, director of Animation Magazine; Jose Miguel Ribeiro, filmmaker and founder of Praça Filmes; Véronique Encrenaz, director of MIFA Annecy; and Shamik Majumdar, Creative Director of the Animation and Live Image Content Department of Disney Channels EMEA; will take place in La Cárcel Espacio de Creación over four sessions, with a final screening of the 3D Wire Awards.

Peque 3D Wire

Along with the official section, the event does not lose sight of another of its main objectives: audiovisual literacy and the creation of new viewers among the younger audience. For this reason, it consolidates the initiative launched last year, the Peque 3D Wire. On this occasion, the special screening of the Norwegian feature film will take place The Haquivaqui Forest, a musical adventure where the animals must find a new balance based on respect and harmony among all the inhabitants of the forest. Rasmus A. Sivertsen's film arrives at 3D Wire after having screened at festivals such as Annecy, Giffoni and Shanghai.