The III Quirino Awards will be held online throughout 2020

This digital edition is being planned while maintaining the same objectives of paying tribute to Ibero-American talent and creativity.

The third edition of the Quirino Awards for Ibero-American Animation It will not be held in person due to the state of alarm due to the virus COVID-19. The organization is working on an online edition and this change has already been notified to Tenerife Tourism, the main sponsor of the event.

This digital edition It is being planned while maintaining the same objectives of paying tribute to Ibero-American talent and creativity. In addition, it will enhance the co-production and business forum by making a digital version, supporting the economic development of the sector through online meetings so that the animation industry continues producing and evolving despite the current situation.

On the other hand, this digital version will boost the industry's efforts towards sustainability and the generation of more ecological practices. Something that we had already worked on for this edition and on which we will continue working for future editions.

The delivery ceremony date of prizes where the winners will be announced will be confirmed later. The details of this new online edition will be communicated to all participants soon.

The awards take their name in tribute to the creator of the first animated feature film in history, the Italian-Argentine Quirino Cristiani, who in 1917 directed The Apostle; 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.

These awards have the main sponsorship of the Cabildo de Tenerife through the Tenerife Film Commission.