Weird Market and 3D Wire Fest announce news of their 13th edition

The Cárcel_Segovia Creation Center will be the new main headquarters for all the activities and projections of the International Animation, Video Games and New Media Market and the International Animation Festival which will be held between September 24 and October 3.

The old provincial prison of Segovia will be the reference point of this cultural event. A rehabilitated and multidisciplinary space dedicated to promoting artistic creation and promoting creative industries. The Julio Michel Room next to the Ex.presa Room 2, cells and patios will house all the activities and projections.

A programming that will once again be a reference point to learn about the projects being prepared by the animation industry both nationally and internationally. A list of personalities that is expanded with global references in the sector such as José Luis Ucha (director of My Little Pony: A New Generation), Graham Gallagher (animator in Guardians of the Galaxy, Paddington o The jungle book), Isabel Tallos (co-founder of Everguild) o Diego Porral (A day in the park).

The Castilian-Leonese event will also feature the long-awaited premiere of the short film Leopoldo from the bar of Diego Porral, winner of the Movistar+ Short Project Award of the eleventh edition. It will be its own director, nominated for a Goya award for his previous work A day in the park, together with the producer and screenwriter Joaquín Garralda y Guadalupe Arensburg, director of the Movistar+ Short Film Department, those who present this new work.

international jury

3D Wire Fest 2021 will have an international jury from Poland, Portugal, France and Spain; four top-level professionals in the animation industry. The producer Katarzyna Gromadzka, the Head of the Children and Youth Department of the RTP channel Andrea Basilio, the creator and producer Alex Laffaille and the director and screenwriter José Luis Ucha They will be in charge of elucidating the winners of this edition.

Finally, it should be noted that the 13th edition of Weird Market and 3D Wire Fest will be held 100% in person in 2021, but with reduced capacity due to the current epidemiological situation. The organization will strictly implement the Prevention and Control Measures Plan of the Junta de Castilla y León to face the health crisis caused by COVID-19. All activities will be subject to capacity control, use of masks, hand washing and disinfection, as well as social distancing.

The hybrid format, online and in-person, will only continue to be present in the viewing of the catalog of short films, international shorts, international video clips and all national works. Between September 27 and October 10, programmers, distributors and buyers of short films will be able to view the works through the digital platform Festhome.tv; For professional attendees, viewing booths will also be enabled on October 1 and 2.