Tenerife: Axis of animation with the Quirino Awards forum

Los Quirino Awards And their co -production and business forum return to Tenerife to serve as a meeting point for Ibero -American professionals in the animation sector.

San Cristóbal de la Laguna will host of May 11 to 13 a new edition of the Ibero -American Animation Quirino Awards, in which 21 works from 10 countries will compete in the nine categories of these awards. Apart from its usual program, Portuguese animation will be honored in this framework on the occasion of its centenary.

Apart from the exhibition period and recognition of works through the Quirino Awards, Tenerife will be in the focus of the Latin American animation industry by hosting a Co -production and business forum That has 120 registered companies Among producers, distributors, sales agencies, TV channels and platforms streaming. This important concurrence translates into more than 1200 scheduled meetings They aim to favor the co -production, development and circulation of works and project.

For the second consecutive year, the forum will host a Meeting of Ibero -American Public Televisions to reflect on their programming, acquisition and co -production policies of animated content. The event will also host the meeting of the European public television animation group, a meeting organized by the European Radiodifusion Union (EBU) With the collaboration of RTVE. Similarly, the Quirino business appointment will serve as a framework for the launch of Ibermedia Next, a new program of Not sending the program With the collaboration of the Quirino Awards and the Animation League aimed at companies in Spain, Italy or Portugal that co -development innovative animation projects together with companies and/or creators of the Ibero -American region.

2023 Quirino Awards

A total of 21 works from 10 countries will compete in the nine categories of Quirino Awards, awards created to promote and value the animation of the Ibero -American region. Portugal, Argentina and Spain lead the list of countries with more nominations with 10, 9 and 8 respectively. Colombia and Uruguay are present with 2 candidates each, while Brazil, Chile and Peru have a nomination each. An international jury will be in charge of choosing the winners, who will be announced on May 13 at a ceremony at the Leal theater of San Cristóbal de La Laguna.

The other way of the Colombian Diego Guzmán, Too Del Portugués José Miguel Ribeiro, TROMBA TRAIN - THE MOVIE of Brazilian director and producer Zé Brandão and Unicorn Wars Galician director Alberto Vázquez compete for the Best Farmeter Award. In the best series category, the finalists are Polinopolis by María Antolini and Martin Guido, Jasmine & Jambo from Silvia Cortés, The orchestita by Juan Carve and Small - Season 3 of Bernardita Ojeda. The Portuguese animation stands out in the best short film category with two of the three finalist works: The Garbage Man of Laura Gonçalves and Ice Merchants by João Gonzalez. The list of this category is completed with Passenger, by Argentine director Juan Pablo Zaramella.

Together with the three main categories, the Quirino will recognize the best animation school short film, the best commission of commission and the best video game animation, in addition to delivering three awards in the technical categories better visual development, best animation design, and best sound design and original music. He Complete List of Finalists It can be consulted in the This link.