THE SPANISH ‘Catwalk’, winner of Next Lab Generation 2024

The ‘catwalk’ projects of Lidia Luna, Omayra González Pérez and Toni Mortar (Spain); ‘Martina and Guará’ by Paula de Abreu (Brazil) and ‘The Cutting of the Forest’ by Vernante Amarilla Pallotti and Daniele Zen (Italy) are the winners of Next Lab Generation 2024, cites the avant -garde in the use of new technologies in the production of animation and video games.

The Spanish animated series Catwalk It is an original idea of LIDIA LUNA, OMAYRA GONZÁLEZ PÉREZ AND TONI MORTERO. He tells the story of Mary, a woman trapped in a monotonous life; Who, after suffering a terrible accident on a party night with her friends, her conscience will travel to the body of a street cat, thus providing her with the opportunity to be free. In the award -winning list is also the Multiplatform project Brazilian Martina and Guará of Paula de Abreu. This animated television series and mobile game is starring two brothers: Martina (a ñandú) and Guará (a manned wolf), who try to adapt to their new home, Anhangá, a magical island where animals from endangered species take refuge. Finally, the third award -winning work comes from Italy: The Cutting of the Forest of Vernante Amarilla Pallotti and Daniele Zen, and VR immersive short film that deeply explores the delicate balance between humanity and nature.

Recognized works are carried 8.000€ gross for development aid, three months of mentoring and will be presented in Annecy Mifa 2024, International reference of the audiovisual industry. For this event, a travel bag and accreditation are also given for a representative.

The jury formed by the Danish Morten Thorning, the Argentine Pablo Vázquez, the Irish Ruxandra G. Popcuescu, the Madrid Tania Palma and the Scotsman Will Anderson They have also wanted to grant a special mention to the Spanish series: Welcome to Fucking Rainbowland by Nuño Benito and Nacho Subirats. Fiction presents an agent and the happiest unicorn on Earth in the city of Rainbowland, both suspect that something murky is hidden and decide to follow the track of some missing.

Next Lab continues to grow in its 2024 edition

THE PALMARÉS DE NEXT LAB Generation closes Four days of presentations, meetings, presentations and networking sessions held in Madrid. It is a gold brooch for 12 finalist works of the selected 20 In the Workshop, area of the event that has been extended for seven weeks and where participants have developed their embryonic proposals with virtual reality tools and render engines in real time.

Next Lab Generation consolidates its proposal as a launch ramp at the artistic, logistical and economic level, with a pioneering economic endowment in an event of this category. In his four years he has mentioned 70 projects of about 30 countries, with 45 of them that have gone to "incubation." In his face -to -face, he has managed to exhaust the more than 400 accreditations available this year.

The 2024 edition has had important presences such as Federico Moreno Breser (Supervisor VFX para Reel FX), Aneta Ozorek (Artistic director of the Kaboom Animation Festival), Nathalie Martínez (President of Dibos) The Enrique Cat (Director of one of the highest grossing sagas of Spanish cinema: Tadeo Jones), among many others.