The Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards have announced the nominated titles for their sixth edition, taking place on May 13 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife. Selected from 223 submissions, 41 works from 10 countries are aiming for a place among the finalists in the nine categories. The Quirino Awards were created in 2018 to promote Ibero-American animation talent and industry.
Spain, Argentina, and Portugal lead this year’s list of nominations with 20, 18 and 15 works, respectively, followed by Brazil and Colombia with five each. This first selection also includes works from Chile, Mexico, Uruguay (two), Ecuador and Peru (one). The Portuguese short films Garrano and Ice Merchants, the Argentine short Passenger and the Spanish feature film Unicorn Wars have the most nominations, with four each. They are followed by the feature film Nayola and the short film The Garbage Man, both Portuguese, with three.
With finalists at the Oscars (Ice Merchants), and at the Goya Awards (Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow, My Grandfather’s Demons, Tad the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet, Unicorn Wars and Roped), the selection reflects the growing international impact of animation from the region. In addition, some of the works have been selected and won awards at some of the world’s most important festivals, including Annecy, Sundance, Animafest Zagreb, Clermont Ferrand, Cannes and Sitges.
The nominees were chosen by a Selection Committee, while the three finalists in each of the categories will be chosen by an international jury made up of Andrea Fernández (art director for The Cuphead Show!), Julio Bonet (Adult Animation Manager for Netflix U.K.), Risa Cohen (film and video-game producer/executive producer), Robert Jaszczurowski (producer/director at GS Animation/Grupa Smacznego), and Simón Wilches-Castro (Creative Director at Titmouse Studios). The finalists will be announced on March 10 at the Portuguese Embassy in Madrid.
Quirino Awards 2023 Nominees
See the full list at premiosquirinos.org.
Feature Film
- My Grandfather’s Demons — Nuno Beato (Portugal/Spain/France)
- Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow — Julio Soto Gúrpide (Spain)
- Nayola — José Miguel Ribeiro (Portugal/Belgium/Frnace/Netherlands)
- The Other Shape — Diego Guzmán (Colombia/Brazil)
- Perlimps — Alê Abreu (Brazil)
- Tad the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet — Enrique Gato (Spain)
- Trunk Train – The Movie — Zé Brandão (Brazil)
- Unicorn Wars — Alberto Vázquez (Spain/France)
Series
- Chica Cartoon — Alei Valet Siv Manrique (Colombia)
- Jasmine & Jambo — Silvia Cortés (Spain)
- The Tiny Orchestra — Juan Carve (Peru/Uruguay/Colombia/Argentina/Spain)
- Petit S3 — Bernardita Ojeda (Chile/Spain/Argentina/Colombia)
- Ponilopolis — Maria Antolini & Martin Guido (Spain/Mexico/France/Argentina)
- Underdogs United — Luis Grane & Pedro Blumenbaum (Argentina)
Short Film
- Roped — Carmen Córdoba González (Spain)
- Boa — Nicolas Eduardo Parra Garzón (Colombia)
- Flesh of God — Patricio Plaza (Argentina/Mexico)
- Garrano — David Doutel & Vasco Sa (Portugal/Lithuania)
- The Garbage Man — Laura Gonçalves (Portugal)
- Ice Merchants — João Gonzalez (Portugal/France/U.K.)
- Passenger — Juan Pablo Zaramella (Argentina)
