Juan Camilo González Jiménez

Anzoátegui

Anzoategui is a short animated documentary film, inspired by the director’s questions about the story of the hometown of her mother and grandmother, which they left forty years ago. The town’s name appeared in conversations, but she never heard the reason for their departure, so it became a mystery. Her questions led her to find episodes of the family story, both happy and dark and met people who lived with them in the town.

Fired Up!

Never underestimate the power of one voice to change things, as wittily illustrated by 14 artists from around the world in this animated speech by Barack Obama.

Sailor's Grave

The horrors of a shipwreck, the bells of aforgotten lighthouse and the coming and going of the tides surround a tale about the sea. 'Sailor’s Grave' is the result of a workshop based on a work method taking its inspiration from the exquisite corpse game, a mechanism of collective creation where the participants manipulate and transform one another's drawings to construct an intuitive, improvised narration.

The Mysterious Presages of León Prozak

León Prozak lends his head to Mephistopheles for some circus numbers. Theses scenes, animations made by different plastic artist, are the centre of the film, the pleasure of paint on time. The animated paintings cover a wide range of topics, from politics to erotisicm, expressing their vision of the world.