The Worl Premiere for the first Andalusian 3D animated feature film will be on Annecy International Film Festival and Market. ‘Mocland, the legend of the Aloma‘ will be introduced in Annecy’s Official Selection: June 11th, Wednesday, at 10:30h and June 12th, Thursday, at 18:00h. Both screenings will be at Decavision, Salles 3 & 4.

‘Mocland‘ is a Forma animada production in their Pizzel 3D studios in co-production with Canal Sur TV and the support of the Culture Department of the Autonomous Government of Andalusia.

Planet Moc and its inhabitants are in danger. Their vital energy, Limbar, is disappearing. Dreadful General Neflin has stolen it and has now dethroned Queen Pola. Determined to bring back peace to her Planet, Pola will send an expedition in the search of Aloma, a mineral, according to the Ancient legend, capable of generating Limbar, the stolen energy. Lalo, Mina, Gobi and Lilium will be in charge of the delicate galactic mission: Will they succeed? Could Aloma be more than just a legend?

More information on the film’s web site: www.mocland.com.

Barton Films, ANIMABASAURI-ANIMABASQUE collaborator, has reached an agreement with Deboura Deseños Animados production company in order to distribute their first animated feature film, ”Dubidoso The Wizard“ in Spain. Directed by Roque Cameselle, it is based in a novel called “Bieito Dubidoso” written by Roque himself. “Dubidoso The Wizard” will be released on November 7th in Galician, Basque, Catalan and Spanish.

 After the deliberation of individual jurors compounds for each section, we already have the names of the winners films of  the 4th edition of the International Animated Film Festival ANIMABASAURI 4.0 ANIMABASQUE. This afternoon  we will celebrate the closing ceremony, to which you are invited, at the Social Antzokia of Basauri. Some of the winners will be with us.

Jury Prize for Best Feature Film

DRAGON HUNTERS
(Arthur Qwak, Guillaume Ivenrel - France)

Jury Special Prize in Feature Film Section

ONE NIGHT IN A CITY
(Jan Balej - Czech Republic)

Jury Prize for Best Short Film

LE JOUR DE GLOIRE…
(M. Bruno Collet - France)

Jury Prize for Best Short Film in Karratu Section

LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES
(Kunio Kato - Japan)

On Thursday, April 24th, the first edition of AnimaBasque-Business International Animated Film Market will take place in the Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall, starting at 9.00am in the E hall. The official presentation will be at 11.00am and along with Ricardo González, the president, Izaskun Artetxe from the Department of Innovation and Economic Promotion of the Bizkaia County Council and Borja Belandia,  Director of the Planification and Strategy of the Industry Department in the Basque Government will be there too.

Please, for downloading the program and participant list click on the logo of the Market above.

Last Friday, April 18th, was the inauguration of the fourth edition of ANIMABASAURI-ANIMABASQUE International Animated Film Festival in Basauri. It was really successful and Social Antzokia, the Festival’s main venue was almost full. Some of the guests and Organizators such as Mohamed Ghazala (from Minia University, Egypt) or Mª Jesús Díez (director of the Festival) welcome the public and were grateful for their attendance.

Last Friday, April 11th, a succesful press conference took place in Bilbao’s FNAC shopping mall in order to present ANIMABASAURI4.0-ANIMABASQUE. Loly de Juan (mayor of Basauri), Soraya Morla (Basauri’s town councillor), Jon Iñaki Zarraga (Bizkaia County Council’s culture department), Alberto Rodríguez (BBK), José Miguel Gaztelu (Basauri’s Art Centre) and María Jesús Díez (Festival Director) took part in the conference.

Place: Social Antzokia (Basauri) from April 18th to 25th

In this new ANIMABASAURI-ANIMABASQUE edition, we would like to show you the history of animation through several objects and dolls of the most representative characters. From all those characters of the black and white short films that music was the only companion they had to superheroes, animals and objects that bring to life in 3D and make both children and adults enjoy.

Thanks to the help of some animation studios, we will give you the opportunity to see in live the dolls and scale models that were the source of inspiration for many animators that gave us those feature films that marked the infancy of all the children.

Due to ANIMABASAURI 4.0-ANIMABASQUE film festival, there will be an exhibition in Kultur Ibaigane Arts Centre in Basauri about French director Michel Ocelot’s Azur & Asmar animated film.

Place: Ibaigane Cultural Arts Center from April 7th to 25th.

Once upon a time there were two children nursed by same woman. Azur, a blonde, blue-eyed son of a noblewoman and Asmar, the dark skinned and dark-eyed child of the nurse. The nurse tells them the story of the Djinn-fairy waiting to be released from her chamber by a good and heroic prince. Brought up together they are as close as brothers until the day Azur’s father cruelly separates them, banishing the nurse and Asmar from his home and sending Azur away to boarding school. Years later, Azur is haunted by memories of the legendary Djinn-fairy, and takes it upon himself to journey all the way to Asmar’s homeland to seek it out. Now reunited, he finds that she has since become a successful merchant, while Asmar is now a member of the royal guard. However, Asmar also longs to find the Djinn-fairy, and only one of the two youths can be successful in their quest.

This is the synopsis of this film directed by Michel Ocelot. After his huge success with ‘Kirikou et la sorcière’ and ‘Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages’ feature films, he started working on this film which beat his previous animated films. During the Festival, in Kultur Ibaigane, we will be able to enjoy and learn the process of directing a film of such a large-scale thanks to a lot of sketches and 3D images.

And here it is the winner poster of the I ANIMABASAURI Poster Contest!

The representatives of Basauri Town Council, Kultur Ibaigane, Zirt Zart, Gozila, Gorostilanda and ANIMABASAURI voted and decided that Iván Oneka’s “Painter Dog” was the winner:

Congratulations Iván!

Barton Films, technique department, and Eiken Audiovisual Cluster, in Euskadi are very glad to invite you to the celebration of the International Animated Film Market “AnimaBasque-Business” which will be held as a first edition the following 2008, in the framework of the IV Basauri-Bizkaia International Animated Film Festival, Animabasauri-Animabasque 4.0, with the aim to favour the access to new markets.

The Euskalduna Palace of Bilbao will welcome an International Forum on Animation on April 24th. The appointment will bring together Spanish and European professionals and companies. This project counts, among others, with the support of the Basque Government, across Lehendakaritza and of the Statutory Deputation of Biscay inside the Program Bultzatu, managed by the Department of Innovation and Economic Promotion of the statutory entity.

In the course of the day there will be an exhibition of different Spanish and European projects. Later, there will be an space of direct contact, with interviews and meetings between professionals, producers and distributors across desks, which it will favour agreements and lines of collaboration between all the companies attendees.

Thus, and beginning with the project selection, a whole of 10 works, we want to send the documentation to be formalized to entry your project and participation in the Market day. The inscription deadline is January 31st . The commission of the market will communicate the projects to taking part and will manage his assistance.

Any company interested in receiving information about the event or being present at the day can get in touch with us in the following addresses: eiken@eikencluster.com or ab_business@bartonfilms.com.