F.A.N. European Animation Survey – Program #4: Spain

MIAF has partnered with five different European animation festivals from the Festivals Animation Network (FAN). Together we have crafted five programs of new animation that delivers a comprehensive overview of what’s happening in the European animation scene.

Los Patos
Ángela Arregui
Spain, 6’51, 2021
Mari Carmen faces her first day at work when a duck shows up on the office balcony, completely shattering her expectations about the start of her new life.

Alike
Rafael Cano Méndez, Daniel Martínez Lara
Spain, 8’01, 2015
Copi is a father doing his best to teach his son the best way he can – but what is the correct pathway to take in this life?

Interns
Marina Cortón, Marina Donderis, Nuria Poveda
Spain, 9’43, 2023
Having just moved into a crazy-good 21st-century co-living space, three young friends face the challenge of paying the rent each month.

Selection Process
Carla Pereira
Spain, 3’36, 2021
Cat finally scores a job interview at a place that will really let him unleash his skills, but the three mice on the panel aren’t so sure.

Zepo
Cesar Diaz
Spain, 3’13, 2014
Long ago, on a chill winter morning, a little girl went out looking for firewood – and found a trail she had to follow.

Ciao Peskao
Guillermo G. Fidalgo, Andrea Gargia Garcia
Spain, 6’00, 2023
A story as absurd as it is cartoonishly unsettling, featuring our elastic little anti-hero rocking through his survival strategies … unaware that he is not alone.

Tesoro
C. Munoz, I. Parra, P. Sanchez Vasco, C. Salavdor, M. Morales, S. Castillejo
Spain, 5’37, 2024
Things start off simply enough but the world is full of many micro-treasures, and the pigeons seem to have something to do with the mayhem.

Echoes
Diana Acien Manzorro
Spain, 4’40, 2019
A depressed factory worker suffering an episode of dissociation turns to the mountainous remedy placed before him.

Loop
Pablo Polledri
Spain, 8’00, 2020
They say ‘what goes round, comes round’ but I don’t think this is exactly what they had in mind – and where does it all end?

This session is classified: Unclassified (M) Mature, not recommended for viewers under 15 years.