Synopsis

Chava, a Mexican mechanic, must take his son to the moon in order to fulfill his late mother's last wish.

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Cast and crew

Director's bio:
Sara António: I am a recent graduate of the Master in Character Animation and Animated Filmmaking at Gobelins Paris and I have over a year of experience in the animation film industry, mainly as a 2D animator. I am starting my career as a production coordinator after managing a 2022 Annecy festival opening video “Silvesterklaus”. I have a passion for supporting projects and artists, as well as organizing a team, meeting new people, and traveling around to find new animation projects that will welcome me aboard.

Tian Westraad: I am a recent graduate from Gobelins, l'école de l'image where I obtained a master’s degree in Character Animation and Animated Filmmaking. Before studying at Gobelins I worked in the animation industry for two years as a character animator. I had the privilege of working on exciting original feature films as well as television series for Netflix, Dreamworks, and Disney respectively. At Gobelins I went on to co-directed an Annecy opening film titled “Schwing!” as well as a short film “El Ombligo de la Luna”.

Julia Grupínska: 2D animator and story artist from Poland, during two years of studies in Gobelins Paris, co-directed "Watch Closely", an animated opening for Annecy Festival 2022, and "El Ombligo de la Luna", a graduation movie to obtain a master's degree in Character Animation and Animated Filmmaking. Before that worked for a year in the Polish animation industry and co-directed a stop-motion puppet animated movie to obtain a bachelor's degree.

Ezequiel Garibay: Studied a bachelor's in Animation Production at CAAV in Guadalajara, Mexico. Worked at Platyp Animation doing character animation and design for advertisement and TV, as well as other projects like the 34th Guadalajara Film Festival opening short and the feature film 'Los Lobos' (2019). Worked at Mako Anima tion doing character animation for TV. Studied a master in Character Animation and Animated Filmmaking at Gobelins in Paris thanks to the Animéxico scholarship, and co-directed the 2022 Annecy Festival opening film 'Schwing!' as well as the short film 'El Ombligo de la Luna.' Collaborated in character design and concept art for the opening short film 'Kikiriki' for the 2023 Annecy Festival.

Bokang Koatja: I’m a South African animator and director with 7 years of experience working as a 3D generalist and a character animator in 3D and 2D animation. I’ve also worked as a visual development trainer, leading interns through animation film projects while teaching them about the process of making an animated film. I’m also a writer and in 2020 I was awarded the grand prize of the Digital Lab Africa competition which was a one-month residency at Ciclic Animation in Vendôme to work on the development of my short film Mannerisms. I have since completed my Master of Arts in Animation and Animated Filmmaking at Gobelins Paris and am working towards directing my first short film.

 

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