▪ 52 works aspire to a place among the finalists in the ten categories of the Awards.
▪ The finalists will be announced during the third week of March in Buenos Aires while the winners will be announced on May 10th in Tenerife.
▪ The Quirino Co-Production and Business Forum is now open for registration.
Tenerife, February 19, 2025 – The Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards have announced the nominees for their eighth edition. Selected from 263 submissions, 52 works from 14 countries seek a place among the finalists in the ten categories of these awards, created to promote the talent and industry of Ibero-American animation. The finalists will be announced during the third week of March in Buenos Aires, in a ceremony that will be streamed online, while the winners will be announced at the Awards Gala on May 10th in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, with the main sponsorship of the Council of Tenerife through Tenerife Tourism.
Spain, Brazil, Portugal, and Argentina lead the list of nominations with 27, 14, 12, and 11 works respectively. This first selection also includes four productions from Chile, four from Mexico, and two from Uruguay. Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and the Dominican Republic have one nominated work each.
With four nominations, the Spanish-French short film “Buffet Paraíso” has the most nominations, followed by the Brazilian-commissioned work “47” and the Portuguese short films “The Girl with the Occupied Eyes” and “Percebes” with three nominations each.
The works nominated in the main categories of the Quirino Awards (Feature Film, Series, Short Film, School Short Film, Commissioned Work, Video Game Animation & Music Video) will also compete for a place in the three technical categories of these awards (Visual Development, Animation Design, and Sound Design & Original Music).
The nominees have been picked by a selection committee, while the finalists in each category will be chosen by an international jury, which will also announce the winners at the closing gala.
Most nominated works (from left to right): “Buffet Paraíso”, “47”, “A Menina com os Olhos Ocupados”, and “Percebes”.
A snapshot of Ibero-American animation
The ten shortlisted films in the Best Feature category have attracted interest from distributors and audiences worldwide, confirming the growing international reach of Ibero-American animation. Spain stands out among the nominees with five films: “Buffalo Kids”, the country’s second highest-grossing film of 2024; “They Shot the Piano Player”, an animated thriller for adults that tells the tragic story of Brazilian pianist Francisco Tenório Júnior; “Dragonkeeper”, the first co-production between Spain and China, which has been sold to more than 60 countries; “Black Butterflies”, a documentary that recently won the Goya Award for Best Animated Film; and “Rock Bottom”, a film inspired by the music and life of British musician Robert Wyatt.
Argentina and Brazil each have two nominations. The former is represented by “Dalia and the Red Book”, an adventure film co-produced by six countries, that combines various animation techniques, and “Robotia, the Movie”, a co-production with Spain and Costa Rica that premiered at the San Sebastián Film Festival. Brazil’s two nominations are for “Noah’s Ark – A Musical Adventure”, an adaptation of composer Vinicius de Moraes’ work that has become Brazil’s most significant animated production, and “Clarice’s Dream”, a children’s film about a highly creative girl dealing with the loss of her mother.
“Olivia & the Clouds”, a 2D animated film and the first full-length animated film produced entirely in the Dominican Republic, rounds out the nominees in this category.
Among the nominees for Best Series are the new seasons of two previous Quirino Award winners in this category: the Spanish series “Jasmine & Jambo – Season 3” (Teidees Audiovisuals), which won in 2023 and 2024, and the Brazilian series “Jorel’s Brother – Season 5” (Copa Studio, Warner Bros. Discovery), which was recognised as Best Series in 2019.
In addition to “Jorel’s Brother”, two other Brazilian series are vying for a place among the finalists: “Cosmo – O Cosmonauta – Season 1” (Solo Filme, Immagini Animation) and “Lupi e Baduki – Season 1” (Flamma, ELO Studios, Birdo, Warner Bros. Discovery).
Chilean animation has three nominations: “Firsts – Season 1” (Typpo Creative Lab, TV ON Producciones, Admirable Films), winner of the La Liga de la Animación Award in 2020; “Let’s Go Mandy! – Season 1” (Morrón Estudio); and “Wow Lisa – Season 1” (Punkrobot).
The list of candidates in this category is completed by two Portuguese series: “The Seven Boxes – Season 1” (Animais, co-produced by Os Filmes do Pinguim) and “O Rochedo e a Onda – Season 1” (Animanostra).
Spanish animation also leads the nominations in the Best Short Film category with three films: “Buffet Paraíso” by Santi Amézqueta and Héctor Zafra (Hampa Studio, WKND, co-produced with the French company DISNOSC); “Cafunè” by Carlos F. de Vigo and Lorena Ares (Dr. Platypus & Ms. Wombat, White Leaf Producciones, Damián Perea Producciones); and “Gilbert” by Alejandro Salueña García, Arturo Lacal Ruiz and Jordi Jiménez Xiberta (Agencia Freak).
The Portuguese films “The Girl with the Occupied Eyes” by André Carrilho (Blablabla Media) and “Percebes” by Alexandra Ramires and Laura Gonçalves (BAP Animation Studios, co-produced with France’s Ikki Films), together with the Argentinian film “La bolsita de agua caliente” by Yuliana Brutti (Pururú Studio) and the Uruguayan film “Los carpinchos” by Alfredo Soderguit (Palermo Estudio, co-produced with France’s Autour de Minuit and Chile’s Pájaro), complete the list of nominees for Best Short Film.
The selection committee has also announced the shortlisted entries in the categories of Best School Short Film – where Spain has four of the six nominations – Best Animated Music Video, Best Commissioned Work, Best Video Game Animation, as well as the technical categories of Best Visual Development, Best Animation Design, and Best Sound Design & Original Music. The full list of nominees can be found at this link.
Co-Production and Business Forum Opens Registrations
The organizers have also announced the opening of registrations for professionals interested in attending the Ibero-American Co-Production and Business Forum, the industrial arm of the Quirino Awards created to promote the production, financing, and distribution of animated works in the Ibero-American region. More than 200 professionals from 25 countries attended the last edition of this space, where 1,415 B2B meetings were organized. The 155 participating companies included producers, distributors, sales agents, TV channels, and streaming platforms.
Those interested in participation must fill out the form available on the Quirino Awards website by 23:59 Mexico time on March 13. Once the seat is confirmed, participants must pay a registration fee of 240 euros, which includes the organization of a personalized schedule of meetings and meals (from the dinner on Thursday 8 May to the gala dinner on 10 May). Further information can be obtained by sending an e-mail to: reuniones@premiosquirino.org
This new edition of the Co-Production and Business Forum is made possible thanks to the main sponsorship of the Council of Tenerife, through Tenerife Tourism and the Tenerife Film Commission. The activity is also sponsored by ICEX, Animation From Spain, and PROEXC
About the Quirino Awards
The awards are named after Quirino Cristiani, the creator of the first animated feature film in history: an Argentine production called “El apóstol” (1917), which used 58,000 hand-drawn images shot on 35mm film. A total of 1,992 works have been submitted to these awards since their first call in 2017.
The eighth edition of the Quirino Awards has the main sponsorship of the Cabildo de Tenerife through Turismo de Tenerife and the Tenerife Film Commission, in addition to the sponsorship of ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones, Promotur Turismo Canarias, Gobierno de Canarias, PROEXCA and ICAA; the collaboration of the City Council of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, CAACI, Ibermedia Program, Acción Cultural Española through the Program for the Internationalization of Spanish Culture (PICE), OEI, MAFIZ-Festival de Málaga, RTVE, UHY Fay & Co, La Liga de la Animación Iberoamericana, Retina Latina, Filmin, Multicines Tenerife and Culturamanía; and the support of DIBOOS, SAVE, Pixelatl, Animation! Ventana Sur, Weird Market, La Mesta, Pantalla, Clúster Audiovisual de Canarias,00 and Annecy Festival; as well as the associations of animation creators and producers.
Links of interest
Full list of nominees for the 8th Quirino Awards.
Quirino Awards Jury.
Quirino Awards Selection Committee.
Ibero-American Co-Production and Business Forum.