Ancient Indigenous Legend, Myth Inspires Latin America’s Bold New Generation of Creators at Animation! Part of Cannes’ Ventana Sur (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Chile’s “The Devil’s Vein” and “Lucila” and Mexico’s “Ch’ulel” figure among a 14-title lineup at Animation!
Pitching Sessions, part of Ventana Sur, the Cannes Festival and Marché du Film’s biggest annual event organized beyond its May event on the Riviera – in this case in Buenos Aires hand in hand with Argentina’s INCAA film agency.
Among bigger names, “The Devil’s Vein” is a 2D family-targeting fantasy adventure, from the director, German Acuña, and producer, Sebastián Ruz, of “Nahuel and the Magic Book,” a 2020 Annecy standout. “Lucila” marks the first animation title of María Elena Wood, the reputed Chilean co-producer of Platino Award winning mini-series “News of a Kidnapping.” Also brought onto the market for the first time at Animation! “Ch’ulel” is the latest from Mexico’s Míguel Angel Uriegas at Fotosíntesis Media (“A Costume for Nicolás”) a pioneer in cause-driven entertainment in Mexico.
Buzz projects at Animation! take in the anticipated “The Devil’s Vein,” as well as Argentina’s “Electro Andes,” an early essay at South American anime; “Astropackers” from Colombia, whose pilot played Cartoon Network, and Brazil’s “Tales of Mungara,” produced by Renata Roberta Azevedo, behind high-profile live action fest plays by Marcelo Gomes and Hilton Lacerda.
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