O Menino e o Mundo / The Boy and the World (age: 7+)
Alê Abreu
Brazil / 2013 / 80' 0''Screenings
Cultural Center Travno – OPEN AIR, 20:00 h
Trešnjevka Cultural Centre – OPEN AIR, 21:00 h
Ribnjak, 21:30 h
Dubrava Cultural Centre, 11:00 h
Synopsis
Suffering from his father’s absence, a boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic world dominated by animal-machines and strange beings. An extraordinary animation with many artistic techniques, portraying the issues of the modern world through the eyes of a child.
Alê Abreu (1971, São Paulo) at the age of 13 he signed in the workshop of animation of the Brazilian Museum of Image and Sound, where he made his first short, entitled Elephant Memory. Graduated in Social Communication, he made the shorts Sirius (1993), and Scarecrow (1998). Alê developed several works for advertising as the award-winning Nestle's Milk Bottles, and many illustrations for magazines, newspapers and books, like the classics, The Mystery of the Five Star, Fresh Blood and The Boy that Spied Within. In 2008 he released in theaters and on DVD the feature animation Cosmic Boy. The short Passo (2007) has been screened at the most important animation festivals in the world.
Director
Alê Abreu
Production
Filme de Papel
Screenplay
Alê Abreu
Storyboard
Alê Abreu
Compositing
Débora Fernandes, Débora Slikta, Luiz Henrique Rodrigues, Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos
Sound
Pedro Lima and Marcelo Cyro
Music
Gustavo Kurlat, Ruben Feffer
Editing
Alê Abreu
Animation
Bruno Coltro Ferrari, Daniel Puddles, Diogo Nii Cavalcanti, Erika Marques de Lima, Estela Damico, Gabriela Casellato, Jozz, Mário Ferreira, Midori Sato, Monito Man, Rafael Lucino, Renan Xavier
Other
Director Assistant: Priscilla Kellen
categories
ANIMAFEST IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOODGrand Prix 2015. – The Boy and the World (4.6.2016. 21:30h)