Spanish animation talents to keep track of

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“I am a huge fan of 2D, as I retain a handcrafted look and strong emotions, like in the Ghibli films. Having said that, I always want to complement it with a contemporary narrative concept and bold and crazy camera movements,” says Espinette, the Catalan animator. He is a regular collaborator with Alberto Vázquez (“Unicorn Wars”, “Birdboy”) and has worked as an animator and graphic artist for HBO (“Deadly Class”) and Amazon (“Niko and the Sword of Light”).

A screenshot of Latido when in development, “Girl and Wolf” is Espinet’s first feature, currently in pre-production and based on the graphic novel titled Espinet. Produced by Sygnatia Films and Hampa Studio, the film tells the story of an innocent girl who grew up in a medieval orphanage besieged by wolves. Espinette is also developing “Colossal Jane,” set at Nexus Studios, a comedy series where “musical, ghost hunting, kung fu and femininity meet in a very lively way,” he enthuses.

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Juan Carlos Mostaza

A computer engineer by training, Valladolid-born Mostaza found in 3D animation and visual effects the perfect arena to develop his skills. Mostaza’s seven short films – which include “Reflejos,” “Down the Wire,” “Amandine” and “Casitas” — have collected many citations. He founded his own production company, The Cathedral Media, along with Pablo López, for which he worked as a VFX supervisor and commercials director.

Like many filmmakers of his generation, Mostaza uses the same style and storytelling strategies in both live action and animation. Fond of action-adventure films and fond of Spielberg and Fincher, he finishes his short story “Hamburg Manor,” a single mystery story “in the purest Agatha Christie style but with an unexpected twist that it brings to the [the world] today. He is also looking for partners in the co-production of the mystery detective series “with a very rich and innovative transmedia universe,” he announced.

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Juan Carlos Mostaza
Courtesy of Juan Carlos Mostaza

Noelia Moinyo

“I look forward to classics like Miyazaki, but I also take inspiration from the simplicity and freshness that artists like Rosalia have brought to music, for example. I try to take an honest look at myself, what I enjoy, what annoys me…and let that speak in my stories, She explains. A native of Galicia and a graduate of New York University with an MA in Filmmaking, Muiño has directed three short films (among them “Monte Bravo”) and worked as a video editor for The New York Times and as a former artist for Skydance Animation.

Muiño is developing her first film, Into the Woods, a fantasy adventure film that follows a girl living in the Galician village of the 1990s who takes care of her brother Pablo, who has Down syndrome. The project received a special mention at this year’s Madrid animation event, Next Lab. Muiño is also developing a TV series, “Puma Blue”, a project that received a mentorship grant from Spain’s Assn. From Women Cinemas (CIMA) in partnership with Netflix.

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Noelia Moinyo
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Nuria Boveda, Marina Donderes, Marina Corton

The Valencia-born animators, Poveda, Donderis and Cortón, are stop motion specialists, trained in Valencia and Barcelona. “We feel comfortable doing something that is close to our life experiences. Stop motion is a technique that brings us together and, moreover, allows you to make mistakes, due to its literal nature,” they say.

The three animators received two awards at the 6th Animarkt Stop-Motion Forum in ód, Poland for their short film “The Interns”, produced by Leticia Montalva and Pangur Animation for Pablo Muñoz, an animation production and services company from the Valencia region. Previously, “Interns” received praise in Weird Animation. Humor-filled “Interns” touches on three friends who break free and face the challenges of growing up.

As animators, they have worked on music videos (Donderis), Citoplasmas’ children’s music show “The Bubeats” (Cortón), and the children’s short on TV On “Bita and Cora” (Poveda).

“The animation we like is as follows: comedy – drama – comedy …, just like life itself,” they argue.

Diego Boral

Since graduating from the prestigious French film school, Gobelins, Madrid-born Borral has worked as an animator on “Love Death & Robots”, working with Titmouse, “My Father’s Dragon” (Cartoon Saloon) and Buñuel in Salvador Simo’s multi-award winning Turtle Labyrinth. “

Considered by many as Spain’s best 2D animator, his short films “A Day in the Park”, “Blind Eye” and Animayo winner, “Leopoldo el Bar”, among others.

“I’ve always been interested in realistic 2D animation that has been a bit exaggerated. Animation gives you the opportunity to exaggerate some of the feelings and movements, and I love that, and I’m wrapped around an overly volumetric, articulated oriented style, which limits the craziness,” Borral explains. He added, “Nicknames like ‘Fancy of the Week’ by Juango Guarnido or Sergio Pablos ‘Klaus’ are good examples of what I mean. They all sit in that huge gap between the hyper-realism of Sylvain Chomet and the extreme animation of Chuck Jones.”

Porral is now working on a major international TV series that will be announced soon.

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Diego Boral
Courtesy of Diego Boral



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