A little bit more about the recent Spanish animation film that was nominated for an oscar and won several other awards.

The story of the film is about Chico, a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.

The film is set in backdrops of Havana, New York, Las Vegas, Hollywood and Paris. It was produced by Fernando Trueba Producciones, Estudio Mariscal and Magic light productions.

For trailer see below.

Somewhere this year the first Spanish stop motion feature film 'O apostolo' should be released. The film is shot in 3d. The story is about 'a convict that escapes imprisonment and set out to recover his loot when he encounters a group of devious old people and all hell breaks loose.' I found this film and got rather excited seeing the trailer, probably just a day before we had to pick a country to do our research for for this assignment and that made me choose Spain. Only to find out later that this is quite a unique project in Spain, where the main aim in animation so far seems to be at computer animation. An area that has less of my interest.
The project has been crowdfunded and is in that way the first Spanish crowdfunded film project that will be shown in the cinemas. It seems like it is an independent production and not part of a yet existing animation company. The model making and cinematography of the films looks incredible and I really hope the film will make it internationally and will be available to view outside of Spain in some way. Also interesting to keep an eye on what the makers of the film maybe plan to produce in the future...

Link to the official website of the film: http://www.oapostolo.es/