The Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards are coming into a brand new period with the appointment of Argentine Silvina Cornillón as the brand new director. Cornillón, a pivotal determine within the animation business for over 20 years, steps into the position following her tenure as an envoy in Latin America and coordinator of the Quirino Awards Residency.
Cornillón’s appointment comes at a time when the Quirino Awards have obtained a report variety of submissions for his or her upcoming eighth version. A complete of 263 works from 17 international locations have been submitted, marking a 6.4% improve over the earlier 12 months. This surge in entries underscores the rising significance of the Quirino Awards among the many world animation group.
Cornillón replaces Bea Bartolomé, who has coordinated the Co-Manufacturing and Enterprise Discussion board because the awards’ inception. José Luis Farias, the present govt producer of the awards, beforehand held the place. Cornillón’s intensive expertise contains serving as assistant supervisor of animation on the Nationwide Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts of Argentina (INCAA) and coordinating the celebrated Animation! part of Ventana Sur.
“In a altering and sophisticated worldwide context, the animation group is exhibiting an distinctive skill to adapt, innovate and switch challenges into alternatives for development. On this state of affairs, the Quirino Awards have put the artistic power of concepts and collective work on the service of the sector. As the primary Latin American director of the Quirino Awards, I assume this position with the dedication to strengthen them and proceed to advertise Ibero-American animation,” stated Cornillón of her new appointment.
The Quirino Awards, named after Quirino Cristiani, the Italian-Argentine creator of the primary animated characteristic movie in historical past, have develop into a key focus of the Ibero-American animation business. The awards rejoice and promote the manufacturing and circulation of animated work from the area. This 12 months’s submissions embrace 15 characteristic movies, 32 sequence, 116 brief movies, 48 scholar shorts, 17 commissioned movies, 15 video video games and 20 music movies, totaling 54 hours of animation.
Spain is liable for 33% of the 2025 submissions, adopted by Brazil (14%), Argentina (12%), Mexico (12%), Colombia (8%), Portugal (7%) and Chile (7%). Works from Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela have additionally been submitted for consideration this 12 months.
A variety committee will select six titles per class from among the many submissions, with the finalists to be introduced in February. A world jury, together with American producer Ben Kalina, Spanish researcher and programmer Carolina López Caballero, Swedish public broadcaster SVT’s kids’s content material acquisitions govt Helena Nylander, Brazilian animation director Daniel Bruson and French distributor and producer Prime Leisure Group’s govt director Leyla Formoso, will choose the three finalists in every class. The winners might be introduced on Might 10 on the closing ceremony.
The Quirino Awards are produced with important help from sponsors and collaborators, together with the Tenerife Council by Turismo de Tenerife, with further help from the Metropolis Council of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones, Promotur Turismo Canarias, the Authorities of the Canary Islands, and the ICAA.
Final 12 months’s version noticed “Robotic Goals” by Pablo Berger win greatest movie, whereas the second season of the musical sequence “Jasmine & Jambo” by Silvia Cortés took dwelling greatest sequence. The award for greatest brief went to the Brazilian movie “Lulina e a Lua” by Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos and Alois Di Leo.
With Cornillón on the helm, the Quirino Awards are poised to proceed their mission of fostering creativity and collaboration within the Ibero-American animation business. The 2025 awards might be held in San Cristóbal de La Laguna from Might 8 to 10.