JURADO
Meet some members of the 2010 Jury for the Official Competition.
Full Lenght Films
Norman Ruiz - Tomavirtual
Filmmaker and animation director. He co-directed numerous films along with Liliana Romero, including the recently premiered CGI animation film Tales from the Rainforest, based in the literary work of Horacio Quiroga. Also Martin Fierro, the movie –nominee to the Condor de Plata awards, selected at the La Habana Film Festival and Animadrid; the fiction feature The Colour of Senses –selected at Shangai Film Festival-; and the awarded shorts The Dream of Ramona Montiel. Presently Norman is producing el animation feature "Anida, el mago y el circo flotante", directed by Romero.
Short Films
Marilina Sanchez - Caramba Estudio
Founding Partner and CEO of Caramba Estudio. President of the Argentinean Industry Producers Union of Animation and Audiovisual Arts. Since 1998 she is in animation production, having worked in the production of series and feature films such as Dibu 2 and 3, Los Pintín, Condox Crux, Mi Familia es un Dibujo (Portugal), Yo Darh, Un Amigo del Espacio, etc. In 2005 founds Caramba Estudio together with artistic director Ariel López V., making commercials for local and international industry, as well as animated series for NBC Universal, The New Yorker, Boomerang and Canal Encuentro, among others, specializing in 2D digital animation. Along with a group of production houses, she founds UIPAA, aiming to boost and strengthen the audiovisual industry related to animation and VFX.
Advertising Films
Carlos Bayala - Madre
Founder and Creative Director for Madre, Latin American sister of British Mother, Europe's most creative advertising agency, and one of the most cutting-edge in the world. He was named one of the five most relevant creative directors in the world by to Boards Magazine. With Wieden and Kennedy, acted as Executive Creative Director, and based in Amsterdam acted as Manager for all their accounts, from Nike to Coca Cola and Heineken. In 2005 he returns to Mother, now as partner, to carry out Madre Latin America, renowned because of regional and global works, awarded with the Cannes Lion for Nike Women, among other prizes. In the last two years he creates Mamá Luchetti (Grand Prix at APG, Ojo de Iberoamérica, Grand Prix del Sol de Iberoamérica 2010 and Campaign of the year according to Target magazine).
Graduation Short Films
Mordillo
Cartoonist and humorist, creator of characters and animations, was one of the world's most published artists in the 1970's. Awarded in USA, Italy, Japan, Canada, Sarajevo, Argentina and Spain, among others; in more than 40 years of career counts 40 collection books translated to a number of languages and published in Europe, America and Asia. Was a designer for greeting cards for Hallmark Cards, Oz and American Greeting Cards (EEUU) and Mic-Max (France). Takes part in the realization of the films Popeye and Little Lulu of Paramount Pictures. Named president of the International Association of Authors of Comics and Cartoons (AIAC) in 1980 and appointed "Catedrático Honorífico del Humor" in 1997 and 2002 at the University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain. Presently lives in the south of France and dedicates mostly to drawn humor.
Javier Otaegui - Sabarasa
Founder and Managing Partner of Sabarasa Inc, a company dedicated to the development of videogames since 1996, were he developed several games for different consoles including Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and PSP. He wrote numerous articles on development and commercialization of videogames. He is Founder and President of the Directive Board of A.D.V.A., the Argentinean Association of Videogames Developers.