Animayo Gran Canaria, International Animation Festival, visual effects and video games, is celebrating: this 2025 will take place The 20th edition of the Festival, Unique in Spain that qualifies for the Oscar awards in two categories. Two decades in which Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has been a place of meeting and promotion of national and international talent within the industry. For this occasion there will be a wide and varied program, whose cake of the cake will be the world premiere of Whimsy & Wonder, an exhibition that pays tribute to the female vision that has shaped the visual narrative of Disney For more than a century.
Walt Disney Animation StudiosOfficial Sponsor of Animayo Gran Canaria, will take a visual jewel to the island that will step for the first time Europe and that mixes emotion and creativity. This exhibition celebrates figures such as Mary Blair, which revolutionized the use of color in the 50s, and other contemporary artists behind successes such as Frozen, Charm o Moana 2. As part of this celebration it will attend Lorelay bové, Barcelona artist consecrated as One of the most influential today. In addition to showing his work, he will offer a masterclass about his career and creative process, and will review portfolios of young talents who go to the festival.
In addition to the exhibition Whimsy & WonderAnimayo Gran Canaria 2025 has more than 40 guests and speakers stars, Some of them winners or nominated at the Oscar, Goya, Emmy or Annie awards. The animation supervisor will attend among others Rémy Lands and Jordi Solanes, Lead Animator in Fortiche; The VFX supervisor Terrence Masson, creator of the original animation method of South Park; Aaron Gilman, Executive Director of Streamroller Animation who will carry out the International Series Premiere Spice Frontier; y Carlos Ysbert, Sara Vivas and Isatxa Mengibar, The Voices in Spanish of Homer, Bart and Lisa Simpson, respectively, and many other characters of series and movies well known.
The extensive programming From the festival includes 14 masters face -to -face, 6 workshops, 15 training presentations, 2 debate panels, 3 author presentations, schools of schools and talents, the aforementioned exhibition and 18 hours of recruitmentsportfolios and signatures reviews. It is also possible to mention the Official sections to contest, full of dozens of films and short films that will compete for their place in the Palmarés of Animayo Gran Canaria 2025 and the opportunity to be Qualified for the 2026 Oscar Awards. The star guests of this edition will participate in the jury’s deliberations to choose the winning works of the contest.
Gran Canaria, epicenter of the sector
Animayo 2025 will convert, one more year, to the island of Gran Canaria in the epicenter of the national and international animation industry. He has two decades behind him, driven by the dream of Damián Perea, Director and producer of the festival, faithful to their work to “Inspire, motivate, learn and develop talent under the brand The island of my life“.
The Center for Initiatives of the La Caja de Canarias Foundation (CICCA) and the Guiniguada Theater of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will host the bulk of the programming, which can be consulted On the website of the festival. Tickets for presentations, workshops, activities and projections can also be obtained through the Internet and in person at the festival ticket offices.
Animayo Gran Canaria It is again a reality, thanks to the strong thrust and support of its sponsors: the Cabildo de Gran Canaria through the Presidency Service, the Promotion Society of the City of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of the Government of the Canary Islands, through Promotur, Gran Canaria Tourism, the Foundation of the Caja de Canarias, the Government of the Canary Islands, as well as the involvement of producers, studies, studies, studies and universities Numerous private companies that decidedly support the film industry and the effort to bring audiovisual and technological culture closer to all audiences.
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