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Terms & Conditions
Any animated short film will be able to participate in this categories:
- Animated short film
- Experimental animation short film
- Advertising short / video clip
- Student short film
Winners 2024
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Meet the winners
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Grand Jury Prize
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Filmmaker: Shirin Sohani
Country: Iran
Instagram: @shirinsohani -
Best Uruguayan Short Film
Guzmán Méndez: Frenesí
Filmmakers: Pablo Praino and Alejandro Borgarello
Instagram: @optimus.praino
LinkedIn: @Alejandro Borgarello -
Best Experimental Animation Short
Pasos para volar
Filmmaker: Rosario Carlino
Country: Argentina
Instagram: @mariarosariocarlino -
Best Animated Short Film
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Filmmaker: Shirin Sohani
Country: Iran
Instagram: @shirinsohani -
Best Advertising short / Music Video Clip
Receita de Vó
Filmmaker: Carlon Hardt
Country: Brazil
Instagram: @carlonh -
Best Uruguayan Short Film Student Category
Dare: the Lion's Den
Filmmaker: Andrés Magnone
Instagram: @andres_magnone -
Best Student Short Film
L'Animal Sauce Ail
Filmakker: Patrick De Carvalho
Country: France
Speakers 2024
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Juan Soto: '16 years in Stop Motion'
He is a Spanish artist specializing in stop motion, with experience as a project director, CGI animator, painter, and sculptor. He has worked on films such as WildWood, Wendell and Wild, and Missing Link, as well as on various productions for studios and platforms such as Netflix, Laika LLC, Animortal Studios, and Gébeka Films, among others.
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Will Adams: 'Directing Toad & Friends'
He is a Scottish animator specializing in design, production, and direction of animation.
Throughout his career, he has founded several animation studios, including Pointless Creations, with which he toured art festivals in Europe for 10 years. He also co-founded Once Were Farmers and is currently the creative director of Me and the Giants, a studio that specializes in video games for young children.
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Conferences
National and international conferences by icons of the animation industry.
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Experiences (FIA)
Animation, Drawing and Videogame Workshops for senior (5th and 6th) year students.
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Screening
On the days of the festival, the selected shorts are screened.
Recommended conferences
The International Animation Festival (FIA by its initials in Spanish) is a space for the diffusion and exhibition of animated shorts made by students and graduates of animation schools, high school students, independent animators and producers from all over the world. During the Festival the selected shorts are exhibited, national and international conferences are held and there are instances of meeting with industry representatives, as well as a job fair. It is an annual event organized by the Faculty of Design of ORT University of Uruguay and declared of Cultural Interest by Uruguay’s Ministry of Education and Culture.
