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‘Sultana’s Dream,’ ‘Decorado,’ ‘Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope’ Drive Basque Animation Surge
Adult-audience skewing features drive a surging animation scene in the Basque Country.
Described by Variety as Chile’s most bankable stars, Paulina García (“Gloria”), Alfredo Castro (“El Conde”) and Luis Gnecco (“No”) have been attached as voice cast to upcoming animated feature “Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope,” produced from the Basque Country by Dibulitoon Studio. Though Herguera has been directing shorts since 1988’s, “Sultana’s Dream” underscores one reason why animation is attracting ever more young creators in the Basque Country and beyond: its techniques allow for a high degree of original artistry without requiring big-budget entry level, which channeling the social-issue concerns which have characterised quality Spanish cinema since Spain’s 1975-82 transition to democracy down to this day. Painterly in its colors and rich in the visual information it provides via depth of field and its extension often across the whole of a frame but a story seen from the POV of a child, “Winnipeg” is radically different in animation tone from the mordant satire of “Decorado” and the quest narrative of “Sultana’s Dream.” It can expect to attract not only adult demos but family audiences as well.
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