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• Ventana Sur 2022 (Premiere)

Year of production : 2022

Director(s) : Isabel HERGUERA, Lorena ARES, Alejandro CARLINI, Marcos VALDIVIA, Victor MAYORCA, Otto GUERRA, Tania ANAYA

Animation! WIPs by Annecy is an exclusive program of upcoming Ibero-American animated feature films curated by the Annecy International Animation Festival and its market (MIFA) presented to an audience of industry representatives attending the market. Since 2020, the selection has been extended to Ibero-America. Other feature films of the program come from Brazil, México and India.

2022 line up
SULTANA'S DREAM
Dir: Isabel Herguera
Prod: Chelo Loureiro
Inés is a young artist who is incapable of dreaming. Unexpectedly, she comes across the book Sultana's Dream in which the author Rokeya Hossain reveals Ladyland: a place where women are in charge and men live in seclusion. Inés is fascinated by the story and embarks on a journey through India searching for the traces of Rokeya and Ladyland.

HANNA AND THE MONSTERS
Dir: Lorena Ares
Prod: Angeles Hernandez/ David Matamoros
The monters live hidden from humans in a parallel world. But five-year-old Hanna finds them. After the initial panic, the monsters make a plan to send Hanna back to her world. But when Cyclops and Gargoyle kidnap her to use her as a tool to close the path between the two worlds, Yeti, SheWolf, Closet and Nessy with join forces to rescue her.

KIRIBATI - AN OLD ADVENTURE
Dir: Alejandro Carlini/ Marcos Valdivia
Prod: Alejandro Carlini/ Marcos Valdivia/ Agostina Salvarredi
What would you do if you get locked up in a maximum security nursing home the very same day you find out you won the lottery? Yermo, Luisito and a hilarious gang of grandpas will have to escape from the clutches of dreaded Dora to fulfill the dream of a lifetime. Will Yermo reach Kiribati?

THE MARK OF THE JAGUAR
Dir: Victor Mayorca
Prod: Ducca Rios
The Gods gave humanity its Sun. But to renew its power, humans must celebrate the New Fire Ceremony, or the forces of darkness would devour humanity. Days before the end of the cycle, Xilacatzin must fight darkness and learn how to accept himself, weighting the burden of the force of darkness and light itself.

THE SON OF A BITCH
Dir: Otto Guerra / Tania Anaya
Prod: Otto Guerra/ Tania Anaya/ Erica Maradona
On the back land of Minas Gerais is Casa Rosa, a brothel managed by Ismael's mother, so everybody knows him as "The Son of a Bitch". Tired of his life, he flees to the big city, followed by his dog. On the way, he faces situations that insist on taking him beyond an age he is trying to escape from.