A celebration of the talent and legacy of animation.
Brazilian film director Alê Abreu talent for visual storytelling and his rich, hand-drawn animation style has made him a worldwide wonder.
Rather than making films using less conventional processes, Abreu dives into the creative process intuitively, without knowing where it will lead, just believing in the path. In this interview Abreu shares with his process of making his award-winning The Boy and The World and his latest film, Perlimps.
Image Credit: Prelimps © 2023 Alê Abreu. All Rights Reserved.
SPEAKER
Alê Abreu
Director // Independent
(Perlimps, Boy & the World, Cosmic Boy)
Alê Abreu is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. In 2023 released his third feature Perlimps. In 2014, his second feature The Boy and the World, won the Crystal Prize at the Annecy Film Festival, the Grand Prix for best feature film at World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb, among 51 other prizes. It was also an Academy Award Nominee in 2016.
Abreu created and supervised the preschool animation series Vivi Viravento, released by Discovery Channel in 2018 in Brazil & Latin America
Abreu’s animation debut was in 1993 with the short film Sirius, at Brazil’s Anima Mundi Festival where it was the only Brazilian animation that year. It also screened at Sao Paulo’s Mostra Internacional de Cinema and the Children section of the Hiroshima International Animation Festival. His second short film, Scarecrow, was released in 1998 and won prizes at the Anima Mundi Festival and the Brazilian Film Festival of Miami. In 2007, he released his first feature film, Garoto Cosmico, at the Anima Mundi festival.
MODERATOR
Keith Blackmore
Sr. Lecturer // Vancouver Film School
As an animation historian, Keith Blackmore has been a passionate cheerleader and a voice for all-things animated in the Vancouver area for almost 30 years. As one of the producers of the SPARK ANIMATION Festival and an active member of the local SIGGRAPH chapter, Keith has presented, interviewed and moderated at many festivals, local and national.
Since 1995, Blackmore has educated, entertained and inspired students in the history of animation and media studies at the Vancouver Film School. When he’s not reading, teaching or talking about animation, he’s watching it.
A celebration of the talent and legacy of animation.
Brazilian film director Alê Abreu talent for visual storytelling and his rich, hand-drawn animation style has made him a worldwide wonder.
Rather than making films using less conventional processes, Abreu dives into the creative process intuitively, without knowing where it will lead, just believing in the path. In this interview Abreu shares with his process of making his award-winning The Boy and The World and his latest film, Perlimps.
Image Credit: Prelimps © 2023 Alê Abreu. All Rights Reserved.
SPEAKER
Alê Abreu
Director // Independent
(Perlimps, Boy & the World, Cosmic Boy)
Alê Abreu is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. In 2023 released his third feature Perlimps. In 2014, his second feature The Boy and the World, won the Crystal Prize at the Annecy Film Festival, the Grand Prix for best feature film at World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb, among 51 other prizes. It was also an Academy Award Nominee in 2016.
Abreu created and supervised the preschool animation series Vivi Viravento, released by Discovery Channel in 2018 in Brazil & Latin America
Abreu’s animation debut was in 1993 with the short film Sirius, at Brazil’s Anima Mundi Festival where it was the only Brazilian animation that year. It also screened at Sao Paulo’s Mostra Internacional de Cinema and the Children section of the Hiroshima International Animation Festival. His second short film, Scarecrow, was released in 1998 and won prizes at the Anima Mundi Festival and the Brazilian Film Festival of Miami. In 2007, he released his first feature film, Garoto Cosmico, at the Anima Mundi festival.
MODERATOR
Keith Blackmore
Sr. Lecturer // Vancouver Film School
As an animation historian, Keith Blackmore has been a passionate cheerleader and a voice for all-things animated in the Vancouver area for almost 30 years. As one of the producers of the SPARK ANIMATION Festival and an active member of the local SIGGRAPH chapter, Keith has presented, interviewed and moderated at many festivals, local and national.
Since 1995, Blackmore has educated, entertained and inspired students in the history of animation and media studies at the Vancouver Film School. When he’s not reading, teaching or talking about animation, he’s watching it.
