Animation shortfilms
In my animated short film projects, I have always sought to develop a personal visual and storytelling style. I am a great admirer of several classic cinema and anime directors who have had a profound influence on my work. Perhaps animation is, for me, second only to comics as the most refined and versatile of all artistic media, because it makes it possible to create everything as if building an entirely new universe—from visuals to music and rhythm—in a unique and personal way.
In my view, animation should not be regarded as a “family” genre, but rather as a special and immensely free way of communicating all kinds of stories, characters, and situations. Although many great names in the world of animation share this view, their work often falls back, time and again, on the same clichés and stylistic devices, reinforcing the idea among general audiences that, by default, animation is merely for children.
I appreciate and enjoy mainstream animation, but personally, I see it as a creatively barren landscape, beautifully adorned by the immense talent of the people who work in it and the extraordinarily polished resources of a highly efficient and experienced industry. It is a serious contradiction, but a very real one.
I honestly believe that this way of thinking needs to be challenged and ultimately broken down, as it limits the immense range of possibilities that are still waiting to be discovered and explored. Often, when I see a supposed “great step forward” in a major animated film, I see little more than the same visual and narrative formulas repeated, with some strange and novel ingredient added to the mix—without fundamentally changing the formula itself, and therefore without changing the general perception of the medium.
These short films are individual attempts on my part to find my own voice within this vision, while exploring uncharted territories.