Latin America is the birthplace of magical realism and it is certainly alive and well with this transporting dreamscape by León Fernández of the Guadalajara-based powerhouse
Outik Animation. Rita Basulto, another member of Outik, won an Ariel for her moving short about a little girl dealing with grief, “Lluvia en los Ojos.” Juan J. Medina, founder of this dynamic collective is set to produce an animated 90 minute feature provisionally called “Niños Carbon” about children working in a coal mine. Read on to watch a time lapse of Fernández expertly animating a scene from this film and some other pieces from Outik.
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