Carcinization (2023)
"Carcinization" (2023) is my graduation short film. It is 2D animated, frame-by frame and tells the story of three friends that are going through changes in their lives. Liz wants to change the style of music she plays, Mari wants to drop out of college and P1 wants to become a crab.
I was director, screenwriter, art director, animator, did backgrounds, character design, montage, storyboard, animatc, color grading and effects.
51º Festival de Cinema de Gramado - Best Sound Design in Mostra Gaúcha
13º Festival Internacional de Animação de Pernambuco ANIMAGE - Best Brazilian Short Film.
10º Mostra de Animação CINUSP
4° Desver Festival de Cinema Universitário de Mato Grosso do Sul - Honourable Mention
1° FUCINE Festival Universitário de Cinema
16° Circuito Penedo de Cinema
25° FestCurtas BH Festival Internacional de Curtas de Belo Horizonte
6º Festival Santa Cruz de Cinema
20° Dia Internacional da Animação 2023
11º Animafantasia - International Student Animated Film Festival
9º FCCJ Festival de Curtas Campos do Jordão
2° Curta Velho Oeste Festival de Cinema do Oeste Paulista
14° Festival REC - Festival de Estudiantes de Artes Audiovisuales de Universidades Públicas - Best Latin American Short Film
22º Primeiro Plano - Festival de Cinema de Juiz de Fora e Mercocidades - Best Art Direction
17º Anim!Arte - International Student Animation Festival of Brazil
Festival de Cinema de Campinas
16° Circuito Penedo - Festival do Cinema Brasileiro
25º Festival KinoArte de Cinema
2° Festival Nacional de Cinema de Lages
FECEA - Festival Internacional de Cinema Escolar de Alvorada
1º Festival Internacional AnimaVerso - Best film by popular jury; Best art direction; Best direction
6º Mostra de Cinema FAMA - Honorable mention by its design, experimentation and animation technique
14° Festival Internacional de Cinema da Fronteira - Best animation film by popular jury
3º Sol Maior - Int'l Music for Film Festival
4ª Mostra Manaus Filme Fantástico
OFF - Festival Contemporaneo de Cinema
AnimaKom Fest 2023 - Festival Internacional de Animación de Bilbao
FAS - FESTIVAL ÁUDIOVISUAL DO SUL GLOBAL
27ª Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes
6th Lanterna Mágica - International Animation Festival - Best film
12ª Edição do Cinecongo - Festival Audiovisual da Paraíba
Cine Minhocão 2024
3º Festival Internacional de Cinema de Itabaiana - Best Soundtrack
2ª Mostra Som Quadro a Quadro
7ª Edição de Prêmios Quirino de Animação Ibero-Americana - Finalist in School Short Films
VII Anima Latina - Festival de Cine de Animación Latinoamericano - Best short film by latinoamerican school
1º Festival Nacional de Curtas de Itaiópolis - ITAICINE
17th Fest Anča International Animation Festival
17ª Baixada Animada Mostra Ibero-americana de Cinema de Animação
Concepts and Pre-Production
Character Designs
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some backgrounds (you can see more at backgrounds section)
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First concepts