Juan Pablo Zaramella — Director (10)

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Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation: Full Frontal (2003)
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Prepare for a heavy dose of animated mayhem as Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation brings home 30 of the most twisted cartoons imaginable. From the classic deer-squashing hilarity of Bambi Meets Godzilla to the outrageously violent antics of the ever adorable Happy Tree Friends, this collection offers some of the most gleefully offensive cartoons ever committed to celluloid.

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Pasajero (2022)
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other title: Passenger / 乘客
男人在列车上做出种种自私行为,由此受到其他乘客排挤,但事情逐渐往诡异的方向发展。导演胡安·巴勃罗·萨拉梅利亚曾凭代表作《灯具》在全球摘获包括安纳西国际动画电影节观众奖等三百多个奖项,他在本片中巧妙使用涂漆铝片模仿纸板制作布景与人物,用极具想象力的故事表现了私人空间与公共空间的矛盾,开放式的结局给予了观众自行解读的空间。

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Lapsus (2007)
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other title: 失策
It's amazing how simple ideas have a greater capacity to engage audiences. That is if they are really simple with, at the same time, interesting (and many times rather complex) ideas behind them. This is one of those cases. As i write this, i don't know yet the prizes in Cinanima 2007 (where i got to see this short) but it wouldn't surprise me if this little piece got the public award. It's basically an exploration of the possibility to create different images out of similar shapes. The story moves on from the interaction of those images, based on the same pure shapes but which get antagonist meanings, as they pass from the left side of the screen (white) to the right side (black). The humor is born when the director plays with religion in an uncompromising harmless way. Check this, it's a really good experience.

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Journey to Mars (2005)
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other title: 前往火星 / Viaje a Marte
This short animated piece captures the very spirit of film making...it is all real in the end. A young boy, after watching a serial about adventures to Mars decides he wants to go to Mars. The boy's grandfather, equipped with a special '56 Ford F-100 tow truck takes the boy to Mars. The boy returns to his home knowing he had been to Mars. Others doubt his story. Story telling is meant to inspirational (I don't mean the pallid goody-two-shoes sort of inspiration, rather inspiration -synonymous with moving, or activating). At its heart Viaje a Marte confirms that while the cold hard facts of our lives may be debatable, the ability to find a spirit to our dreams is what makes a life. Being animation this "story" is told through the narrative of the film, but as well through the brilliantly characterized faces (including the "face" of the F-100). See it if you can.

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Sexteens (2006)
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★ 8.0 9 ratings
other title: 性感的十六岁
Este cortometraje en español se realizó con animación stop-motion y presenta escenarios y personajes muy simples. Sin embargo, a pesar del presupuesto relativamente bajo, la película resulta ser una forma muy efectiva de enseñar a los niños sobre los peligros del sexo sin protección. La película comienza con tres muñecas adolescentes sentadas en un banco. Sin usar palabras reales, sino una especie de discurso tipo Sims ("Bla, bla, bla"), la primera chica describe a su hombre perfecto. Entonces, de repente, él aparece --- al igual que una cama...