Birth: August 14, 1991
They didn't need to be specifically South American or Latin American. Instead we discovered we were talking about human beings in general. We realize….
"Airgela" is "Alegria" backwards and "Alegria" means "Joy" or "Happiness." This is a fundamental word in this film. It's very important. Symbolically….
The entire time I was following the feelings experienced by children, so the feeling of not understanding what adults say was very important to put t….
We were in another planet and we were reaching for something closer to a fable. It was something fabulous. I started looking at the film as if it hap….
I always told my team, "You have to believe that you are not in front of a computer, but that your canvas is a piece of paper. You have to believe th….
Making a film from the point of view of a young boy's eyes opened the door to another universe with lots of freedom and to explore a new dimension. T….
I feel that joy is the basic emotion of life and of human beings. It's what supports everything. We are here to be happy. We are to enjoy "alegria.".
I have the feeling that I didn't make it by myself, but that I was conducted by feelings that were completely different from those in my previous wor….
At the end of the process we called a market research company to find out whom the film was for or what was the target audience. We didn't have a lot….
A little bit more than 50% of what you see on screen is handcrafted and the other 50% was about emulating these textures on the computer. However, fo….
I draw things on the paper very freely but believing there is meaning to them already. There is already meaning in the colors, I don't need to be gui….
Each film has its processes. It doesn't mean that all animated films have to be like "Boy and the World," but creators have to have total freedom. Th….
The world's geography is not realistic. Geography is not real. Borders are only closed to people but they are open to products. There is another type….
That was a very natural process because as I was creating the animatic I added music clips as reference of the kind of music I wanted in the film. Th….
It's a film made in a very radical creative manner. It was possible because we didn't have to pander to capitalism. I think the film is also a humani….
The film [Boy and the World]gave me the possibility to create a new language. Animation is a very rich medium but hasn't fully been exploited by arti….
On another level this film talks about that. We had tremendous freedom while making this film. We never thought about marketing. It wasn't a film mad….
The way a film is made tells you about its message. The processes are the same as the products. We made the film starting from processes that allowed….
Is as if the music is another character or as if it was a part of this great opera. I also through about this project as a structure or as a sculptur….
Director and producers have to take all the risks they can. We developed this film with the possibility to create departing from a blank page and to ….
Films are born from screenplays and they are guided by words. They are born very limited and there is no space for real creation: graphic creation, p….