MUMIA IN FANIMA TU SLOVENIA

It is a great pleasure for MUMIA - Underground World Animation Festival - to present during the Fanima Tu in Slovenia a special selection of the best Brazilian animations exhibited in its eight editions.

The Brazilian production reveals a latent creativity and a diversity of techniques - stop motion, 3D, pen and paper, wood, clay and puppet animation - that together design an explosion of colors and artistic expressions and tendencies.
MUMIA´s goals are to unveil new talents while being an artistic incubator for young beginners, to disseminate the cultural animation production and contribute to the development of this audiovisual art, its language, specific format and means of production.

THE BEST OF BRAZILIAM ANIMATION

OS TRÊS PORQUINHOS
THREE LITTLE PIGS
Brazil 2006
Animation // 4 min

Director: Cláudio Roberto
Script: Cláudio Roberto
Animation: Cláudio Roberto
Photography: Gordeeff
Sound: Cláudio Roberto, Gordeeff
Editing: Cláudio Roberto, Gordeeff
Music: Leandro Lima e Marquinhos Eddie Murphy
Production: Quadro Vermelho Produções

The children’s tale adapted to the Brazilian reality. Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?

CASA DE MÁQUINAS
POWER HOUSE
Brazil 2007
Animation // 5 min

Directors: Maria Leite, Daniel Herthel
Script: Maria Leite, Daniel Herthel
Animation: Daniel Herthel, Maria Leite
Photography: Daniel Herthel, Maria Leite
Sound: Daniel Pooter
Editing: Daniel Herthel, Maria Leite
Music: Daniel Potter
Production: Maria Leite, Daniel Herthel

A key starts up the engine of a complex mechanical structure where chain reactions,
are they planned or random, are combined to cooperate. The movement represents
pure energy which may evolve towards synchronicity, chaos, or something in between.

SILÊNCIO E SOMBRAS
SILENT AND SHADOWS
Brazil 2008

Script: Murilo Hauser, Henrique Martins
Animation: Guilherme Laqua
Photography: Murilo Hauser
Sound: Alessandro Laroca
Editing: Murilo Hauser
Music: Felipe Valério
Production: Murilo Hauser, Rodrigo Martins - Amazing Graphics do Brasil / Lacuna

Who rides so late, through night and wind?

LINHAS E ESPIRAIS
LINES AND SPIRALS
Brazil 2009
Animation // 2 min

Script, Animation, Photography, Sound, Editing, Music, Production: Diego Akel

Feelings and expressions are mixed in a conflicting harmony, in the form of a animated
painting.

HISTORIETAS ASSOMBRADAS (PARA CRIANÇAS MAL-CRIADAS)
HAUNTED TALES (FOR NAUGHTY CHILDREN)
Brazil 2005
Animation // 16 min

Director: Victor-Hugo Borges
Script: Victor-Hugo Borges
Animation: Victor-Hugo Borges, André Francioli
Photography: Mauricio Hirata F.
Sound: Miriam Biderman, Ricardo Reis
Editing: André Francioli
Music: Renato Lemos
Production: Mayra Lucas, Paulo Boccato

Three Stories that your grandma never told you because if she did so, you would pee in
your bed.

DEU NO JORNAL
I READ IT IN THE PAPER
Brazil 2005
Animation // 3 min

Director, Script, Animation, Sound, Editing, Contact: Yanko Del Pino

An animation for adults that tells the story of a lonely guy and his fantasies.
Ballpoint pen in an old newspaper unmasks his most intimate relations with himself.

YANSAN
Brazil 2006
Animation // 18 min

Director: Carlos Eduardo Nogueira
Script: Carlos Eduardo Nogueira e Ruggero Ruschioni
Animation: Carlos Eduardo Nogueira and Michelle Gabriel
Photography: Carlos Eduardo Nogueira
Sound: Ruggero Ruschioni
Editing: Carlos Eduardo Nogueira
Music: Ruggero Ruschioni
Production: Glaz Cinema

Yansan and Xangô came to this world together.They belong each other.They´ll die in
the same day.

DOSSIÊ RÊ BORDOSA
THE RÊ BORDOSA DOSSIER

Brazil 2008
Animation // 16 min

Director: Cesar Cabral
Script: Leandro Maciel, Cesar Cabral
Animation: Cesar Cabral
Photography: Marcelo Trotta
Sound: Guile Martins
Editing: Cesar Cabral, Leandro Maciel
Music: Inocentes, Los Pirata, Grinders
Production: Anália Tahara

A stop motion animation documentary that investigates the motives behind the decision
made by Brazilian cartoonist Angeli to kill one of his most famous creations, the
underground diva Rê Bordosa.

VIDA MARIA
MARIA LIFE
Brazil 2006
Animation // 9 min

Director: Márcio Ramos
Script: Márcio Ramos
Animation: Márcio Ramos
Sound: Danilo Carvalho, Érico Paiva Sapão
Editing: Márcio Ramos
Music: Hérlon Robson
Production: Isabela Veras – Trio Filmes, VIACG

Maria José, a 5 years old girl, has to leave her studies to work on the farm where
she lives. From this point on we follow her life routines until she gets old.

O ANÃO QUE VIROU GIGANTE
THE DWARF THAT BECAME A GIANT
Brazil 2008
Animation // 10 min

Script:Marão
Animation: Marão
Photography: não há
Sound: Ana Luiza Pereira
Editing: Alessandro Monnerat
Music: Leonardo Mendes and Pedro Iuá
Production: Marão

The unlikely – but real – story about the dwarf that became a giant.

O JUMENTO SANTO E A CIDADE QUE SE ACABOU ANTES DE COMEÇAR
THE HOLY ASS AND THE CITY THAT WAS FINISHED BEFORE IT BEGAN
Brazil 2007
Animation // 11 min

Director: Leo D., William Paiva
Script: André Muhle, Leo Falcão
Animation: William Paiva, Pedro Augusto, Sebba Cavalcante, Leonardo Domingues
Photography: Ricardo Bicudo, Sebba Cavalcante
Sound: William Paiva, Leo D.
Editing: William Paiva, Leo D.
Music: Leo D., William Paiva, Cláudio Rabeca
Production: Estúdio de Animação Barros Melo

When God decides to create the world, things turn out not quite as planned. Brazil’s
back-country will never again be the same after the ass “Limoeiro” comes to earth to
set humanity right, which, after having succumbed to the devil’s temptation, ends up
getting the world into a huge mess.

8 MUMIA - AWARDS

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Best Films EVERYTHING WILL BE OK and I AM SO PROUD OF YOU by Don Hertzfeldt - USA
Special of Jury - ENGLISH LESSONS by de Chrzu - Finland
Mention of Honor - JOHN AND KAREN by Matthew Walter - UK

NATIONAL COMPETITION
BEST FILM: O DIVINO, DE REPENTE by Fabio Yamaji - Sao Paulo
Special of Jury: O MENINO QUE PLANTAVA INVERNOS by Victor Hugo Borges - Sao Paulo
Mention of Honor: O BAILARINO E O BONDE by Rogerio Nunes (Sao Paulo)and EU QUERIA SER UM MONSTRO by Marao (Rio de Janeiro).

REGIONAL COMPETITION
BEST FILME: BALANCOS E MILKSHAKES by Fernando Mendes and Erick Ricco
Especial of Jury: Musicaixa by Jackson Abacat
Mention of honor: 147 by Marcelo Tanure and CORTEJO by Marilia Poggliagi
Award MUMIA - Best Underground: UM EH POUCO, DOIS EH BOM, TRES EH DEMAIS, 4 EH DEMAIS DA CONTA.

8 MUMIA - INTERNATIONAL JURY

Diego Akel (Fortaleza, Brazil, 1983)

Majoring in Philosophy and Graphic Design, Diego Akel is an illustrator, cartoonist, painter, animator and filmmaker. He has began his experiments with animated film in 1998, and now has accumulated more than a dozen autoral short films produced, having participated in numerous festivals and received several awards. In much of his work he directs, produces, animates, edits and mixes sound. The techniques used are several, including drawing, painting, cutouts and more recently, digital painting. His recent short "Lines and Spirals" has won recognition at screenings around
the world, including the ANIMANIMA 09 from Serbia, HAFFTube 09 from Holland, the Brazil screening of World Animation Day 2009 and Anima Mundi 2010.

FABIO YAMAJI (São Paulo, 1974)
Born in São Paulo, graduated designer from Mackenzie University and studied animation at HGN Productions. Freelancer in the field of Cinema, works as a stop motion animator, filmmaker and editor. Fabio is also photographer of concerts for the portal Yahoo and Animation professor at the Istituto Europeo di Design and University Anhembi-Morumbi.

MARCELO MARÃO (Rio de Janeiro, 1971)
Marão graduated at the School of Fine Arts at Rio de Janeiro. He directed nine animated shorts, including “CEBOLAS SÃO AZUIS” (1996), “CHIFRE DE CAMALEÃO”
(2000), “ENGOLERVILHA” (2003), O ARROZ NUNCA ACABA (2005) and O ANÃO QUE VIROU GIGANTE (2008). Marão works with animation for TV and cinema. He was the first President of ABCA (Brazilian Animation Association) and teaches animation at PUC University.

8 MUMIA - LOCAL AND NATIONAL JURY

QUIÁ RODRIGUES
Screenwriter, animator and director for TV. His first animated short film: "From Windows to Cinema", received over thirty awards and was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 2000. His most recent work is the stop-motion film: "Cardboard Head," based on a story by braziliam writer John Rio is director of the only entertainment program on broadcast TV, the TV Animania, Brazil.

DANILO PENA
Danilo Pena is a journalist and television producer. Produced several programs on TVE - RJ / TV BRASIL like “Supertudo” and “Recoste Cultural”. He is currently a producer of the Animania, single window animation network television in
Brazil. Held several independent productions since 2002, as the movie "Raízes", winner of the popular jury CineCufa Festival 2007, and the project of independent program "Cataldo Convida", currently in development.

MAURICIO GINO
Maurício Gino was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He’s animator,graduated in Visual Comunication (FUMA, 1989) and in Fine Arts (UFMG, 1996). He teaches animation at the Fine Arts School - UFMG, since 2005.

8 MUMIA - OVERTURE- MERCANO, O MARCIANO, DE JUAN ANTIN

Mercano el Marciano (Mercano the Martian
75’ - Español - 2002
Direction: Juan Antin
Art and Animation: Ayar B
Script: Juan Antin, Lautaro Nuñez de Arco
paint and color: María Hellemeyer
Sound: Martín Litmanovich
Productor Executive: Mario Santos
Produzida pela Universidade del Cine

Mercan is a Martian who lived quietly on their planet, until one tragic day when a
spaceship, coming from the planet Earth with a message of peace, killed his dog. Mercan, furious, travels to our planet looking for revenge, however, two misfortunes happen:his ship was destroyed on landing and, most terrible, was just down in Argentina.

FESTIVALS:
Festival du Film d’Animation Annecy 2002, France (Special mention of Juri)

Animadrid 2004, Festival de la Imagen Animada, España (Best Film)

Sitges 2002 Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya, España (Award of Públic)

Festival de Cine Inédito de Islantillas, España (Best feature of Animation)

Festival de Vitoria, España (Best feature of Animation)

Berlín Film Festival, Alemania (Competition Forum of New Cinema)

Festival Internacional de San Sebastián 2002, España (First features of animation)

Selected in numerous International Festivals: Tribeca Film Festival of New York (USA), Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana (Cuba), Cinanima (Portugal), Anima 2003 (Belgium),Future Film Festival (Bologna, Italy), Los Angeles Latino Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival among others. Until then, Mercan the Martian made his debut in Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, France, Japan, Russia, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Australia and Poland. Critically acclaimed for its international anti-globalization ideology and its artistic quality and technique.

CRITICS
"The most entertaining movie that Argentina has produced in recent times, has everything necessary to become a cult film."
Clarín (Argentina)

“An effective and instant humor , impredecible and politically incorrect”
El Independiente (Argentina)

Si l’altermondialisme surprend ici parce qu’intergalactique, c’est surtout la satire du chaos social argentin qui fait mouche.
Cahiers du Cinéma, França.

Un film d’animation très subversif qui, à travers les mésaventures de son héros, est une critique acide de la mondialisation.
Le Figaro, França.


«(...) Après South park, sur un mode trash/fun/nihiliste, Mercano le Martien, qui est aussi à l’origine une série télé, montre encore une fois que le cinéma d’animation favorise l’expression de la contestation la plus subversive. Le cinéma en images réelles ferait bien d’en prendre de la graine.» Les Inrockuptibles (France)

«Quelque part entre «South park» et le graffiti d’écolier, voici un dessin animé argentin particulièrement déjanté. » Le Nouvel Observateur (France)

«Au risque d’employer une métaphore facile, on dira que MERCANO LE MARTIEN
est un ovni comme il en apparaît régulièrement dans la production mondiale de films
d’animation. (...) Sous ses aspects potaches et drôles, MERCANO a même un petit côté
subversif, notamment dans la dénonciation de la mondialisation, du fossé entre riches et pauvres ou la place omniprésente de la technologie. Et tout cela le rend sympathique.”
MCinéma.com (France)

«Après avoir pris d’assaut le cinéma traditionnel, voici donc que la «nouvelle
vague» argentine se présente aux portes de l’animation.» Libération (France)

«Déclinaison d’une série télé, cette réponse de l’Amérique gaucho (de la pampa) à South Park mêle provocations et lucidité en transposant de façon drôle et saisissante la société
actuelle.» L’Humanité (France)

«Apocalyptique, gentiment provocateur, bricolé mais pleins de fougue, Mercano est un
pur produit de contre-culture comme vont l’adorer ceux qui aiment les bandes dessinées trash des années Crumb.»
Aden (France)

«Très rock’n roll, mordant et maîtrisé, le film se glose de sa propre trivialité avec une folie cartoonesque rarement égalée. Fauché comme les blés, grand guignol ricaneur et anarcho, son créateur Juan Antin est surtout un grand frondeur dont l’étonnante clairvoyance et la débrouillardise de bricoleur lui permettent de tenir efficacement son sujet. » Chronic’art.com (France)

8 MUMIA - SPECIAL SCREENING NURSERY RHYMES - MULTI RIO

Since 1993, MultiRio, Municipal Multimedia Company, connected to the Municipal
Education Secretariat of Rio de Janeiro, develops cultural and educative media
products aiming teachers, students, families and the society. MultiRio reaches its
audience through TV, web and printed materials or also through the integration
of several platforms resulting in multimedia projects, enabling the construction of
knowledge more effectively and comprehensively.

Through its products and channels of communication, the company updates the
knowledge of Education professionals, promotes the democratization of information,
social inclusion and universal access to the cultural assets of the city, establishing a continuous and permanent dialogue between educators, students and society about the collective construction of knowledge and citizenship.

Always attentive to technological advances, MultiRio researches new languages and
new formats in video, animation, printing and interactive and digital media, in order
to strengthen communication with children, youth, educators, the entire society and
therefore, work more effectively for the quality of the education in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Among the television series produced by the company since its creation, there is a
vast amount of content made for children and adolescents, which explores the specific
scholar curriculum and also new interpretations of Brazilian legends produced in video animation with the participation of public school students.

Program
Nursery Rhymes

"How can the fish live." / "Como pode viver o peixe." - 2'53" - Frata Soares
The story of a boy who learns to deal with the loss of his best friend. Free adaptation of the nursery rhyme "How can the fish live."

"I threw the stick at the cat." / "Atirei o pau no gato." - 3'33" - Sergio Glenis
A boy plays with his wooden made cat by throwing things at it. In the park, after
hitting a real cat with his rubber ball, he learns from Dona Xica how fun it is to make new friends and the difference between a toy and a real friend.

"I got in." / "Entrei na roda." - 3'02" - Edward Duval
A girl meets and interacts with a very heterogeneous group, trying to blend in.
Allegory to the discovery, during childhood, of the diversity of the world and its
multiculturalism. Based on a traditional Brazilian nursery rhyme: "Ai, eu entrei na
roda."

"If this street ..." / "Se esta rua ..." - 2'52" - Sandro Lopes dos Santos
A child feels rejected due to the arrival of his little sister, but a situation of danger make him realize that in fact they all love each other deeply.

"The old woman" / "A velha a fiar" - 1'53" - Wagner de Freitas

This Brazilian popular nursery rhyme talks about an old woman weaving on a loom
and inspired the narrative that makes an analogy between her act, the natural laws of nature and man's relationship with the environment, highlighting the life cycle in which we are all included.

"Marching soldier" / "Marcha soldado" - 2'53" - Humberto Avelar
While following a military parade, a boy dreams of the heroic rescue of the national
flag during a fire at the headquarters.

"Mister Wolf" / "Seu Lobo" - 3'26" - Humberto Avelar
Animation based on on the nursery rhyme "Mister Wolf." Children sing a song over
and over again, bothering the wolf who tries to escape from that torment.

"Little house of termites" / "Casinha de cupim" - 2'12" - Horácio Baynes Young Junior
A girl visits several houses and is always chased by termites, that gobble up all of them.

"The beautiful blooming rose" / "A linda rosa juvenil" - 2'24" - Wagner de Freitas
Inspired on the Brazilian nursery rhyme "A Linda Rosa Juvenil", the animators create
new situations dealing with characters from traditional fairy tales.

8 MUMIA - SPECIAL SCREENING UNIVERSITY OF CHILDREN

Special Program University of the Children



University of the Children is an extension project of Federal University of Minas Gerais that aims to deliver scientific knowledge to students of public school of Minas Gerais States. Firstly, students are offered workshops and their curiosities, expressed at that first meeting, represent the starting point for the production of radio programs and video animations. Students receive the productions back in a recorded CD. This material is also made available in the Internet which allows creation of a great web of knowledge.


The program presented at the MUMIA show is a series of animations related to the human body and is available at www.ufmg.br/universidadedascriancas.

We hope you enjoy!

program
HOW CAN WE REMEMBER SO MANY THINGS? Mateus Di Mambro - 1’30”
- Belo Horizonte -2010
In a playful way, this video offers a scientific answer to a very common child curiosity: how can we remember so many things?

WHERE DOES OUR VOICE COME FROM? Mateus Di Mambro - 1’30” - Belo Horizonte - 2009
In a playful way, this video offers a scientific answer to a very simple child curiosity: where does our voice come from? Selected for the competitive screenings at the 9th Florianópolis Children Film Festival and to the 18th Anima Mundi.

WHAT DOES OUR BODY DO SO WE CAN GROW UP AND CHANGE? Mateus Di Mambro -
2’- Belo Horizonte – 2010
In a playful way, this video offers a scientific answer to a very simple child curiosity: what does our body do so we can grow up and change? Selected for the competitive screenings at the 9th Florianópolis Children Film Festival and to the 18th Anima Mundi.

WHY AREN’T WE BORN KNOWING THINGS ALREADY? Mateus Di Mambro - 1’30” - Belo
Horizonte - 2008
In a playful way, this video offers a scientific answer to a very simple child curiosity: why aren’t we born knowing things already? Honors at the category “Series, programas y notas especiales realizadas para TV” (Series, programs and special notes made for TV) at the 3rd Festival de Cine y Vídeo Científico Del MERCOSUR – CINECIEN’ 08

WHY DO WE THROW UP? Marcela Werkema e Mateus Di Mambro - 1’30” - Belo
Horizonte -2008
In a playful way, this video offers a scientific answer to a very simple child curiosity: why do we throw up? Selected for the 3º Festival de Cine y Vídeo Científico Del MERCOSUR – CINECIEN’