Rita can't find her precious yellow pencil. Searching through the clutter of her room she plunges into an adventure that takes her from the mountains to the stars, she asks everyone but no one knows where it is. Already exhausted, she decides to return home, and on the way she discovers that the pencil was always in her pocket.

Irene Franco (Buenos Aires, 1992) directed the feature films Eva y el Aluvión Zoológico (2017) and Los Errantes ( 2020). She is currently working on the direction and development of the feature film Dias sin primavera and the children's animated short film ¿Donde esta mi lapiz amarillo?

In 2017 she founded Ciclo Independiente, an audiovisual label that produces and exhibits Latin American auteur cinema. She is programmer of the Latin American Film Week and the Festivalito de Cine Para Niñxs.

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We accompany our protagonist, a fierce fighter who, in the midst of the chaos of the conflict, meets a baby whom she will end up protecting. By defying direct orders of extermination, she ends up deserting; thus begins her journey in the opposite direction of the front, in search of a place that will take her far enough away to avoid having to wield her sword again.

Rodrigo Sepúlveda is an artist and scriptwriter originally from Concepción, Chile, but has lived in Valencia for twenty years. He studied psychology formally and art in a self-taught way. He is the creator and director of the project "Un año a tu espalda", where he is mainly in charge of the direction, production and design of the game. Previously he has worked mainly on narrative works in comics, animation and literature.

Trying to fulfill their father's last wish, two brothers take his ashes on a train to scatter them in the Strait of Gibraltar. Meeting after a long separation and sharing a strong distrust towards each other, they neglect the remains and end up being stolen by a monkey, so both must recover them by riding the train, which will make them reconnect and remember what it means to be brothers.

Fran de Olano is a passionate Visual Development Artist in the animation industry, with experience in 2D and 3D productions, from feature films to series. He stands out for his skills in visual storytelling, design, color, and creation of story beats, color keys, color scripts, locations and backgrounds. He has collaborated with renowned studios such as Lightbox Animation, Bento Box, Boulder Media, Hydralab and Cartoon Saloon, where he oversaw the location department for the Silly Sundays series. His enthusiasm and commitment to challenging projects reflect his constant search for new adventures and excellence in visual design.

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Rob is an American teenager who works as a clerk in a donut store to make some money during the summer. One day, while creating a new recipe, he mistakenly mixes in a mysterious ingredient that makes the doughnuts come to life. Realizing his mistake, he tries to stop the doughnuts from escaping from the store at all costs, but he does not succeed and one of them manages to run away.

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Adrian Ambrosio is a Visual Development artist in animation with experience in film and TV both in Europe and the USA. In parallel with his professional activity he develops several personal projects. The passion for creating new worlds and telling stories is the engine that drives his inspiration to create constantly.

An exhausted mother struggles with loss and despair as she is drawn into a world where logic and the natural yield to terrifying symbols and disturbing visions. Her search for a lost daughter leads her to confront horrors deeply rooted in Brazilian myths and legends, which merge into a grotesque amalgam, symbolizing various facets of the mother's life and her complex relationship with her daughter.

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Baboo Matsusaki is an animation and art director, known for her curiosity and versatility in exploring diverse techniques. She has given talks and workshops at major industry events and leads Hilda Motion, a studio celebrated for its innovative and award-winning projects. She combines her creative vision with a commitment to diversity and inclusion, pushing the boundaries of animation and motion design to new heights.

Diniz is a versatile animator, expert in 2D and 3D animation. Illustrating in traditional and digital media, she combines her passion for video games with frame-by-frame animation skills and blending techniques. Always experimenting with Blender, she enjoys bringing motion to life in creative and innovative ways.

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Avocado, Faith and Salvation explores the ridiculousness of cults when viewed from the outside. When a charismatic and manipulative leader promises his followers a better life if they believe in the power of the avocado, people flock to him. As the cult grows, everything becomes more absurd and even the cult itself ends up believing its own lies.

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Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and currently residing in Montreal, Gervasio has developed a career in animation and video games. Graduated as an architect, he specialized in spatial, interactive and functional design. He worked for six years as Lead Concept Artist at Epic Games for Fortnite and as a partner at Ojo Raro Animation, he wrote and directed several projects, including Luz Diabla and Carne de Dios (2023) as art director, winner of more than 40 awards, shortlisted for the Oscars and nominated for the Annie Awards in 2024. In virtual reality, he has contributed to Paper Birds, Eggscape and ZIX Game as Art Director. He currently directs Città Dolente, a virtual reality experience inspired by the underworld of native communities.

Samuel, a novice day laborer in a remote vineyard hidden in the mountains, has a turbulent night of celebration with his companions. At dawn, he awakens in a cave, next to a strange creature. Samuel escapes and tries to convince his companions of the encounter. To everyone's skepticism and derision, he embarks on a fatal mission to prove his courage and overcome his own insecurities.

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Venezuelan visual communicator, illustrator and animator. She participated in the animation project accelerator ANDIMATION, given by The Animation Workshop (Denmark), and in the mentorships for women animators of Animation! Ventana Sur. Director of the series projects Flavor Quest, Tevitos and the short film Chiquito.

Lilith, a rebellious little devil trapped in her boring job, escapes to the human world in search of her forbidden carnal pleasures. But a divine force lurks, will Lilith once again submit to the celestial order or will she embrace her freedom at the cost of everything?

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With more than a decade surviving (and excelling) in the traditional animation industry, David A Lopez has left his mark on titanic projects such as series and feature films that never stop rolling off the screens. Not content, he has also decided to contribute to the real world, giving courses and workshops throughout Latin America. The mission? to approach emerging artists and tell them: "Yes, the industry is tough, but you can do it. Well, if you work really hard." His Lilith project won't be just another animated story, but a real blow to the norms (and industry expectations).

How to free ourselves from the echoes of a silence never broken? This film explores the vulnerability of childhood and the scars of abuse through three timelines: a childhood marked by abuse in plain sight, an adulthood coping with the emotional aftermath of her uncle's suicide, and a symbolic mass as a common thread. With magical realism and unique visual styles, it narrates a journey towards pain, empathy and personal reconciliation.

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With three years of experience as a concept artist, Aroa is finishing a master's degree in animation at the Universitat Politècnica de València, where she directed Madres de nadie, a short film awarded in Prime the Animation and selected in the Atenea Program. The film addresses surrogacy from the perspective of the surrogate mother. Her work explores social issues and female experiences, adopting an observant and reflective gaze. Currently, she is presenting Padre nuestro que estáis en los cielos, a project that fuses symbolism with a unique visual narrative, playing with magical realism to explore human emotions and vulnerabilities.

In feudal Japan, marked by war and legends, a meteor shower unleashes an ancestral power that transforms people into strange animals. Masato, a young man torn between the burden of a broken family and an impending war between clans, will discover dark secrets when a mysterious dog, bearer of forbidden messages, drags him towards a destiny that threatens to consume him and his village.

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Since he was a child he dreams of being able to dedicate himself to the film and animation industry. He studied illustration and animation at Serra and Abella. In these years he was developing a generalist 3D profile with Blender. He finished his studies winning the award at Mecal with Tales of the Black Eon with Toni Mortero and Javier Cuadrado developing and animating creatures. In 2016 he enters the master's degree in Special Effects for Film at Fx Animation. He currently works at Blit Studio as a Senior 3D Generalist, and in his spare time he tries to develop his own creative projects.

As Red escapes on his skates from security drones, he remembers the day the sun disappeared 15 years ago. Since then, only the macro-tech SOLAR promises to bring back the light through small and valuable spheres. This is the booty that Red hides in his backpack.

Alberto Andrés (Madrid, 1998), director of Rollin' Punkis, has been working as an illustrator and animator for children's stories, television and advertising for the last four years. Alongside his career in the world of animation, he has a degree in Spanish language and literature, which sums up his passions: communication, storytelling and audiovisuals.

On an island where every day is Carnival, a mischievous little girl rebels against adults to celebrate a strange holiday she discovers while rummaging through her deceased mother's belongings: Christmas!

Carnival lover and obsessed with Christmas movies, Camila Padilha is a Brazilian artist specialized in storyboards, illustration and comics. She was nominated for the HQ Mix award for best webcomic in 2019 and winner of the Latinx Award 2024. She is the creator of 'SUP XMAS', a project selected for the Animation! program at Ventana Sur 2024, as well as for the MIFA pitch sessions at Annecy 2024 by Women in Animation. The project was also part of the Panama Development Workshop for Latin American animation projects and was selected for LALIF 2025 and Next LAB Generation 2025.

A reality show in which all the people who repress their desires are caught and expelled one by one. What they don't know is that, by losing, they find the freedom to live true to their desire.

Graduate in Film and TV. Partner at Osa Estudio where she works in different authorial and commissioned projects in the areas of production and direction. She directed her first short film "Carlos Montaña", winner of the FNA Grant, the Production Award of the Polo Audiovisual Córdoba and the INCAA Production Award. He was selected in important festivals such as Quirino Awards, Zagreb, Chilemonos, BitBang Fest, Ottawa, Pixelatl, Anima Córdoba, among others. He directed "EL VENTILADOR, International Animation Film Festival". He is a member of the board of directors of APA and of the coordination team of "APA Lab" and "RIA".

Rosita lives alone with her father, who is more focused on his adult responsibilities than on her, who tries in every way to get her attention. After several failed attempts, Rosita goes to bed and wakes up inside a milk carton the next day. Being ignored by her father, who is oblivious to the situation, Rosita is at risk of danger because if she fails to communicate with her father she will become his breakfast.

Leyre E. Iturriza is a freelance animator specialized in 2D animation who has worked in productions O estado del Alma as a color artist and was background and character designer in the videogame TheStone of Madness, both developed at Glow Animation studio. She appears as an animator in Chica y Lobo for Hampa and is currently working, also in the animation department, in the second season of HazbinHotel for DogHead.