Annecy 2023: Gobelins Animated Shorts Celebrate Mexico
by Tito W. James
One of the highlights of every Annecy is seeing the latest animated shorts from Gobelins Visual Arts School. At Annecy 2023 each animated short celebrities Mexico in a visually creative way. I hope to see more animated series and films with this animation quality and stylistic variety in the near future. Watch the full list of Gobelins animated shorts below.
A journey through Mexico city, its visual culture and how it reflects its people.
As the fruit on the Saguaro cacti ripens, a grandma from the Tohono o’Odham gets to work on harvesting them with her grandchildren. As night falls, the fruits reveal their secrets and frame the desert in an entirely new way…
An Aztec priest prepares for a ceremony in honor of Quetzalcoatl. The statuettes around him come to life to help him embody this deity.
Mexican dances and colors come together in an explosive musical clip.
On a hot afternoon in 2005, a young cholombiano walks through the busy streets of Mexico City to join his peers at a party.
In a lazy mexican town, a fiesta river cuts the calm of the siesta in half.
A Mexican little boy discovers the Aztec mythological journey of the soul towards the afterlife.
A charro is struggling to stay on the back of a mare. The wild crowd supports him in his fight against the beast.
When the door of the church shuts at the end of the people’s ceremony, another feast starts in the Holy Family.
In Aztec Mexico, we follow the journey of a corn from the plant to the emperor’s dish.
