Málaga’s Spanish Screenings spotlights animation for kids

This weeklong showcase will shine a light on several new series and film projects from the region looking to attract buyers and co-pro partners.
March 4, 2024

The third edition of Spanish Screenings is kicking off today as part of the Festival de Málaga. Featuring more than 200 new film and TV projects, this weeklong market and screening event will run until Friday, March 8, and its goal is to help position Spain as a European audiovisual hub.

Tomorrow’s animation hub will present panels and screenings of animated concepts in various stages of development and production.

First up is Lotura Films’ 2D-animated series The Invisibles (26 x seven minutes, pictured above), which is billed as a STEM comedy for the six to 10 demo. This co-pro with Chile’s Animenta is about anthropomorphic microorganisms who crash-land on Earth and set out to explore the planet. It’s budgeted at US$1.7 million and needs presales and distributors.

Short-form preschool series Alice’s Diary (52 x four minutes, pictured above) is also part of the animation showcase. Hampa Studio and Lightbox Animation Studio (Spain), Sardinha em Lata (Portugal) and Gepetto Filmes (Brazil) are co-producing this US$1.3-million, 2D/CG-animated project that features a playful visual style where Alice’s thoughts and drawings come to life from the pages of her journal. Diogo Viegas (Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne) is writing the scripts and directing, and the whole team is on the lookout for international sales.

And finally, Norbert is a CG-animated family feature film (75 minutes, pictured above) from Capitán Araña and Aquí y Allí Films in Madrid, plus Argentina’s Vista Sur. Its namesake hero lives a very humdrum black-and-white life in Graylandia—until he tries to stop an impending invasion of neighboring country Colorlandia. The project has a US$4.3-million budget. 

Spanish animation has been on the come-up in recent years. Spain was the region of focus at Cartoon Forum 2022, and Spanish film Robot Dreams has been shortlisted for a Best Animation Feature Oscar this year.

Interest in the country is no doubt buoyed by its generous screen incentives. One notable example is the Canary Islands’ tax rebate of up to 54% for international productions, which attracted Amuse Animation to open a studio there.

Featured image: Alice’s Diary

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