The film is an adaptation of the children’s novel “The Movie of Life” (SM Publishing), written by Maite Carranzawhich deals with the impact of evictions on children, will premiere on Friday at CineBaix in Sant Feliu de Llobregat. The presentation will end with a forum … Attendees will be able to speak with Carranza, co-writer, and Edward Puertas Anferones, executive producer, artistic director, and head of puppetry. The film is titled “Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake” and is the first film to use the stop-motion technique directed by a woman in Spain (Irene Iborra Rizo) and also the first in the original Catalan version made entirely in this technique.
With more than 24,000 copies sold in Spain, and translated into eight languages such as Italian, Korean, Turkish and others, Carranz’s work now comes to the big screen with A world-class production featuring an outstanding artistic and creative teamAmong them are famous animators Tim Allen (“Corpse Bride”, “Pinocchio”, “Isle of Dogs”) and Cesar Diaz (“Frankenweenie”, “Isle of Dogs”), winner of the Goya Award for “Muedra”. Featured voices for the film version include Emma Suarez and Jordi Evoli.
Olivia, the novel’s heroine, experiences from a first-person perspective how the crisis broke out and her entire world collapsed. Despite the difficulties, he finds the strength to move forward, and thanks to his little brother Tim, he discovers that everyone can write their own script in the movie of life through a story of growth and optimism, full of imagination and hope.
International awards
The film was nominated for the European Film Awards for Best European Film and Best Animated Feature.. Following its world premiere at the Annecy Festival, where it was honored with a Gann Foundation Award, it went on to screen at the Locarno Festival and the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), where it celebrated its North American premiere in September. In addition, it received the Young Audience Award at the Paysages de Cinéastes Festival (Chatenay-Malabra, France) and received a Special Mention at the LUCAS Film Festival (Germany).
This fall she participated in several competitions, such as the 70th edition of Seminci (Valladolid International Film Week), within the Meeting Point section. On November 8, he opened the “El meu primer” festival, a reference for the cinema of children’s authors.It was also screened at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) and at the Gijón International Film Festival.
Maite Carranza (Barcelona, 1958) is a writer, screenwriter and teacher. She studied history and anthropology and worked as a high school teacher before devoting herself to writing television scripts in the 1990s. She is also a collaborator at the Center d’Estudis Comarcal del Baix Llobregat. He published more than fifty books, most of them in children’s and youth literature.. In 2014 he won the Cervantes Chico Award and in 2016 he won the El Vaixell de Vapor Award for The Movie of Life.
“Stop motion” is a An animation technique that involves manipulating physical objects, such as dolls or clay, to create the illusion of movement Through a series of images each frame is captured with the object in a slightly different position; By playing the images in quick succession, the effect of smooth, sometimes hand-crafted movement is created. It’s a technique that requires patience and precision, but it allows you to tell stories in a unique and visually stunning way.