Loop by Pablo Polledri
The Museum of the Moving Image in New York City has announced the series ‘The Many Wonderful Lives of Argentine Animation’ to take place November 2 - 4, guest curated by journalist and programmer Juan Manuel Dominguez, to celebrate the vitality and legacy of Argentine animation.
Since its beginnings, Argentine animation has been a hub of inventors, storytellers, and tireless alchemists of the medium. Among the pioneering filmmakers from all ages of Argentine animation here you can discover work by such creators as Quirino Cristiani, Luis Bras, Manuel García, and Juan Pablo Zaramella. Characterized by elegance, visual power, anarchic spirit, and diversity, Argentine animation stands as one of the most vibrant corners of world cinema.
This series of four programs features a range of films, from early 20th-century shorts for kids to popular TV shows, commercials, and contemporary work, all ripe for discovery.
Program 1, ‘A Hundred Years of Argentine Animated Films’, programmed by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken, brings together classical animators such as Juan Oliva, Jose Burone Bruché, and Jorge Caro; self-taught pioneers like Quirino Cristiani, Víctor Iturralde Rúa, and Luís Brás (associates of Norman McLaren); and independent and underground filmmakers like Feldman, Catú, and Alventosa.
Program 2, ‘Hey, Kids: Cartoons from Argentina!’, introduced by guest programmer Juan Manuel Dominguez, presents creations from the last two decades of Argentine animated cinema that will appeal to the youngest viewers, from the smallest man in the world to an exhilarating journey to Mars.
Program 3, ‘Teenage Mutant Argentine Animation!’ showcases happily mutant creations from yesterday and today, animated shorts that transform the animated medium, and odysseys of growth, science, and nature that address evolutionary leaps in the human race.
Program 4, titled ‘The Adventures of Hijitus and Don Manuel García Ferré’, is a showcase of work by Don Manuel García Ferré, a crucial artist who has inspired the imaginations of Argentine children of all ages. From comics to animated blockbusters, to his children’s magazine Anteojito (the longest-running magazine of its kind in Latin American history), to commercials, García Ferré founded a powerful, heartfelt, and playful empire with no equal in Argentina. This program gathers his prodigious creations, from episodes of the animated TV show The Adventures of Hijitus, a gentle, playful, take on superheroes with characters that cemented a legacy, to a work-in-progress never-before-seen in the United States starring his absurd character Pi-Pío.
For more information visit www.movingimage.us.
