Ohff Previews 2008 Fest With First Animated Feature Movie DocumentaryOrlando Hispanic Film Festival (OHFF) will return for the second year to the Orange County Library System's (OCLS) Library Central's Kick off celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
upcoming 2008 OHFF (October 10-12, 2008). The special screening will be Thursday September 11, 2008 at 7PM. The Orlando Public Library is located at 101 N. Central Blvd. Orlando, FL 32801. Film and Synopsis: This year's selected film is titled, "Quirino Cristiani, The Mystery of the First Animated Movies" In 1900, the 4-year old Quirino and his family leave Italy for Buenos Aires in Argentina. Not more than a teenager, he begins to work for Federico Valle, an Italian film pioneer recently arrived in Argentina. Encouraged by the ever-inventive Valle, Quirino makes his first animations. The success of his experiments inspire Valle to produce an all animated feature film. In 1917 “El Apóstol” premieres in a prestigious cinema in Buenos Aires. This hugely successful satirical picture on Argentinian president Yrigoyen, marks the beginning of a number of politically inspired animated movies. www.quirinocristianimovie.com Joining OHFF at the library will be the films Director, Gabriele Zucchelli and Assistant Director, Montserrat Roig de Puig from the United Kingdom for a Q&A. The Q&A will be moderated by returning guest host, Hector Torres of Smooth Jazz 103.1 FM following the US Premiere film. About the Director: After studying Arts he began to work as an animator in Milan. In 1994 he moved to London where he worked as a character animator on TV specials (The Tale of Mr. Tod, The Wind in the Willow), musical featurettes with Paul Mc Cartney (Tropic Island Hum, Tuesday), movies (The Magic Sword, The Tigger Movie, The Road to Eldorado) and various commercials. In 2000 he supervised the animation on two sequences of the Dreamworks feature film Spirit, the stallion of the Cimmarron and in 2002 he completed two sequences for the animated opera The Cunning Little Vixen for the BBC. After contributing to the character design for Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride, he worked as well as a CGI character animator and his credits so far include: Dinotopia, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azcaban, Alien vs Predator, Batman Returns. He works as a freelance animation director and he is currently the animation supervisor for the Universal’s animated feature film The Tale of Despereaux due to be release in 2008. In 2004 he completed his first independently produced short film For a Tango which has won several awards at festivals around the world. FREE POPCORN For more information and event updates please go to www.ohfilmfestival.com # # # Production and distribution company. Standard Entertainment produces the Orlando Hispanic Film Festival, premieres Independent films and provides workshops for the Orlando independent film community. End
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