Nominees Announced For 2025 Quirino Awards Honoring The Best In Ibero-American Animation

The Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards have unveiled the nominees for this year’s eighth edition, honoring the best in animation from Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.

This year, 26 titles from ten countries have been nominated to compete at the awards. Spain leads with the most nominations (12), followed by Brazil (8), Portugal (5), and Chile (3).

The winners will be announced on May 10 in a ceremony held in San Cristóbal de La Laguna on the Canary Island of Tenerife.

The nominees were selected from 263 submissions. The jury responsible for selecting the winners includes American producer Ben Kalina from Titmouse studio; Spanish researcher and programmer Carolina López Caballero; Sweden’s Helena Nylander, head of children’s content acquisitions at Swedish public broadcaster SVT; Brazilian animation director, screenwriter, and animator Daniel Bruson; and Leyla Formoso, CEO of French distributor and producer Prime Entertainment Group.

A video of the nominees can be seen below:

Here are a few notes on this year’s lineup:

* All three nominated feature films are from Spain, including Canarian director David Baute’s Black Butterflies, which won the Goya Award for best animated feature last month.

* Two of the titles in the best series category — Jasmine & Jambo and Jorel’s Brother — have previously won Quirino Awards.

* The two most-nominated short form projects, with three nominations apiece, are André Carrilho’s The Girl with the Occupied Eyes (Portugal) and Paulo Garcia and Natalia Gouvea’s commissioned short 47 (Brazil), produced for Café Joyeux.

* The event’s Co-Production and Business Forum, which takes places alongside the Quirino Awards, will host a new edition of the roundtable “Women in Ibero-American Animation.” This year, the roundtable will feature a revamped format designed to enhance the professional development of its participants.

* The event also announced the launch of the Ibero-American Animation Space Futures Lab, a new initiative by the Quirino Awards, in collaboration with the Ortega Marañón Foundation, to generate proposals for the development of animation in Ibero-America. The laboratory is conceived as a space for collective intelligence where professionals, institutions, and experts in animation and other sectors will work together to explore future scenarios, identify challenges and opportunities, and design innovative cooperation schemes.

Here is the complete list of 2025 Quirino Award nominees:

Ibero-American Animation Feature Film

• Buffalo Kids, Directed by Pedro Solís and Juan Jesús García “Galo”; Produced by Atresmedia Cine, 4Cats Pictures, Little Big Boy, Anangu Grup, Mogambo Entertainment (Spain)
• They Shot the Piano Player, Directed by Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba; Produced by They Shot The Piano Player, Fernando Trueba PC, Julián, Piker & Fermín, Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée, Submarine Animation, Animanostra CAM, Producciones Tondero (Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru)
• Black Butterflies, Directed by David Baute; Produced by Ikiru Films, Tinglado Film, Anangu Grup, Tunche Films, Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (Spain, Panama)

Ibero-American Animation Series

• Jorel’s Brother season five, Directed by Juliano Enrico; Produced by Copa Studio, Warner Bros Discovery (Brazil)
• Jasmine & Jambo season three, Directed by Sílvia Cortés; Produced by Teidees Audiovisuals (Spain)
• Firsts season one, Directed by Bambú Orellana and Paloma Mora; Produced by Typpo Creative Lab, TV ON Producciones, Admirable Films (Chile, Spain)
• Wow Lisa season one, Directed by Antonia Herrera and María Elisa Soto-Aguilar; Produced by Punkrobot (Chile)

Ibero-American Animation Short Film

• Capybaras, Directed by Alfredo Soderguit; Produced by Palermo Estudio, Autour de Minuit, Pájaro (Uruguay, France, Chile)
• The Girl with the Occupied Eyes, Directed by André Carrilho; Produced by Blablabla Media (Portugal)
• Percebes, Directed by Alexandra Ramires and Laura Gonçalves; Produced by BAP Animation Studios, Ikki Films (Portugal, France)

Ibero-American Animation School Short Film

• Adiós, Directed by José Prats; School: National Film and Television School (Spain, United Kingdom)
• Whenever the Flood Arrives, Directed by Antonio Lomas Domingo; School: Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)
• Treasure, Directed by Carmen Álvarez Muñoz, School: Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)

Ibero-American Animation Commissioned Film

• 47, Directed by Paulo Garcia and Natalia Gouvea; Produced by Zombie Studio (Brazil)
• Cineminute Pixelatl 2024 – Face your fears, Directed by Humberto Cervera Baron; Produced by Hobby Creative Studio, Ronin Studio, Bakemono (Mexico)
• We Have to Talk, Directed by Mario Muñoz; Produced by Voces Imaginarias y Fundación Freedom (Mexico)

Ibero-American Animation Music Video

• Hero, Directed by Paulo Garcia; Produced by Zombie Studio (Brazil)
• Horizon, Directed by Pablo Roldán; Produced by Rudo Company (Argentina)
• My Way, Directed by Jesica Bianchi; Produced by Rudo Company (Argentina)

Ibero-American Animation for Video Game

• Neva, Developed by Nomada Studio (Spain)
• Saviorless, Developed by Empty Head Games (Cuba)
• Shelley Manor, Developed by Tiny Terrors Studio – ESAT (Spain)

Visual Development of Ibero-American Animation Work

• 47, Directed by Paulo Garcia and Natalia Gouvea; Produced by Zombie Studio (Brazil)
• Kabuki, Directed by Tiago Minamisawa; Produced by Minamisawa Films, WAG Productions, Bruno H Castro Filmes, Amopix, Coala Filmes, Split Studio (Brazil, France)
• The Girl with the Occupied Eyes, Directed by André Carrilho; Produced by Blablabla Media (Portugal)

Animation Design of Ibero-American Animation Work

• 47, Directed by Paulo Garcia and Natalia Gouvea; Produced by Zombie Studio (Brazil)
• Paradise Buffet, Directed by Santi Amézqueta y Héctor Zafra; Produced by Hampa Studio, WKND, DISNOSC (Spain, France)
• Kabuki, Directed by Tiago Minamisawa; Produced by Minamisawa Films, WAG Productions, Bruno H Castro Filmes, Amopix, Coala Filmes, Split Studio (Brazil, France)

Sound Design and Original Music of Ibero-American Animation Work

• Noah’s Ark, Directed by Sérgio Machado and Alois Di Leo; Produced by Gullane y VideoFilmes en coproducción con Symbiosys, Globo Filmes y Telecine en asociación con NIP, CMG, Kabuletê e Imagem Filmes (Brazil, India)
• Gilbert, Directed by Alejandro Salueña García, Arturo Lacal Ruiz y Jordi Jiménez Xiberta; Produced by Agencia Freak (Spain)
• The Girl with the Occupied Eyes, Directed by André Carrilho; Produced by Blablabla Media (Portugal)