Director
Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez
Starring
Pedro Rivero, Andrea Alzuri, Eba Ojanguren, Josu Cubero, Josu Varela
Run Time
88 mins
Release Year
2015
Country of Origin
Spain, Japan
Language
Spanish, English
Editor: Iván Miñambres
Produced by: Farruco Castromán, Carlos Juárez, Luis Tosar
Music: Aránzazu Calleja
Screenplay by: Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Psiconautas, los niños olvidados)
Part of the Once Upon a Time in Spain Strand
Directed by Pedro Rivero and Alberto Vázquez, Birdboy: The Forgotten Children is a spellbinding animation adapted from Vázquez’s graphic novel Psiconautas, los niños olvidados. The film premiered at the 63th San Sebastián International Film Festival and won Best Animated Feature at the 31st Goya Awards. The same year, Vázquez won the Goya for Best Animated Short with the 11-minute Decorado. [15]
‘An anthology of nightmares compressed into a picture book.’
– The New York Times
Screening with
Decorado
Alberto Vázquez/Spain/ 2016/11 min/Spanish
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