Léa Zagury

A factory worker in a dark, gray world assembles devices that promise happiness. In his spare time he tinkers to create something better, and finally succeeds in perfecting his invention, which allows people to see life through rose-colored glasses, but he has to pay a price for his success.

Nearly century-old history, Brazilian animation brings rich and stimulating stories and characters that built the path until nowadays.

The suffocating love-hate relationship with the big city is seen in this episode that recounts the horror of eviction, the desire for freedom, the difficulties in the "stone jungle" and the prejudice against street children.

A study of the movements of some animals, from a subjective point of view, which leads the viewer to feel as if they are in the skin of each one of them (jaguar, monkey, snake and hawk).

The passage of time and our emotions are themes narrated in four animations, which show us the clash of feelings between a fisherman, a businessman and a disillusioned dog. SERIES SYNOPSIS: Check out the facets of animation in techniques such as rotoscoping, pencil on paper, painting in time, live filming, stopmotion and computing. The short films were selected from the Anima Mundi Festival collection.