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La Tierra en mis manos

The Earth at my hands

ARGENTINA / 8×4 MIN / 2016 / ANIMATION / HD / 16:9 / STEREO / COLOR
Subtitles available: English, Italian, Spanish
What would happen if all the water on Earth disappeared? Mara (13) is an adventurous girl who is used to have it all and never questioned herself about the environment. But when she discovers what is really going on with the Earth, thanks to her cat Pantufla things will change.
Mara (13) es una nena traviesa y creativa que comparte sus aventuras con su gato, Pantufla. Está acostumbrada a tener todo lo que necesita y nunca tomó conciencia de la importancia del cuidado de la naturaleza. Cuando descubre lo que está sucediendo con el planeta debido al descuido de los recursos, se preocupa. Gracias al sabelotodo gato Pantufla, comprende que modificando sus actos cotidianos puede marcar una diferencia y ayudar a cuidar al planeta.

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Festivals & Awards
  • Mention Best Animated TV Series – Expotoons – Argentina 2016
  • Seattle Children’s Film Festival – USA 2017
  • Bellingham Children’s Film Festival – USA 2107
  • Earth Care Expo – USA 2017
  • Festival CINI – Peru 2017
  • Golden Kuker – Bulgaria 2017
  • Cartoons on the Bay – Italy 2017
  • Kinolub – Poland 2017
  • Cinema in Sneakers Film Festival – Poland 2017
  • Barents Ecology Film Festival – Russia 2017
  • Ojo al piojo – Argentina 2017
  • Supertoon – Croatia 2017
  • Festival de cine para niños de Florianópolis – Brasil 2017
  • Zinetxiki Zinemaldia – España 2017
  • International Environmental Film Festival (FICMA BARCELONA) – España 2017
  • Festival Internacional de Cinema Ambiental da Serra da Estrela (Cine Eco) – Portugal 2017
  • International Green Culture Festival – Green Fest – Serbia 2017
  • MAFICI – Argentina 2017
  • Constantine’s Gold Coin – Serbia 2017
  • Pachuca Film Festival – Mexico 2017
  • International Children’s Television Festival “Dytiatko” – Ucrania 2017
  • Arica Rural – Chile 2017
  • FAB – Argentina 2017
  • Fescora (Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes “ATENE@S”)- España 2017
  • Animae Caribe Festival – Trinidad and Tobago 2017
  • Chania Cartoon & Animation Festival – Grecia 2017
  • International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh – 2018
  • Ekotopfilm – Slovakia 2018
  • FINCA – ARGENTINA – 2018
  • T-Film – República Checa – 2018 – Best Inpirational Film
  • Stopmotion Barcelona – 2018
  • Stopmotion Brasil – 2018
  • FAN Chile – Chile – 2018
  • Short Cut Film Festival – Serbia – 2018
  • festival Cine del Mar de Uruguay. – 2018
  • Festival Internacional de cine de Maipú – 2018
  • Ajayu – Perú – 2018
  • Cinema Crianza – España – 2018
  • Visionaria International Film Festival – Italia – 2018
  • Festival Internacional de Cine del Paraguay – Paraguay – 2018
  • Cinekid – Países Bajos – 2018
  • Lodz Animation Festival LAL.KA – Polonia – 2018
  • l Cineclub dei Piccoli – Italia – 2018
  • FESTIVERD – Venezuela -2018
  • MUMIA – Brasil – 2018
  • CineKasimanwa – Philippines – 2018
  • Coffi Film Festival – Italia – 2018
  • Stop Motion OUR FEST – Argentina – 2019
  • CINECHICO – España 2019
  • Aqua Film Festival – Italia 2019 – Winner Best Aquanimation
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental de Serra Catarinense – Brasil 2019
  • Geo Film Festival – Italia 2019 – Special Mention
  • Zero Plus – Russia 2019
  • XXIV International Environmental Film Festival Green Vision – Rusia 2019

Making of

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cast

Julieta Soto Chavari, Leonardo Balaguer

directed by

Nicolás Conte

written by

Micaela Doll, Lucila Riggio, Yanina Schiavone, Nicolás Conte

produced by

Yanina Schiavone

animation by

Nicolás Conte, Micaela Doll

editing by

Mariano Santinelli

sound design by

Francisco Romairone

music by

Rómulo Conte

distribution

ShortsFit

director's bio

Nicolás Conte was born in 1989 in Benito Juárez, Argentina, where he currently produces and directs stop motion animation content. As a Sound and Image Designer at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, his graduating short film was featured in more than 150 festivals and received over 30 awards. In 2015 he directed ‘La Tierra en mis manos’, a children's miniseries using the traditional cut-out technique, with support of the Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA).