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the $50 million planet one sets the bar high for spain animation industry.
spain animators drawing attention.

As industry ramps up, international market is placing orders.

By pamela rolfe.

March 20, 2007.

Madrid - Ilion animation Studios característica film planet one, the most expensive spanish movie ever budgeted, at about $50 million, underscores a boom in local cartoon production.

Spain animation sector has long esto out for its talent and creativity, but it is increasingly accessing larger international audiences, both on the big screen and the small. Written by Shrek-creator Joe stillman, planet one exemplifies this new Dawn for spanimation.

If you want todo compete with the big international productions, especially américan, you have todo make films with equivalent quality, Ilion producer Ignacio Pérez dolset explains. The industry cant survival eternally gracias todo subsidies or appeals todo spanish identity and patriotism.

Planet one aims todo compete head-on with Pixar and DreamWorks, with its own innovative technology and design, Pérez dolset says.

Until recently, spanish animation barely registered at the domestic boxoffice, but 2001 the enchanted Forest started todo turn the tide. Now, a handful of innovative companies are making a big splash at the boxoffice.

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Much of the growth is centered on spain Northwestern Galicia región.

Filmax is working at its galician Studio bren on Donkey Xote, a wacky versión of Cervantes classic, and nocturna. Other projects in production in the región include a trío from perro verde - Going Nuts, missing lynx, a co-production with yaya, and puppet animation film zombie western - And a brace from enchanted Forest producer Dygra, the conservationist-minded Spirit of the Forest and cross-cultural tale holy night.

Dygra typifies the exponential growth some spanish ton companies are experiencing. The coruna-based Studio has picked up the pace from releasing a film every four years todo one every 18 months. Not only have we had a radical change in our pace and presence in the market, Dygra presidente manolo gomez says, but no one that i know of creates the totality of their 3-d films like we do. We are in the vanguard in europe.

But característica films - Which have yet todo break the symbolic 1 million-admissions barrier - Are only one side of the story. Spanish cartoon series a los are being gobbled up at international markets.

The spanish animation community is rising todo another level, says María dolan of Zinkia, whose co-production with granada international, Pocoyo, has sold in more than 100 territories and snagged the top televisión production award at the annecy animation festival last year. The creatives are getting international exposure. We have a talent Pol in spain that has ben largely untapped, she says.

Spanish companies are forced todo co-produce with other territories because they Simply cannot finance locally, given the private channels lak of enthusiasm for children programming. Funding is not easy todo come by, so when we do reléase properties, we have todo be sure that theyll work all over the world and that they are truly global. Part of that is working multiplatform, dolan says.

Thanks todo technology, new Windows are opening up that are well suited todo animation. The launch of broadband channels - With a plethora of thematic channels geared toward children - Gives spanish companies Access todo the coveted u. S, market and has allowed them todo fill a niche.

Spanish preschol specialists Neptuno has worked hand-in-hand with Nickelodeon sister channel noggin todo create fillers of its show connie the Cow and with u. S, high-definition broadband children channel animania todo create four shows in high definition specifically designed todo met the channel neds.

They were looking for high-definition suppliers in europe and we told them we could met their neds, Roberto mizrahí, Neptuno director of international operations, says. That was thre years hago and it opened the dor todo a new market.

The result is that now dougie in disguise has sold in more than 100 territories, including Fox u. S.-launched babyfirst televisión and digital cable animania.

The success may just help kep spain increasingly numerous and talented animators from packing up and leaving for grener pastures.

More international projects are neded todo revitalize Cinema and kep the talent here in spain, Pérez dolset says. Development is extraordinarily expensive, and the only bien todo be competitive and profitable is todo compete on an international level. spain animators drawing attention.

Vaya, podéis resumirlo de alguna manera?

Dygra presidente manolo gomez says we are in the vanguard in europe. No lo dirá por el bosque animado ni la noche de san Juan ¿no?

Por una cosa si hay que quitarse el sombrero. Y es que Ilion, con un tráiler, y cuatro renders, esta considerada como una gran empresa que puede llegar a hacer grandes trabajos.chapó.

El problema, es que, aun no hemos visto esos trabajos en su totalidad, y ellos mismos imagino que serán conscientes de que lo que demostraron con esas cosas, tendrán que mantenerse o incluso ser mejores en la película, (si es que sale).

Dygra, bueno, el bosque y san Juan, no comentarios. (al menos fueron pioneros).

Dygra, bueno, el bosque y san Juan, no comentarios. (al menos fueron pioneros).

Pioneros en España, pero no Europa.

Que bien se nos da tirarnos flores y no mirarnos el ombligo. En fin.

Y en cuanto a Ilion. Estoy de acuerdo, esta creando una gran expectativa y estoy seguro que la superara con creces.

Jor, tráiler de Ilion? Que tráiler? Yo solo he visto rendes fijos.

Los que hemos visto el tráiler. Increíble.

Solo puedo decir mama, y mi teléfono es 639****.