Alberto Vázquez’s ‘Decorado’ Scoops Best Picture at 9th Quirino Awards

TENERIFE, Spain — Galician animation auteur Alberto Vázquez has done it again. “Decorado,” his bruising meditation on identity and appearances in a society that prizes the surface, landed Best Feature Film at the 9th Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards, handed out Friday in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It’s Vázquez’s third Quirino: He previously won a short…

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‘FernGully’ Live-Action Movie From Marielle Heller Set at Amazon MGM

“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” and “Nightbitch” filmmaker Marielle Heller is set to write and direct a live-action adaptation of “FernGully,” which is in development at Amazon MGM Studios. Heller will also produce the project, based on the beloved animated classic “FernGully: The Last Rainforest,” under her Defiant By Nature banner with Leah Holzer….

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Guadalajara’s Premio Maguey Features Oscar-Winning ‘The Sea Inside’

The Guadalajara Film Festival’s (FICG) prominent LGBTQ+ strand, the Premio Maguey, is marking its 15th year, a milestone they have dubbed Queerciañera, fusing the words queer and quinceañera, Latin America’s hallowed coming-of-age celebration for girls turning 15. Since it was launched in 2012, the first queer film award to be launched in Mexico and Latin…

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