PSICONAUTAS, THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN

Synopsis

Birdboy and Dinky are two teenagers who have decided to escape from an island devastated by ecological catastrophe: Birdboy by shutting himself off from the world, Dinky by setting out on a dangerous journey with the hope that Birdboy will accompany her.

Biography

ALBERTO VÁZQUEZ
Animation director, illustrator and cartoonist
Born in 1980, his books and comics have been published in countries such as Spain, France, Italy, Brazil and Korea. His work has been nominated on two occasions for the Spanish Goya Awards, winning the Goya for Best Animated Short Film in 2012. He has won over 60 awards at international festivals and his work has been exhibited in prestigious festivals world-wide, such as Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand, Animafest Zagreb and Slamdance.

PEDRO RIVERO
Producer, director and screenwriter
Born in 1969, Pedro is the screenwriter for several animated TV series and for the feature film GOOMER, Goya winner for the Best Spanish Animated Feature Film 1999.
Producer, director and screenwriter of LA CRISIS CARNÍVORA (2007), the first Spanish feature film in Flash animation for theatres, and BIRDBOY (2010), Goya winner for the Best Spanish Animated Short Film and pre-selected for the US Academy Awards longlist, screened at various festivals and winner of more than 40 awards. Pedro was also President of the Basque Screenwriters Guild 2002-2008 and he is the author of various theatrical plays and comic books.

Filmographies:
Pedro Rivero
2010 BIRDBOY, short
2007 LA CRISIS CARNÍVORA

Alberto Vázquez
2016 DECORADO, short
2010 BIRDBOY