Luciana Eguti, Paulo Muppet and Céu D’Ellia all directed this new short coming out of BIRDO. It’s titled Paulicéia – Mário de Andrade, “a tribute to one of the greatest Brazilian writers of all time.” All of the character animation was produced with Flash.

Here’s a cool application of Flash animation – urban projection. This piece was directed for MTV Brazil by vjsuave, who had help on the animation front from Dante Zaballa.

Luciana Eguti and Paulo Muppet at Brazil’s Birdo Studio directed this new global warming short. It was submitted for a contest organized by the Brazilian environmental office, and it ended up winning the top prize. The short is titled Box:

Copa Studio’s creative director Zé Brandão has been writing and directing a big order of Tromba Trem (Trunk Train) episodes for Brazil’s AnimaTV. I just love the production and character design in this series. Here’s a new trailer that includes material from the first 6 episodes.

A new 2D feature film out of Spain is gathering some strong critical reviews. Chico & Rita is set in 1948, and we follow two music lovers through a worldwide love affair that stretches across Cuba, New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas. The project was rotoscoped at Lightstar Studios in Brazil using Toon Boom Harmony, and HoBSoft built the pipeline. The US premiere was held at the Telluride Film Festival earlier this month, after which the Hollywood Reporter posted a glowing review, while somehow also slighting the plot as “paper-thin.” The 90-minute film was directed by Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal and Tono Errando and here’s the trailer.