2014 · Animated Short Film

The Color of My Wings

In the outskirts of Oaxaca, a small bird loses its mother and tries to learn to fly in order to find her. Born without feathers, it embarks on a journey to obtain them at any cost.

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Technique
Stop-motion animation

Running time
10:30 min

Format
QuickTime FullHD / DCP

Aspect ratio
16:9

Direction & Animation
Miguel Anaya

Production
Miguel Anaya / Carolina Pavía

Cinematography
Miguel Anaya

Sound Design
Jacobo Martínez

Credits

SupportFondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Arts

Direction & AnimationMiguel Anaya

ProductionMiguel Anaya / Carolina Pavía

MusicCody Westhemer / Bossanonimos

Original ThemeLucía Gómez Lvoff

ArrangementsMariana Gómez Lvoff / José Gabriel Briones Beltrán y Puga

Based on a Zapotec poem byVladimir J.C.

CinematographyMiguel Anaya

Character FabricationMiguel Anaya / Mariana Gómez / Carolina Pavía / Armando Maya

Set DesignMiguel Anaya / Carolina Pavía

MiniaturesAdrián A. Chávez

Digital CompositingHéctor Fausto

Digital CleanupErika Jimenez / Josue Durán / Juan José González

Sound DesignJacobo Martínez

FoleyFrancisco Bribiesca

5.1 MixMiguel Angel Molina Gutiérrez / Jacobo Martínez Ordoñez / Eduardo Gaytán Morales

DCP ConformUlises Jiménez

Festivals & Awards

29° Festival Internacional de cine en Guadalajara (PREMIERE), Guadalajara, Mexico — Official Selection

2nd Viva Cinema! Latino Film Festival, Connecticut, USA — Official Selection

18th Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF), Seoul, South Korea — Online Film Fest.

3rd Psaroloco Film Festival, Serifos & Atenas, Greece — Official Selection

7th Annual Mosaic World Film Festival, Rockford, Illinois, USA — Best Animation

19° Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños (... y no tan Niños), Mexico D.F. & Tijuana, Mexico — Best National Production

CARTÓN - IV Festival Internacional de Cortos de Animación La Tribu, Buenos Aires, Argentina — Official Selection

1ère édition du Festival du court métrage ibéro-américain, Paris, France — Official Selection

9° Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico 2014 — Official Selection

5th AniFestROZAFA 2014, Shkodra, Albania — Official Selection

Oaxaca Film Fest 5, Oaxaca, Mexico — Official Selection

6ta Muestra de Cine Centro e Iberoamericano, Nicaragua — Official Selection

12° Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia — Official Selection

Festival Internacional del Cortometraje FIC, Bella Vista y San Miguel, Argentina — Official Selection

Baixada Animada, Mostra Iberoamericana de Cinema de Animação, Duque de Caxias y Rio de Janeiro — Official Selection

XI Festival Internacional de Short Films FENACO Peru, Cusco, Peru — Official Selection

KLIK! 7th Amsterdam Animation Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands — Official Selection

The Color of My Wings

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