Butterflies 
Animated short film

'Mariposas' is a Colombian animated short film directed by Andrés Gómez Isaza and Mauricio Leiva-Cock. It tells the personal story of Bea, the mother of Andrés Gómez, who fought against cancer with great strength, optimism and spirituality.

Mariposas won the Special Prize “City of Annecy Award” in the Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy (2018) and Won "Best Animation" at Australia Independent Film Festival. Brisbane. 
 
The short film is produced by an alliance between LaFinka Studio (Medellín), Fidelio Films (Colombia) and Mediafisch Storyteller (Switzerland), supported by the Swiss Cancer League. 

If you want to have a look at the animation, please send us an e mail to hello@lafinka.tv and we are more than happy to share a private link : )

Festivals
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-Zurich Film Festival - Switzerland  
​-La Truca. Cali - Colombia
-BOGOSHORTS Bogotá-Colombia
-Animation Short Film Festival of Catalonia - Animac. Cataluña- España
-FICCI. Cartagena-Colombia
-International Film and Video Festival of Athens. Ohio-EEUU
-Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy. Annecy - Francia  WINNER “City of Annecy Award”.
-3D WIRE. Segovia -España
-Animasyros International Animation Festival + Agora. Hermoupolis - Grecia
-Thessaloniki Animation Festival. Thessaloniki - Greece
-Australia Independent Film Festival. Brisbane - Australia. WINNER "Best Animation"
-International Hollywood Short Film Festival. Hollywood- USA

Process

Early Styleframes

The Characters

Bea

Credits

Written and Directed by:
Andres Gomez Isaza
Mauricio Leiva Cock
 
Producers:
Andres Gomez Isaza
Mauricio Leiva Cock
Bjorn Hering
 
Coproducers:
​David Figueroa Garcia
Mauro Mueller

Executive Producer:
Mark Raso 

Animation by:
LaFinka​

Animation Director:
Andres Gomez Isaza

Storyboards and Compositing:
Andres Gomez Isaza
Alejandra Arboleda Tilano

Additional Animation:
Ivanof Martinez
Eri Pedrozo

Music by:
Jorge Leiva - Miss Colombia

Sound Design and Post-production:
Manuel Castaño









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