In competition films
Psiconautas
Psiconautas
by Alberto Vàzquez, Pedro Rivero – Spain, 2015
(75', Original with subtitles)
Teenagers Birdboy and Dinky 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 voyage in the hope that Birdboy will accompany her.
Accreditations and Tickets
Alberto Vàzquez, Pedro Rivero
Alberto Vázquez (Coruña, Spain, 1980) is an animation director, an illustrator and a cartoonist. His books and comics have been published in countries like Spain, France, Italy, Brazil and Korea. As press illustrator he has published regularly in magazines like ELPAIS, La Voz de Galicia, Vanity Fair, Communication Arts or Boston Globe magazine. He has written and directed short animation as Birdboy and Unicorn blood based in his comics. His work has been nominated on two occasions for the Goya Awards, winning the Goya Best Animated Short Film in 2012.
Pedro Rivero was born in 1969 in Bilbao, Spain. He is a writer and producer, known for Birdboy and Unicorn blood.