Works from Spain, Brazil, and Uruguay were recognized in the 3 main categories at the May 10 in-person gala event in Tenerife recognizing achievements in Ibero-American animation.
Spain’s Black Butterflies by David Baute took home the award for Best Feature Film, while Brazil’s Jorel's Brother won for Best Series, and Uruguay’s Capybaras, by Alfredo Soderguit claimed the prize for Best Short Film, at the 8th Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards. The awards gala took place this past Saturday in La Laguna, Tenerife, and was streamed online worldwide. The Quirino Awards are sponsored by the Tenerife Council through Tenerife Tourism. You can find the complete list of winners below.
With a strong background in documentary filmmaking, Tenerife-born director David Baute makes his animation debut with Black Butterflies, a feature film that follows three women from very different parts of the world that are forced to migrate due to the climate crisis. The film draws from Baute’s 2020 documentary Éxodo climático and has also been honored at the Goya and Platino Awards. Co-written by Baute and Yaiza Berrocal, the Quirino’s Best Feature Film is a production by Spain’s Ikiru Films and Tinglado Film (based in Tenerife), alongside Panama’s Anangu Grup.
After winning Best Series at the 2019 Quirino Awards, Brazil’s Jorel's Brother was again recognized for its fifth season. Created by Juliano Enrico and produced by the Rio de Janeiro-based Copa Studio together with Warner Bros. Discovery, the series is about an extremely creative boy navigating pre-adolescence in the shadow of his older brother Jorel’s popularity.
In Capybaras, winner of the Quirino Award for Best Short Film, Uruguayan writer and director Alfredo Soderguit talks about prejudice and friendship through a story starring a family of capybaras forced to leave their habitat because of hunters. The work is an adaptation of the book of the same name written and illustrated by the director, known in the world of animation for Anina (2013) and for the series Dos pajaritos, a finalist in the 2022 Quirino Awards.
Selected from 263 submissions, the final set of works competed for awards in seven main categories (Feature Film, Series, Short Film, School Short Film, Commissioned Work, Video Game Animation, and Music Video), as well as in one or more of the three technical categories (Visual Development, Animation Design, and Sound Design and Original Music).
The 2025 Quirino Awards winners are as follows:
- Best Feature Film: Black Butterflies – David Baute. Production: Ikiru Films, Tinglado Film, Anangu Grup, Tunche Films, Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (Spain, Panama).
- Best Series: Jorel's Brother - Season 5 – Juliano Enrico. Production: Copa Studio, Warner Bros Discovery (Brazil).
- Best Short Film: Capybaras – Alfredo Soderguit. Production: Palermo Estudio, Autour de Minuit, Pájaro (Uruguay, France, Chile).
- Best School Short Film: Adiós – José Prats. Production: National Film and Television School (Spain, UK).
- Best Commissioned Animation: 47 – Paulo Garcia, Natalia Gouvea. Production: Zombie Studio (Brazil).
- Best Music Video: My Way – Jesica Bianchi. Production: Rudo Company (Argentina).
- Best Video Game Animation: Neva – Developed by: Nomada Studio (Spain).
- Best Visual Development: 47 – Paulo Garcia, Natalia Gouvea. Production: Zombie Studio (Brazil).
- Best Animation Design: Paradise Buffet – Santi Amézqueta, Héctor Zafra. Production: Hampa Studio, WKND, DISNOSC (Spain, France).
- Best Sound Design & Original Music: Gilbert – Alejandro Salueña García, Arturo Lacal Ruiz, Jordi Jiménez Xiberta. Production: Agencia Freak (Spain).
Source: Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
