“Listen to these stories, young apprentice. Embers shine in your eyes, eternal tales to rouse your soul, will free the spirit that’s inside.”
Synopsis
After learning her sickly father is a tyrant, Virian, a young and selfish princess, will discover the truth that befalls on her crown, guided by a wise Phoenix. Will she save her beloved father from death, or deliver the kingdom from his sinister acts?
Credits
Production company — Cinema Fantasma, Cine Vendval
Directed by — Arturo and Roy Ambriz
Script — Arturo y Roy Ambriz
Production — Marta Hernaiz, Arturo and Roy Ambriz
Executive production — Rodolfo Ambriz, Adriana Rendón
Cinematography — Irene Melis
Animation director — Beto Petiches
Production design — Bruce Zick
Art direction — Ana Coronilla
Workshop director and puppet creation — Jorge A. Téllez
Music — Kevin Smithers
Festivals & Awards
• MIFA Pitches, Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market 2022
• Animation Ventana Sur, Argentina 2018
• Ideatoon, Pixelatl Morelos, México 2018
• Awarded Best Animation Feature Film at El Festival Pixelatl 2018, Morelos, México
• Awarded the Annecy Prize at Ventana Sur 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina