Studio Kimchi at the Quirino Market 2025
At Studio Kimchi, our mission is to create stories that make a real difference, because we believe in the power of storytelling to amplify values, inspire change and make the world a better place.
Keep scrolling to explore the stories we’re shaping.
Impossible!
Directed by Bruno Simões
26′ TV Special, 3D Animation, Comedy/Road Movie, In development
Co-production with Cosmo Giant Wheel
When a lost Crab asks him for help getting home, Dog reluctantly agrees to take him on a road trip back to the ocean. An imaginative, hilarious, and fun story that proves that nothing is impossible!
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Andie
Directed by Nuria González Blanco, Estrela Lourenço, Sara Barbas…
26×7′ TV Series, 2D Animation, Comedy/Adventure, In development
Co-production with COLA Animation
Andie and friends are about to start their first migration journey from the North Pole to the South Pole, during which they will make new friends, live exciting adventures and learn to treasure our planet.
Zoey Oceans
Directed by Joan Tomas
80′ Feature Film, 2D Animation, Comedy/Adventure, In development
Zoey, a stubborn girl with a contagious laugh, crosses the entire world in search of her father, following the trail of two thousand rubber ducks, aboard a peculiar vehicle that she built herself.
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The Mysterious Island
Directed by Bruno Simões
90′ Feature Film, 3D Animation, Adventure, In development
Co-production with Boipeba Filmes & COLA Animation
A group of refugees escape an overcrowded refugee camp in a hot air balloon, only to end up stranded in a desert island. Struggling for survival, they discover that the island owns a few mysteries of its own.
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Because Today is Saturday
Directed by Alice Guimarães
12′ Short Film, 2D Animation, Drama, In Distribution
Co-Production with Animais & La Clairiere
A woman wakes up early so that she can give herself a birthday present: some time to write. But whenever she has an inspirational moment, some domestic situation claims her attention.
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LEXI
Directed by Bruno Simões
4′ Short Film, 2D Animation, Drama, In production
Lexi witnesses a scene of police brutality. Tired of looking the other way, this time she decides to get involved. This seemingly small action will turn her life upside down in ways she couldn’t possibly imagine.
Click the image to watch a work in progress film clip.
Terminal
Directed by Alexandre Siqueira
12′ Short Film, 2D Animation, Drama, In production
Co-production with BAP Animation Studios & XBO Films
After traveling around the world for thirty years, Jorge, a 50 year old pirate, returns to his mother’s place. After longing for her son for so long, Carmen discovers he has a terminal disease.
Beresheet
Directed by Ala Nunu
12′ Short Film, 2D Animation, Comedy/Drama, In production
Co-production with COLA Animation
Legless birds of paradise, the great hamster cull and tardigrades on the moon. A surreal story inspired by real events, a short look at the human strive for preservation through controlling the narrative.
False Awakenings
Directed by Bruno Simões
15′ VR Narrative Experience, 3D Animation, 6DOF, Drama/Fantasy, In development
Our chapter of “The Dreams Anthology”, a project by COLA Animation
False Awakenings is an interactive VR short film that takes viewers through surreal, dreamlike visions to explore one woman’s journey from ordinary life to forced displacement.