DANINHA / MALEZA / WILDFLOWER

A feeling of emptiness, a restless mind and two pieces of land. What is born from the void that unites them? "WILDFLOWER" is a poetic essay about the undesirable, the lack of control and duality. "How to deal with the unexpected lives that appear on the ground?" is the starting point to this question-mark-shaped short film, that seeks to explore the different possibilities of interaction between human beings and the uncontrollable side of nature.

Film

After watching her student film, we invited Carina Pierro Corso to do a five month residency at Studio Kimchi in Barcelona, the catch was that she would need to complete a full short film during that time. Carina took a couple weeks to think about it and then pitched us WILDFLOWER. We loved it, so shortly after she moved to Barcelona to begin her residency, where she would find the space to do her magic. To tell her story she used lots of different analog animation techniques, from traditional 2D animation to sand animation, watercolour painting, pixilation, stop motion or even a Polaroid time lapse. In the end she created this experimental animated documentary that gives us a wonderful peak into her beautiful mind

Book

After finishing the film, Carina wanted to share her creative process with the world, so she started working on a companion book to go with the film. The book features pieces of her diaries, research photos, sketches, scripts and final images from the film. She designed the entire book herself and we had it printed in a beautiful hard cover edition, limited to 500 copies

Making Of

Throughout the making of the film we shot behind the scenes footage almost every day. Later we interviewed Carina and edited all together into this making of documentary that allows you to take a look at the process, and allows us to go back in time and revisit those weeks when we were creating this film.

Exhibition

Once the film started its festival circuit, we now had a film, a book, a making of documentary and a bunch of physical materials used to make the film, so we decided to put everything together in an exhibition that showcased the artistic process of creating this short film. It opened in Barcelona on September 2024 at the Centre Civic Fort Pienc, with a talk between Carina and Carolina Lopez.

Public screenings, Festivals & Awards

2024 Cinema Jove, Festival Internacional de Valencia (Official Selection)
2024 Festival de Cortos Rodinia (Official Selection)
2024 Festival de Cortos de Carabanchel (Official Selection)
2024 Nemaf ALT Cinema Festival (Official Selection)
2024 Festival Nacional de Cine Rural (Official Selection) (Winner Nuevos Lenguajes)
2024 Festival Rurales (Official Selection)
2024 Pixelatl (Official Selection) (Winner Best Experimental Film)
2024 Girona Film Festival (Official Selection)
2024 Kursaal Film Festival San Sebastián (Official Selection)
2024 Animation Nights New York (Official Selection)
2024 Festival de Cine de Madrid PNR (Official Selection)
2024 Festiver – Festival de Cine Verde (Official Selection)
2024 MANIFEST – Mafra Animation Film Festival (Official Selection)
2024 Seattle Latino Film Festival (Official Selection)
2024 Avilés Acción (Official Selection)
2024 Muestra Internacional XI Edición Intermediaciones (Official Selection)
2024 Curt’Arruda Film Festival (Official Selection)
2024 Nature Track Film Festival (Official Selection)
2024 ABYCINE (Official Selection)
2024 Prémio Nacional da Animação (Official Selection) (Winner Special Mention)
2024 Festival Animacción (Official Selection) (Winner Best Script)
2024 Atlantidoc (Official Selection)
2024 Festival Audiovisual Asier Errasti (Official Selection)
2024 24FRAME Future Film Fest (Official Selection)
2024 Festival de Curtmetratjes de l’Hospitalet (Official Selection) (Winner Special Mention)
2024 Alcine (Official Selection)
2024 Greenwich Village Film Festival (Official Selection)
2024 International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival (Official Selection)
2024 Plum! International Animation Festival (Official Selection)
2024 CutOut Fest (Official Selection)
2024 Beijing International Short Film Festival (Official Selection)
2024 Festival de Cine Lento (Official Selection)
2024 YMOTION – Festival de Cinema Jovem de Famalicão (Official Selection)
2024 Animario – International Animated Film Festival of Madrid (Official Selection)
2024 Triste Para Sempre Film Festival (Official Selection)
2024 Pebbles Underground Film ad Video Art Festival (Official Selection)

Format: 4k, 16:9, DCP/Prores
Color/BW: Color
Sound: Stereo
Duration: 5’33″
Technique: 2D, Stop Motion, Pixilation
Genre: Drama, Biographical, Essay
Language: Portuguese / Spanish
Subtitles: Portuguese / Spanish / English
Country of Origin: Spain
Year: 2024

Written and directed by
CARINA PIERRO CORSO

Production
STUDIO KIMCHI

Producers
CARLOTA POU
BRUNO SIMÕES

Executive Producer
CARLOTA POU

Production Coordinator
INÊS PERES MESQUITA

Festival Distribution
SELECTED FILMS

Storyboard
CARINA PIERRO CORSO

Editing and Compositing
BRUNO SIMÕES

Animation Director
CARINA PIERRO CORSO

Animation
AGISS YO
CARINA PIERRO CORSO
INÊS PERES MESQUITA

Painting
CARINA PIERRO CORSO
INÊS PERES MESQUITA

Color Grading
EMILIO SACCO / MOONLIGHT BARCELONA

Music
GISELA FULLÀ SILVESTRE

Sound Design & Final Mix
GISELA FULLÀ SILVESTRE

Voice Over
CARINA PIERRO CORSO
GISELA FULLÀ SILVESTRE

Pipeline Supervisor
INÊS PERES MESQUITA