Avec la complicité du studio argentin Rudo, j'ai le plaisir d'accompagner (après un précédent teasing ;-) l'annonce de leur tout premier projet de série : Esther.

Imaginée comme un format 8x11', cette mini série a été créée par Ezequiel Torres, l'un des deux fondateurs en 2015 - avec Pablo Roldán - de ce studio dont je vous parle depuis leur tout premier clip remarqué pour Siamès.

Présenté dans des festivals professionnels comme Animation! Ventana Sur (Argentine), Annecy (France) ou Weird Animation (Espagne), ce projet est actuellement en cours de recherche de partenaires (hola@rudocompany.com).



Synopsis :
Esther is a young girl from Buenos Aires who, in order to fulfill her dream of becoming a true Healer, must travel thousands of miles with a strange mentor: an Inca God who lives in the body of a black cat. Along the way, Esther will have to deal with a brother who does not understand her passion, a mentor with a dark past and a conflicted girl who only seeks revenge. If she wants to access this world of Shamans and healers Esther will have to go through doubts, make sacrifices and cross very dark places, and she will not be able to do it accompanied by anyone else.

Creator's note :
"We are brown people who were born surrounded by all this magic and rituals, and just like Esther, we long to encounter that magic again. This is a story about growing up and hoosing to go back to the places where we were happy."







ESTHER Teaser Credits :

Direction: Ezequiel Torres
Screenwriters: Ezequiel Torres, Diego Agrimbau
Character design: Ezequiel Torres
Line producer: Ailín Estrella
Art direction and Animation Direction: Ezequiel Torresv
Animatic: Ezequiel Torres, Mariano Fernandez
Layouts: Ezequiel Torres, Mariano Albano, Mariano Fernandez, Juan Pedro Ramos
BG Research: Mariano Albano, Mariano Fernandezv
Backgrounds: Ezequiel Torres, Mariano Albano
Colorscript: Pablo Rafael Roldán
Animation and Assist: Ezequiel Torres, Juan Pedro Ramos, Mariana Diaz, Mariano Fernandez, Iván Greco, Emanuel Gimenez
Clean Up: Bianca Valiña, Mercedes De Santis, Mariano Albano, Miguel Carmuega
3D: Mariano Fernández
Digital Composition: Mariano Fernández, Ezequiel Torres

Original Music: BAGUALA DE SALTA, CHICOANA. Chicha Guanca.
Adaptation: Pablo Rafael Roldán
Guitar, mixing and mastering: Mariano Ángel Agustin Silva

Watch the trailer of "Esther", the first animated series project by @RudoCompany (Argentina). Created and directed by Ezequiel Torres @eze_torr3s.
Full video >> https://t.co/pVTBhFX5Mj pic.twitter.com/WKhubQI6Hy

— Catsuka (@catsuka) December 30, 2022

I can feel that something cool is coming soon from Argentina ;-]#Esther #Rudo pic.twitter.com/IE9QaGIn7n

— Catsuka (@catsuka) December 27, 2022