47
Director: Paulo Garcia
Crew:Writer: Paulo Garcia. Producers: Amy Fortunato, Andrea Bistany, Bernardo Romero, Rich Levy.
Email:awards@klick.com
Synopsis
Animated by OSCAR® winning animator Matias Liebrecht, 47 is a completely hand-made, animated stop-motion film created not just for, but by the Down syndrome community. The film is a heartwarming tale of resilience, acceptance, and inclusion.
About the director
Paulo is a Film Director and Creative Director at Zombie Studio, an animation production company based in São Paulo Brazil with offices in New York and Lisbon.
After 14 years working as an art director for some of the biggest agencies and groups like Y&R, Leo Burnett and McCann, in 2012 he founded Zombie, where he won 400+ awards including 40 Cannes Lions. His biggest hits at the festival where the animation “Dream” for WCFF that won a silver lion in film, and a golden lion in entertainment for music. He also won the Grand Prix in 2022 with his Lil’ sugar animation project.
He was part of the Film Craft Jury of Cannes Lions in 2022 and Jury president at the D&AD 2021 in the animation craft category and has been judging many other international awards over the years.