cinema Fontevraud-l'Abbaye

Matisse Gonzalez/

Animator, illustrator and director

Based in Germany, the young Bolivian animator, illustrator and director Matisse Gonzalez Jordán draws from her context of origin and residence, and defines her works as "chaotic but structured, tragic but funny, extroverted but intimate". "Gravedad", her graduation work at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, toured festivals around the world and in 2020 was nominated at the Quirino Awards and the Annie Awards. The director is working on the development of what will be her first feature film, "Condenaditos", a project that combines 2D and stop-motion. Produced by Germany's Studio Seufz and Bolivia's Celeste Studio, "Condenaditos" was selected for Pixelatl, Animation Production Days, Annecy, the Special

Mentorship Program for female animation directors from Animation!, MAI! Chilemonos and Animation Sans Frontières, among others. Gonzalez is the creator of "It was just a rock that looked like someone", pilot episode of her own series for Cartoon Network Latin America, which has accumulated more than 80 thousand views on YouTube and awards at several festivals, including Flanimation and the New York International Children Film Festival.

Residency project:

“CONDENADITOS”

Upon discovering that there is a curse on her family, Kiki embarks on a karmic journey into the past to find a cure, confronting an entire family that wants to keep things as they are and embrace the curse as their own identity. How can she get rid of something that is so deep inside her and her family?