This is our first 2D classical animation produced by A Casa Amarela. We made for a Imagine Cup – Short Film Competition (is an annual competition sponsored and hosted by Microsoft Corp).
This year’s theme is “Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems facing us today.”
We want to tell a story about how people can change and learn on difficult times, how they can stand up to what’s wrong and find interconnected solutions for interconnected problems using technology as a source of information.
The main character is José, a young typical farmer –never having learned anything else that kept his crops going, as his father and grandfather. It changes when his and the neighbouringfarms face a severe crop disease due to water pollution. He wants to help, so he bravely goes to the library, trying to learn. With the help of a gentle girl and her laptop, he gets lots of ideas to work on, and develops a water filter. The more he learns the more he works out things, people get to trust and help him, helping each other. They seek the beginning of their problems to find a polluting factory. After some talk to the factory manager and presenting José’s filter, he’s invited to develop some other sets for that kind of factory. The farmers now have their crops back and support from the factory, which hires more working with the new technology and along with the people. Joséand the manager travel the world spreading their views and getting more and moresupport and acceptance with their ideas.
