Las Nogas, 2023 (USA)
Stop-motion animation, 19m32s, English, 16:9, UHD.
Tagline:
In the year 2523
Water water nowhere,
N’er a drop to drink.
Logline:
500 years into the future, the earth is a dry wasteland destroyed by humans. Doctor Alma, a fluffy, brilliant Vulkeet (a cross between a parakeet and vulture) who drives a Vespa, must cure the only creatures left who can save the world by bringing back the rain - the bizarre and loveable Homeys who have fallen ill with a mysterious sickness.
In 2023, Catya received a prestigious NYC Women’s Fund Grant Award by New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and NYC Mayor’s Office for Media & Entertainment for Las Nogas.
Las Nogas — last in the ecological shorts trilogy, proof of concept and first act in the upcoming feature Alma — had its World Premiere in August 2023 at the ACADEMY AWARD® Qualifying 41st Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival where it won the GRAND Prize: GREEN PLANET AWARD for Best Environmental Film.
Las Nogas also screened at the ACADEMY AWARD® Qualifying 21st New Hampshire Film Festival, won BEST ANIMATED FILM at the 35th Fano International Film Festival (Italy), Jury Prize for BEST SHORT at the Green Festival of San Francisco, BEST ANIMATION at the Queens World Film Festival (NY Premiere) and BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM at the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology (North Pacific Premiere).
Las Nogas also played at Animac (Spain), Cucalorus, Oxford Film Festival, Kerry International Film Festival (Ireland), BUFF (Boston Underground Film Festival) and many others.
Meeting MacGuffin (2017) & Hanging By A Thread(2013) are the predecessors of Las Nogas in the trilogy.
Images:
Las Nogas poster by Enrique Hernandez.
Las Nogas film stills.
Video:
Las Nogas trailer.
*Voices by Clarissa Jacobson, Misty Lee, Phil Miler,John McBride & Alessandra Levy, Music by Antoni Mairata and Sound Design by Neil Benezra.