Humberto Avelar, filmmaker portrait provided to AFIN.

Humberto Avelar

Director at AFIN

Brazil (from their AFIN films)

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Biography

Director of the three seasons of the animated series “Yellow Woodpecker Ranch”, broadcasted by Cartoon Network Brazil and Latin America, Tooncast, Boomerang and Globo channels. He is the director of the series “Ripilica World”, shown by the Discovery Kids channel and co-director of the series “Pilar's Diary” for the Nat Geo Kids channel. He has worked as a professor of comics and animation at UFRJ and received a special mention from UNICEF for the series “I Swear I Saw It”.

From the Judges, on ABAH AND HIS BAND (2024)

From the Judges, on ABAH AND HIS BAND

A buoyant adventure about chasing the dream of making music and rescuing a festival from ruin, this short lands with warmth and play. Its look drew genuine admiration, along with the layers of detail the animators built into the world. There is wit in the dialogue too, and an inventive willingness to fold serious political themes into a story pitched at young audiences.

Curated, anonymised highlights drawn from the judges' notes.

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