SATURDAY | 12:00pm

Eliana Fernandez and Sofia Caponnetto

4 min | Uruguay | 2022 | USA Premiere

There came a time in April's life when her imagination and fantasy stopped protecting her from the reality in which she lived. Until one day she discovered a new way to escape that would change her life forever.

Jury Statement: "A masterpiece! Moving, playful, dark, luminous, and vocational. A beautiful audiovisual production, a beautiful animated piece, a sophisticated narrative, and outstanding exercise in editing. Abril is an authentic and authorial work, which captures the mechanisms of Stop Motion and meticulously treats them, with traces of childhood and adulthood. A precious treatment of light, a small and sublime behavior of the camera, a playful use of colors and a perceptible and artisan assembly of the edition. I loved every aspect of this piece from the cinematography to the acting. You opened a world of exploration and vibrance.”