ANINA

A fantastical journey into the world of a ten-year-old girl who, following a playground skirmish, is given the weirdest punishment in the history of weird punishments.

Anina Yatay Salas is a ten-year-old girl who does not like her name. Each part is a palindrome, which means it reads the same both forwards and backwards. Her schoolmates are always teasing her about this, especially Anina's arch-enemy Yisel.

One day, Anina and Yisel get into a playground skirmish, so the school principal disciplines them with a weird punishment: they are both given a sealed black envelope which they are not allowed to open for an entire week. Haunted by nightmares and day-dreams, Anina in her anxiousness to find out what horrible punishment awaits her, will get mixed up in a series of adventures, involving secret loves, close friendships and dreadful enemies.

Without her realizing it, Anina's efforts to understand the content of the envelope turns into a journey to understand the world and her place in it.

This award-winning (Buenos Aires and Berlin Film festivals) family film masterfully uses a unique style of traditional animation that evokes children’s books more that modern animation productions.

Like the best family films, Anina combines humour with a beautiful message about the family and friends.