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Tecuani and the Duende will have new episodes!  They've obtained funding via the Miradas Fund.  Congratulations to David Smith and the T&D team!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRrTqzABpvB/

 

"We are delighted to announce that they are the deserved recipients of the #MiradasFund an initiative that combines the forces of Netflix and Ambulante to support Indigenous and Afro-descendant filmmakers in Mesoamerica...

 

We are very excited and grateful to be selected for this award and to be able to tell Belizean stories with animations made by Belizean talent."

Video of the day.  The Belize International Film Festival created a video of all this year's winners.  Tecuani & the Duende won twice, and the Belikin video about the Chiquibul also won an award.  

They are having a 'Fantastic Freaky Fundraiser at Belize Botanic Gardens' on Friday, November 1st.  They'll have 2 screenings, and fun for the entire family.  

Tecuani and the Duende is on Youtube!  The 1st Belizean animated short can now be viewed in its entirety.  Definitely worth a watch, and the jaguar's story might remind you of the Lorax.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CF-MW7PlXZG

 

"A young girl, Tecuani, is unaware of the adventure she is about to embark on as she chases a purple lizard into a forest cave. Her journey begins with an encounter with the fearsome Tata Duende, a legendary guardian of the forest with missing thumbs and backwards feet. Tata Duende awakens Tecuani to an epic story of destruction and redemption that has been forgotten for a thousand years. Will brave Hunahpu’s efforts to secure another chance for humanity be for nothing? Can young Tecuani find the ‘voice of the jaguar’ to awaken her people or are they destined to make the same mistake again?

Tecuani and the Duende is the first ever animated movie short from the beautiful Caribbean/Mesoamerican nation of Belize."

Video of the day.  Nicole Craig sings the theme song for Tecuani and the Duende.  Much of it was shot in Cayo, and some at Monkey Falls.  Great song.  

 

"Official theme song for Belize's first animated movie 'Tecuani and the Duende - The Voice of the Jaguar'

 

Song: Raise My Voice

Written by Nicole Craig

Performed by Nicole Craig and Ashleigh Craig

Music video filmed and Produced by David Vansen (Theodore Spain)- Red Roll Films

Directed and Choreographed by Marlyn Vansen

Executive producer and location manager, Lee Mcloughlin

Aerial photography, Jane Salazar Mcloughlin

Animation by David Daniel Smith (InAwe Films)"