The Biological Invasions. The Case of Ovis Orientalis Musimon on the Island of Tenerife: “The Last Mouflon”
Spain / Animation / 10' / HD / Color / 2023
A young mouflon tries to survive the last campaign of extermination against his congeners on the volcanic island of Tenerife.
Director: Omar Al Abdul Razzak, Shira Ukrainitz
Script: Shira Ukrainitz, Omar Al Abdul Razzak
Director of Photography: Shira Ukrainitz
Producer: Omar Al Abdul Razzak, Manuel Arango
Music: Iván Blanco
Editing: Omar Al Abdul Razzak
Sound: Emilio García, Sergio González, Samuel Cabezas
Animation: Shira Ukrainitz, Lara Martínez, Ángela Arregui, Marcello Bloch, Ana Hernández
CV
Omar Al Abdul Razzak is a Canarian filmmaker trained in Madrid, Paris, and Montreal. Berlinale Talents 2017 and Biennale College 2017 alumni. Torino Film Lab Up&Coming 2018. He has produced more than 10 films.
Shira Ukrainitz (1990) is an animation film director and an illustrator from Tel-Aviv, living and working in the Canary Islands, Spain. Her first short film, a French-Spanish co-production, CONFINED SPACES (2019), was premiered in the official section of DocAviv and Seminci, and has gone through more than 20 festivals around the world. LA PRIMA COSA (2021), her animated documentary short film, has had its world premiere at Annecy Film Festival and was nominated for the Spanish Academy Award in 2023.
Filmography
Las invasiones biológicas. El caso del Ovis orientalis musimon en la isla de Tenerife: «El último muflón» (2022)
La prima cosa (2021)
Los espacios confinados (2019)
Festivals Attended
Krakow Film Festival ( Poland ) Sep 2023
Off-Courts Trouville ( France ) Oct 2023
Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid - SEMINCI ( Spain ) Oct 2023
ANIMARIO, Festival Internacional de Animación Contemporánea de Madrid ( Spain ) Dec 2023
Animakom ( Spain ) Dec 2023
Muestra de Cine de Lanzarote ( Spain )