Valentina e diferente was the first breath of life of Valentina.  This film that become our first feature film as producers.

But before we were producers, Valentina e diferente was a strange professional service. We were asked to make a teaser in just one month. It seemed like an exciting challenge because we were only given a song, some simple drawings, no guidelines, and a meager budget. But in return, we had creative freedom. Basically, the client just wanted a professional result in a short time without giving importance to the rest. In fact, it didn’t seem like a good deal. But we liked the project, so we studied it, accepted the quest, and just did it. Yeah, that’s how we are, people of challenges.

As in any other work with freedom, we took the opportunity to test new techniques and technologies to give an extra touch of quality, this animation RandD was very useful for the pre-production of the future film.

We decided to enter into the production of Valentina as co-producers for two reasons: firstly, we loved the story. And secondly, we wanted to prove that our studio could make a whole animated film (we love challenges).

All the cinematography was made entirely in our studio, all processes from the initial development to the final cut to send to the lab. Moreover, we did it with an unbeatable quality/cost ratio, as we did the cinematography part whit only 1M€ or so.

The secret? The team. All the credits goes to them, everyone has put a bit of their souls into Valentina, and it shows.

Super Valentina is not just another teaser made in just one month! If fate wanted it in that way again, why not?

In this case, we did it smoothly and some advantages: the IP was based on the characters of the film we were making at that time (Valentina). So we only had to focus on lore, story, and quality.

We are very proud of the result, we think it is excellent, but it is something you have to decide for yourself. Like any parent, we are not objective… we love Super Valentina!

Valentina dreams of being a trapeze artist. But she thinks she will never be able to do it because she has Down syndrome. Her Grandmother —who teaches her to play chess and a lot of songs— always encourages her to persevere: If the caterpillars manage to turn into butterflies, nothing is impossible. We must never lose the illusion or the desire to learn.  Look at me, I’m still determined to be a conductor one day!

All was made entirely in Antaruxa animation studio. All processes from the initial development to the final cut to send to the lab. Moreover, we did it with an unbeatable quality/cost ratio.

We have heard that when you produce a film yourself, the things around it are more complicated than making the film itself. In our experience: yes, we can totally confirm this fact. The making of the shots was the easiest part, and that’s why it has been a long and arduous journey, but… Wow. We have finished our first animated feature film! And, obviously, we are very proud of the result! and…hey, it’s even winning important awards! Because yes, it’s a low-cost film but is way over on quality than other productions much more expensive.

The secret? The team. All the credits goes to them. Everyone has put a bit of their souls into Valentina, and it shows.

Rascayú (2012) is an original IP created by some of the members of our team. The project emerged as a TV series and was presented at the Cartoon Forum. Rascayú is lucky, thanks to his magical clover, and to us who have given life to our first IP, although it is a bit weird to say this because Rascayú is a dead skeleton.
We still have a long way to go before we can turn Rascayú and his world into a successful TV Series. But we know that it will be a painstaking and satisfying journey.

Antaruxa is an Animation Studio located in A Coruña, Galicia. We have worked on several films, TV series, commercials and many other formats. We love to try new styles and techniques. However, we work in both 3D and 2D animation.  We worked with clients from all over the world such as Disney, RTVE, Platige, etc.

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