Internationale Animationskunst: Juan Pablo Zaramella (Argentinien)

KHM

Mittwoch, 18. Juni 2025, 19 Uhr
Aula der KHM, Filzengraben 2, 50676 Köln | Eintritt frei
Moderation: Prof. Isabel Herguera

Juan Pablo Zaramella is an Argentinian director and a prominent figure in the world of animation. He has directed many short films, television series, and numerous commercial projects.

Zaramella's cinema is deeply human, featuring characters, tender and irresistibly flawed who are thrown into whirlwinds of invention and entrapment, overwhelmed by a surreal hyperreality from which they miraculously always emerge victorious. Some stories revolve around the simple act of surviving everyday obstacles; a choreography of traffic jams and routine malfunctions. Other narratives, reveal realities that conceal others within. There is a playful and lighthearted attitude in his work that comes from the tradition of the absurd of Borges and Cortázar.

He is a master of the ancient art of representing the world, crafting a mirror of reality through his willingness to experiment with chance and structure, and his quest for new ways to narrate and perceive the world. There are artists who leave a positive mark on our lives and inspire hope. Juan Pablo Zaramella is one of them.

The session will be conducted in English.

(Text by Prof. Isabel Herguera)

The films:

EL DESAFÍO A LA MUERTE
Stop motion, 2001, 4 min

The fakir's body is a plastic mass that defies the laws of life and death.

VIAJE A MARTE

Stop motion, 2004, 16 min

Little Antonio daydreams about flying to Mars, fortunately his grandfather knows how to get there. This claymation looks at childhood fantasy through an adult lens.

LAPSUS

2007, 3:22 min

A curious nun ventures into the darker side of her animated world.

HEROES

2018, 3 min

A hilarious satire on motivational rhetoric, team management, and high-level sports.

GUANTE

2004, 10 min

A man is chosen to receive a mysterious box with a glove. From that moment on he becomes a part of a plan that may change his life forever.

AT THE OPERA

2010, 1 min

A moving night at the opera

LUMINARIS

2011, 6 min

In a world controlled and timed by the light, a common man has a plan that could change the destiny.

THE TINIEST MAN IN THE WORLD

TV series, 2018
The everyday life of the tiniest man in the world is a string of endless challenges, but he is proud and persists in pursuing an ordinary life.

ASI SON LAS COSAS

TV series, 2019, 6 min

An indiscreet look at the secret life of objects

PASAGERO
2022, 10 min

A sarcastic comedy about a character who reveals his prejudices toward those around him but, over the course of the journey, finds himself shifting from accuser to victim.

The films will be presented with English subtitles.

Editor — Ute Dilger

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