The far-right has now aggressively infiltrated the politics of countless nations, developed and otherwise, advocating malicious rhetoric that targets vulnerable groups, preaches ethnocentrism, and weaponizes religion. Outside of what happened in the United States in 2016, last year’s presidential election in Brazil, which crowned a candidate holding such extreme views, is a testament to the harmful powers of alarmist populism.
Although produced prior to the recent rise of these traditionalist forces in the country, Brazilian animated feature “Tito and the Birds” is a shrewd response to bigotry, packaged as a spooky adventure achieved through the integration of artisanal and digital techniques. The outcome is a stylistically singular treasure with tonal and aesthetic hints of Laika’s horror-inspired “ParaNorman” and the animated Van Gogh biopic “Loving Vincent.”
São Paulo native Gustavo Steinberg, the creative commander propelling the entire operation, co-directed the film with animators Gabriel Bitar and André Catoto. Steinberg made...
Although produced prior to the recent rise of these traditionalist forces in the country, Brazilian animated feature “Tito and the Birds” is a shrewd response to bigotry, packaged as a spooky adventure achieved through the integration of artisanal and digital techniques. The outcome is a stylistically singular treasure with tonal and aesthetic hints of Laika’s horror-inspired “ParaNorman” and the animated Van Gogh biopic “Loving Vincent.”
São Paulo native Gustavo Steinberg, the creative commander propelling the entire operation, co-directed the film with animators Gabriel Bitar and André Catoto. Steinberg made...
- 1/25/2019
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
The “outbreak” started years ago when the twenty-four hour news cycle broke onto the scene by stoking fear for ratings out of a necessity for content. We used to only get an hour of local news every night — itself needing to be bolstered by a public interest story or two — with a few national programs enlightening us on world events. Information dispersal became editorializing. Editorializing became for-profit politicization wherein truth was filtered through a partisan prism pre-packaged for Election Day rather than relevancy. News became entertainment, snuff videos of beheadings and tragedies a click away on the internet for us to bask in a nationalist fervor of retribution and bloodlust. Race, religion, sexual orientation, and culture became our enemies as that pre-manufactured fear transformed into strength through hate.
America isn’t alone in this. Nations around the world are beholden to state-sanctioned news sources feeding a skewed truth and their...
America isn’t alone in this. Nations around the world are beholden to state-sanctioned news sources feeding a skewed truth and their...
- 11/1/2018
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
As Brazil falls heedlessly into far-right political clutches, the liberal message of Gustavo Steinberg, Gabriel Bitar and André Catoto’s ravishing animated feature “Tito and the Birds” turns out to be more unhappily timely than its makers would have hoped: Put simply, a society gripped by fear will never take flight. If the boy-against-the-world allegory carrying this moral is painted with a broad brush, so — often quite literally — is the film itself. Employing a darkly iridescent fusion of oil paint and digital embellishment, it renders a growing dystopia in shifting, seasick colors, distorted into about as much exquisite, Expressionist-inspired nightmare fuel as its family-film remit will allow.
A classy acquisition for newbie distributors Shout! Studios, this Annecy and Toronto premiere is among the 25 titles submitted in this year’s animated feature Oscar race. Comparisons to fellow Brazilian dazzler “Boy and the World,” a surprise 2015 nominee, are both obvious and merited,...
A classy acquisition for newbie distributors Shout! Studios, this Annecy and Toronto premiere is among the 25 titles submitted in this year’s animated feature Oscar race. Comparisons to fellow Brazilian dazzler “Boy and the World,” a surprise 2015 nominee, are both obvious and merited,...
- 10/29/2018
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Shout! Studios has acquired North American distribution rights to the Brazilian animated movie “Tito and the Birds.”
Shout plans a rollout across multiple entertainment distribution platforms, beginning with a theatrical launch later this year.
“Tito and the Birds” is directed by Gustavo Steinberg, Gabriel Bitar and André Catoto from a script by Eduardo Benaim and Steinberg. Producers are Steinberg, Daniel Greco, Felipe Sabino, and Brenda Wooding.
The story centers on Tito, a shy 10-year-old boy, who lives in a world on the brink of pandemic. Fear is crippling people, making them sick and transforming them. Tito realizes, based on his father’s past research, that there may be a way to utilize the local pigeon population and their songs to create a cure for the disease.
The film premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and won the best feature for children at Anima Mundi 2018. The film will have...
Shout plans a rollout across multiple entertainment distribution platforms, beginning with a theatrical launch later this year.
“Tito and the Birds” is directed by Gustavo Steinberg, Gabriel Bitar and André Catoto from a script by Eduardo Benaim and Steinberg. Producers are Steinberg, Daniel Greco, Felipe Sabino, and Brenda Wooding.
The story centers on Tito, a shy 10-year-old boy, who lives in a world on the brink of pandemic. Fear is crippling people, making them sick and transforming them. Tito realizes, based on his father’s past research, that there may be a way to utilize the local pigeon population and their songs to create a cure for the disease.
The film premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and won the best feature for children at Anima Mundi 2018. The film will have...
- 8/22/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Feature premiered at Annecy earlier this year.
Shout! Studios, the distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory, has picked up all North American rights from Indie Sales to the Brazilian animation and Toronto selection Tito And The Birds.
Gustavo Steinberg (End Of The Line), Gabriel Bitar (Cidade Cinza), and André Catoto (Say I Am Only Seventeen) directed from a screenplay by Eduardo Benaim and Gustavo Steinberg.
Tito And The Birds premiered at Annecy International Animation Film Festival earlier in the year and won the Best Feature for Children at Anima Mundi 2018. It will receive its North American premiere in Toronto next month.
Shout! Studios, the distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory, has picked up all North American rights from Indie Sales to the Brazilian animation and Toronto selection Tito And The Birds.
Gustavo Steinberg (End Of The Line), Gabriel Bitar (Cidade Cinza), and André Catoto (Say I Am Only Seventeen) directed from a screenplay by Eduardo Benaim and Gustavo Steinberg.
Tito And The Birds premiered at Annecy International Animation Film Festival earlier in the year and won the Best Feature for Children at Anima Mundi 2018. It will receive its North American premiere in Toronto next month.
- 8/22/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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