Synopsis

“My home city, São Paulo, is known as the “city of walls”. Twenty million people live here, most of whom hiding behind fences, barbed and electric wires – it is as if fear has become an epidemic, a disease. Perhaps because of this, the idea that fear is contagious has always fascinated me” -- Gustavo Steinberg

Participating in the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Tito and the Birds mixes oil-painting brushstrokes with digital tools to paint an exhilarating story of a young boy’s quest to save the world from fear. Tito is a shy 10-year-old, who lives with his mother. Suddenly, an unusual epidemic starts to spread, making people sick whenever they get scared. Tito quickly discovers that the cure is somehow related to his missing father’s research on bird song. He embarks on a journey with his friends to save the world from the epidemic. Tito’s search for the antidote becomes a quest for his missing father and for his own identity.

Featuring Animation Support Program winning animation works:
20/4 (SAT) 3:00pm WUEN – Ride (Duration of short: Approx. 10 mins)
Duration of the whole programme: Approx. 83 mins

12/5 (SUN) 6:20pm Kowloon Walled City Land (Duration of short: Approx. 12 mins)
Duration of the whole programme: Approx. 85 mins)