Anina (film)

Anina is a 2013 Uruguayan-Colombian animated comedy film written and directed by Alfredo Soderguit. It was adapted by Federico Ivanier from the children's novel by Sergio López Suárez. The film was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Plot
Anina Yatay Salas is a pensive redhead who really does not like her name, with each part of it being palindrome. Her peers always ridicule her about this, especially Anina’s arch-enemy Yisel. When these two get into a playground fight one day they are sent to the school head who disciplines them with a nerve-racking punishment: they are both given a sealed black envelope which they are not allowed to open for an entire week. Haunted by nightmares, the days drag by endlessly for Anina. She and her inquisitive best friend try to devise all sorts of ways to discover what is inside the envelope. Gradually, Anina begins to realize that not only does Yisel share her fate: she also has much bigger problems to contend with than Anina. Tentatively, the two rivals begin to get to know each other. Narrated by the voice of the young protagonist, the film is able to follow Anina’s thought processes and provide an insight into her emotional world. Anina’s day-dreams are not always about her troubles and woes – they also reflect her awakening feelings of love.

Other Spanish-language voice actors

 * Federica Lacaño (Anina)
 * María Mendive (Anina's mother)
 * César Troncoso (Anina's father)
 * Cristina Morán (director)
 * Petru Valensky (Tota)
 * Roberto Suárez (Pocha)
 * Gimena Fajardo (teacher Águeda)
 * Florencia Zabaleta (teacher Aurora)
 * Guillermina Pardo (Florencia)
 * Lucía Parrilla (Yisel)
 * Marcel Keoroglian (César)
 * Pedro Cruz Garza (Yonatan)
 * Ana González Olea (Anina's grandmother)
 * Claudia Prezioso (Pablo)
 * Sthephany Sánchez González (TV Actress)
 * Coco Legrand (Hairdresser)
 * Edgar Pedraza Piña (TV Announcer)
 * Julian Goyoaga (TV Announcer)
 * Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza (Perianto)
 * Stefano Tononi (Italian film actress)
 * Carla Moscatelli (Italian film actress)
 * Denisse Torena (Chorus1)
 * Claudia Prezioso (Chorus2)
 * Mariale Ariceta (Chorus3)
 * Alejó Schettini (Chorus4)
 * Alfredo Soderguit (Chorus5)
 * Germán Tejeira (Chorus6)
 * Julian Goyoaga (Chorus 7)
 * Niños de Giraluna (Schoolchildren)

Awards and nominations

 * 2014, Iris Award, won best work of the year in cinema

Nominations

 * 2015, Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Mexico Nomination for best film
 * 2014, Platino Awards, Best Animated Film and Best Ibero-American Co-production.
 * 2013, Premio Ariel Nomination for best Ibero-American film, nomination.
 * 2013, Cartagena Film Festival, best film and best director, nomination.
 * 2013, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema Nomination by public vote.