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Sketches on the sky
Mexico
2023
76 minutes 26 seconds
Hybrid documentary
Spanish and totonaca
Color
A
DCP, Apple ProRess, DVD, Blu-ray and Digital Version
Ligia Cortés Aguila
Alejandra Cacho
Ligia Cortés Aguila
Brujazul
Mokiki Animation Studio
Agencia Estatal de Entretenimiento de Jalisco
Semillero Estudios
Jennifer Skarbnik
Daniela Cortés Aguila
Ligia Cortés Aguila
Ana Acosta
Julio Pacheco
Ronin (Ricardo Niño and Mario Ruiz)
Perlís López
Sofía Gómez Córdova
Ligia Cortés Aguila
Alvaro Arce
Caleb Sevilla
Iván Ledesma
Chantal Carrillo
Leo Hernández
Tittle
Country
Year
Runtime
Film genre
Language
Color
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Screening format
Director
Production
Co-production
Animation Line Producer
Associate Producer
Writer
Cinematographer
Animation Director
Art Director
Editors
Music
Sound design
Adittional Material
Sketches on the sky
Mexico
2023
76 minutes 26 seconds
Hybrid documentary
Spanish and totonaca
Color
A
DCP, Apple ProRess, DVD, Blu-ray and Digital Version
Ligia Cortés Aguila
Alejandra Cacho
Ligia Cortés Aguila
Brujazul
Mokiki Animation Studio
Agencia Estatal de Entretenimiento de Jalisco
Semillero Estudios
Jennifer Skarbnik
Daniela Cortés Aguila
Ligia Cortés Aguila
Ana Acosta
Julio Pacheco
Ronin (Ricardo Niño y Mario Ruiz)
Perlís López
Sofía Gómez Córdova
Ligia Cortés Aguila
Alvaro Arce
Caleb Sevilla
Iván Ledesma
Chantal Carrillo
Leo Hernández
Surrounding Tajin there are several schools for Papantla flyers attended by Dana, Said, Jairo and Sarahí, four children that show us the magic of this totonaca dance. While they are prepared to become flyers, they will take us on a journey through the legends that tell us how new generations can fly and save the region from drought. In order to fly, they must confront their fears, be disciplined and keep dreaming.
Synopsis
Fact Sheet
“A documentary mixed with animation
that bring us a magic realism”
Main Characters
Said
He is the smallest of our main characters, he lives with his grandparents, mom and his sister. Said started to play the flute and the drum when he was a little child. He attend Totonakú School, where his grandfather teaches him to become a future leader of the flyers called caporal.
She lives in Papantla and she is 11 years olds. She is a very friendly, sweet, sensitive and cheerful girl. Her father is putting a flying pole in the backyard of her house due he is a chief and teacher of a flighter school, where several kids of her community attend to learn how to fly.
Sarahí
He is an introverted, shy, mischievous boy who attends the school of Zapotal Santa Cruz. Jairo will teach us how the "voladores" make their costumes, what he does in his rehearsals, and the freedom he feels with each new flight.
Jairo
She is 12 years old, she is a girl with a strong personality, brave, very talkative and hyperactive. Dana is the only girl in a family of boys, she helps her parents to sell tacos in the street and when she has a chance she join her brother to the flyers schools because she also dreams to become a flyer.
Dana
Crew
"In 2006, I found that there were several schools of flyers in Veracruz, where children are taught how to fly. I loved that story, so the desire to make a film that would capture all the magic behind these schools immediately arose in me.”
Ligia Cortés Aguila
Director, screenwriter and producer
“Ale help us to search the tools and founding routes to make this story a reality”.
Alejandra Cacho
Producer
"Trazos del Cielo was a project of which I am very proud to be part of the team where we faced creative and production challenges due to the fact that it is a hybrid and independent film. We had the participation of great artists and animators to create an animated world with characters full of magic and color that reflect the richness of the Totonac culture”.
Daniela Cortés Aguila
Coproducer, animation development and composition
"It seems to me that animation helps to reconcile, transform, and generate a shortest way to understanding and raise awareness about ancestral practices in distant communities with memorable characters. It makes real what seems impossible to our eyes”.
Jennifer Skarbnik
Animation Line Producer
"For me, Trazos del Cielo was a project that taught me the importance of the roots and family foundation of every human being, and that patience is a tool that is quite required to carry out a project with heart, soul, and courage”.
Ana Acosta
Cinematographer
"Chantal contributed her photographic perspective and her willingness to tackle any production needs we had in the project. She says that when they flew, we also fly”.
Chantal Carrillo
Aditional Footage (Second Camera)
"The Trazos del Cielo project represented a significant artistic challenge. The director's vision proposed something outside of the conventional, artistically speaking. For the team, Trazos del Cielo was a great opportunity to test our artistic abilities. We fell in love with the characters, the story, and it fills us with pride to be part of this great production. Personally, it was a significant step in my career, as it made other productions start to take us seriously as a studio and gave us the opportunity to showcase our abilities. It feels great to be given a serious place in the industry as a woman”.
Adriana Cid
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CEO Mokiki Animation, Estudio Coproductor
"Not only was a project that taught me a lot with the message it shares, but it was also an incredible collaboration of passionate people. Being a technically ambitious documentary, it was an experience to face daily challenges, but we could not have done it without such a driven and talented team with whom I was fortunate to work”.
Julio Pacheco
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Animation Director
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