SAMAIN / HALLOWEN 2020 · A PRODUCTION OF MANUEL CRISTÓBAL FOR SYGNATIA HAMPA STUDIO · BASED ON THE GRAPHIC NOVEL BY ROC ESPINET · WRITTEN BY XAVIER MANUEL · ART DIRECTOR KHRIS CEMBE · · DIRECTOR ÁLEX CERVANTES · MUSIC ARTURO CARDELÚS · SOUND JUAN FERRO · PRODUCED BY MANUEL CRISTÓBAL ALEX CERVANTES · ASSOCIATE PRODUCER SANDRO MENA · DIRECTED BY ROC ESPINET ·

INTRODUCTION ------Girl and Wolf is an animated feature film for a young adult public based on the Roc Espinet’s homonymous graphic novel. It tells the story of Paula, a innocent girl who lives in a medieval village attacked by wolves. Paula will have to face dark childhood traumas, soulless hunters, magical wild spirits and an ancient pack of wolves.

GIRL AND WOLF

PAULA ------GREYWOLF ------Paula grew up in an orphanage. She He is the fiercest wolf of the wildest herd survives working as a waitress in a vi- that exists on earth. He is respected by llage, where the innkeeper constantly the rest of the wolves and has a lot of humiliates her because she is unable to authority (although always behind the defend herself: she is a weak and hel- leader of the herd: Big Wolf). Due to pless girl. During this story Paula will unusual circumstances, Greywolf will discover the mysterious power that she meet Paula and an enigmatic connection has inside her. will be created between them. THE WOLVES HUNT THE MEN WHO HAVE ENTERED INTO THE FORBIDDEN FOREST. THE ETERNAL STRUGGLE OF TWO SPECIES CONTINUES. THE INNKEEPER HUMILIATES THE INNOCENT GIRL: PAULA. A WOMAN IN A WORLD OF MEN, SHE DOESN’T FEEL THAT SHE BELONGS TO THE HUMAN WORLD. RETURNING TO THE VILLAGE WITH HIS WAGON, THE INNKEEPER ENTERED INTO THE FOREST AND GREYWOLF KIDNAPS PAULA. ADRIAN AS EXPERT WOLF HUNTER OFFERS HIMSELF TO THE MAYOR TO LEAD A HUNTING THAT WILL END THE PACK FOREVER. ADRIAN KEEPS A BIG SECRET. AFTER SAVING GREYWOLF’ LIFE, PAULA BEGINS TO GET THE SYMPATHY OF THE PACK OF WOLVES. INSIDE, SHE FEELS SHE BELONGS TO THIS WORLD. THE HUNTING BREAKS INTO THE LAIR, ADRIAN TRANSFORMED INTO A WOLF EXTERMINATES THE PACK. PAULA BECOMES THE BEARER OF BIG POWER, THE WOLF SPIRITS. GREYWOLF, ONE OF THE FEW SURVIVORS OF THE MASSACRE, IS IMPRISONED FOR HIS IMMINENT EXECUTION. ONLY PAULA CAN SAVE HIM. THE TOWN SQUARE IS CROWDED, ADRIAN SURPRISES PAULA AND MAKES HER HAND EXECUTING GREYWOLF. THE WOLF SPIRITS LEAVE PAULA. TIRED OF BEING CONTROLLED BY ADRIAN AND THE MAYOR, PAULA CONNECTS WITH HIS INNER WOLF AND THINK A PLAN TO SAVE HER NEW SPECIE: THE WOLVES. PAULA WALKS INTO THE DEAD ZONE OF THE FOREST AND MEETS WITH THE LAST WOLVES. THEY DECIDE TO GIVE HER A CHANCE AND FIGHT TOGETHER. THE TRANSFORMED WOLF HUNTER ATTACKS THE PACK, PAULA FOR THE FIRST TIME TRANSFORMS AND DEFEATS HIM WITH THE POWER OF THE WOLF SPIRITS. PAULA, THE NEW LEADER OF THE PACK, KEEPS THE MEN AWAY FROM THE FOREST, HER NEW HOME.

TEAM XAVIER MANUEL Scriptwriter ------Scriptwriter of animation and comedy since 2009. He has a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona, ​​he started as a scriptwriter for late-night Buenafuente (El Terrat, La Sexta) and as a junior scriptwriter for the satirical program Polònia (Minoria Absoluta , TV3). After graduating in 2010, he explored the videogame industry at Social Point and joined the Animac Lleida team - the longest running animation festival in - as a volunteer. In just one year, he was promoted to assistant director, programmer and official journalist for specialized events such as the Annecy Festival.

In 2014 he moved to Los Angeles with a prestigious La Caixa grant to study a Master Degree in Script at Chapman University. During his American adventure, he worked for Nickelodeon in the project development department, in the animation studio Titmouse Inc as coordinator and script assistant for the Goldie & Bear series (Disney Junior), and in The Cinefamily as organizer and programmer of animation events. In parallel, he worked remotely as a screenwriter for a Barcelona indie studio called Alike Studio, creators of the mobile videogames Love You to Bits and Bring You Home.

After his return to Barcelona in the summer of 2017, he works as a freelance screenwriter for studios such as UniKo, Walking the Dog, O Estudio Creativo, and Peekaboo Animation - while collaborating in Animac Lleida as a programmer and editor. Since October 2018, he is part of the script team of La Nit dels Òscars, the lastest successful late-night produced by TV3. ROC ESPINET Director ------ and director with a great international experience. He is working as an animator for the prestigious Titmouse studio (LA, New York, Vancouver) since 2015. He has worked in several series: Deadly Class for HBO, the two seasons of Niko and the Sword of Light for Amazon and Future Worm for Disney XD. He also animated in the adult film Nerdland (Chris Prynoski, 2016) that was premiered at the TRIBECA film festival.

He has also worked as an animator for Alberto Vázquez (Award- winning director) in the short film Decorado (premiered in the Quinzaine in Cannes 2016 and winner of the Goya for best short animation) and in the feature film Psiconautas (Winner of the Goya for best animation film).

He worked as a director of promotional spots and animator in a videogames studio called Social Point (Dragon City) between 2012 and 2014. He worked as an animator in the series Lua y el mundo (Mediapro/Triacom) in 2010 and 2011. From 2004 to 2009 he worked as an animator and Advertising illustrator for BBDO / Orbital.

He combined his professional work with teaching, animation classes at the 9Zeros school and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia during the years 2009 and 2010.

He graduated in Fine Arts (University of Barcelona) in 2006 with a one-year stay at the Glasgow School of Art studying Audiovisual Communication. In 2007 he studied the 2D animation Master at 9Zeros school and previously studied illustration and airbrushing during two years at the JOSO School.

In 2018 he won the Movistar + prize with the animated short film project Colossal Jane and edits Girl and Wolf, her third graphic novel, with the publisher Spaceman Project. he was elected to the Royal Academy ARTURO CARDELÚS of Music in 2016 as an associate of Music composer that institution. His works have been ------produced in Europe, Asia and the Music composer and pianist. Apart from USA in places such as the National Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles Auditorium of Madrid, The Kioi Tokyo his two most recent projects are: “In a Hall, the Concerts Hall of the Arts Heartbeat”, a short film that has won the Center of Seoul and the Jordan Hall in Prize from the Academy of Hollywood Boston. Naxos, one of the leading labels for Students and “Call Me Francis”, an in classic music launched an album on original miniseries by Netflix about the chamber music produced by Cardelús life of Pope Francis directed by Daniele in 2015. The album includes the suite: Luchetti (nominated for a Golden Palm). Con Aire de Tango, which was selected by soloists from the Philharmonic The critic Jonathan Broxton noted Orchestra of Berlin and recorded there. that the soundtrack of that film (Call me Francesco) was one of the best Cardelús has also composed chamber of the year and added that Cárdelus music works ordered by Natalia is “a young, very talented composer Ensemble, Cuarteto Granada and whose career I’ll be following with Tanya Gabrielian, and his works have enthusiasm”. also been played by Kremerata Baltica from Gidon Kremer and the Japanese Cardelús has worked previously in violinist Iwao Furusawa. films like Altamira: El Origen del Arte, directed by Goya Award-winner He studied piano performances at the José Luis López Linares for Madre Royal Academy of Music in London, at Quentina, starring Rossi de Palma; the Franz Liszt Academy of Budapest and The Answers, best short film at and the Conservatory of Music of the International Film Festival of Santa Salamanca. Bárbara. Cardelús also orchestrated the music for the film nominated for the Cardelús changed his approach by Golden Globe: The Paperboy, along studying composition and scores for with Jon Kull. As far as commercials are films at the Berklee College of Music concerned, he has worked in national of Boston, where he graduated Summa campaigns for Mercedes-Benz, Xarelto Cum Laude and obtained the top prize and others. from the department of composition. Cardelús lives at present in Los Angeles Cardelús’s overall contribution to concert and teaches at the Madrid School of music was widely acknowledged when Creative Music. feature film Bullrunning in Pamplona. MANUEL CRISTÓBAL From 2012 till 2014 works as Executive Producer in the animation film Another Producer day of life (Raúl de la Fuente, Damian ------Nenow, 2018) which had its world premiere Spanish Film Producer, PhD in Film in the Cannes Film Festival. Studies at the Rey Juan Carlos University, graduated in directing at ARTSS In 2017 announces the production of International UK and in the Entertainment Dragonkeeper, a 20 million € CGI Master Class at the Erich Pommer Institute animation family film coproduced by in Berlin. Since 2001 has produced ten Spain and China that will be released feature films for the international market, in 2020. In 2018 he premieres the 2D seven of them in animation, and has won animation film Buñuel in the labyrinth four Goya awards in the best animation of the turtles (Salvador Simó, 2019) feature category. in the Animation is Film Festival in LA where it wins the Jury Prize. After working in AGAPI as manager and in the Media Business School as coordinator, He is Secretary of the board in CARTOON he joins Dygra Films in 1999 as executive (European Animation Producer’s Guild), producer in the films The living forest member of the board in the Spanish (first CGI animation film in Europe) and Film Academy, Vice-President in Midsummer Dream. In 2005 he joins DIBOOS (Spanish Animation Producer’s Zinkia Entertainment as development Guild), lecturer in 20 countries and and distribution director with the series digital production teacher at the U-TAD Pocoyó and Shuriken School. University in Madrid. In 2007 he creates Perro Verde Films and En 1996 he got one of the 12 European produces five films: the CGI animation film scholarships granted by the MPAA and (with Kandor Moon entered as intern at UIP; in 1997 he was presented by Antonio Banderas), Lost in the first Spaniard selected for a grant of Galicia and The night that stopped the Nipkow Programme in Berlin; in 2000 raining (both live action), Going Nuts he was selected by the EFA in its new (action and horror animation with painted talent programme in Iceland; in 2007 he peanuts) and his first 2D feature film was selected as one of 60 personalities of Wrinkles based in the graphic novel by the Cannes Film Festival by Variety; in Paco Roca, directed by Ignacio Ferreras, 2008 selected producer in the move by considered one of the most relevant European Film Promotion; in 2012 he got animation films in 2012 and released in the CARTOON Tribute as best animation Japan by Ghibli. producer of Europe. In 2013 he produces and launches in Spain the 3D stereoscopic documentary ALEX CERVANTES Producer ------A producer, scriptwriter and . He began his career in the world of illustration and animation in 1993 and subsequently, in 2006, founded Hampa Studio in Valencia. Since then, he has developed many projects involving series and feature films both in 2D and 3D.

Nominated both as director and producer to a Goya award for his short animation film Margarita in 2008. In 2010 he participated in the co-production between Germany, China, and Spain of the feature film Manchu, working as director of the animation for which Hampa Studio was in charge. In 2011 he directed the 2D/3D short film The End which won the Prize within that category at the Festival of Animamundi On the road and was preselected for the Goyas. In 2013 and 2014 he created, wrote, directed and produced the children’s series The Shadowsters, sold in international markets and broadcast by HBO and Movistar+.

Between 2015 and 2017 he directed and wrote the scripts for three short works of the series My Talking Tom for YouTube (almost 900 million views).

In 2016 and 2017 he developed the project for the series Zomvips aimed at a young public, for which the necessary financing is still pending.

In 2017 he created, wrote, directed and produced Colorics, a preschool children’s series involving a co-production between TVE and À punt scheduled to premier in 2020.

In 2018 he co-directed and co-produced the feature film Memorias de un hombre en Pijama, nominated to a Goya for best animation film. That same year the film Black y Beltza premiered, in which he worked as director of animation, with Hampa Studio in charge of almost all of the animation work.

In 2019 he has been one of the producers of Buñuel in the labyrinth of the Turtles for which Hampta Studio has been in charge of the animation and color. SANDRO MENA Associate producer ------2015 he founded the publisher and platform of crowdfunding Spaceman Project. The model is based on online crowdfunding with publication in several languages ​​and international distribution.

His first work produced under the Spaceman Project label was Nima by the author Enrique Fernández in 2017. To this work followed a lot more: Fabio Visintin’s Odyssey (2018), Nothin ‘Personal (2018) by Josep Busquet and Andre, Máculas (2018) by Jordi Pastor and Danide, Girl and Wolf (2018) by Roc Espinet, The antisocial networks by Luis Quiles, Crepanquine (2019) by Caro Waro and Garbunka, SERIOUSLY by Andrea Serio, Korokke (2019) by Josep Busquet and Jonatan Cantero, Viaje a la isla de los titanes (2019) by Marcos García and Yaga (2019) by Antoine Ozanam and Pedro Rodríguez.

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