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In 2021, Pichardo Espaillat won the award for best Hispanic animated short film at the Libélula Dorada Festival (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodríguez |first=Taina |date=2021-11-10 |title=Culmina con éxito la 6.ª edición del Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Libélula Dorada |url=https://dgcine.gob.do/culmina-con-exito-la-6ta-edicion-del-festival-internacional-de-cortometrajes-libelula-dorada/ |access-date=2025-11-04 |website=DGCINE |language=es-ES}}</ref>. In 2022, his short film about the [[Mirabal sisters|Mirabal Sisters]] was a finalist at the [[Quirino Awards]] (Tenerife, Spain)<ref>{{Cite web |title=FINALISTAS 2022 |url=https://premiosquirino.org/finalistas-2022/ |access-date=2025-11-04 |website=Premios Quirino |language=es-ES}}</ref> and a retrospective of his work to date was presented at the “Fireworks” section of the Lago Film Fest (Treviso, Italy).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lago Film Fest {{!}} FIREWORKS: TOMÁS PICHARDO-ESPAILLAT |url=https://www.lagofest.org/portfolio_page/fireworks-tomas-pichardo-espaillat/?lang=en |access-date=2025-11-04 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2021, Pichardo Espaillat won the award for best Hispanic animated short film at the Libélula Dorada Festival (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodríguez |first=Taina |date=2021-11-10 |title=Culmina con éxito la 6.ª edición del Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Libélula Dorada |url=https://dgcine.gob.do/culmina-con-exito-la-6ta-edicion-del-festival-internacional-de-cortometrajes-libelula-dorada/ |access-date=2025-11-04 |website=DGCINE |language=es-ES}}</ref>. In 2022, his short film about the [[Mirabal sisters|Mirabal Sisters]] was a finalist at the [[Quirino Awards]] (Tenerife, Spain)<ref>{{Cite web |title=FINALISTAS 2022 |url=https://premiosquirino.org/finalistas-2022/ |access-date=2025-11-04 |website=Premios Quirino |language=es-ES}}</ref> and a retrospective of his work to date was presented at the “Fireworks” section of the Lago Film Fest (Treviso, Italy).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lago Film Fest {{!}} FIREWORKS: TOMÁS PICHARDO-ESPAILLAT |url=https://www.lagofest.org/portfolio_page/fireworks-tomas-pichardo-espaillat/?lang=en |access-date=2025-11-04 |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Olivia & The Clouds ===

=== Olivia & The Clouds ===

[[File:Olivia & The Clouds Poster.jpg|thumb|Promotional release poster]]

[[File:Olivia & The Clouds Poster.jpg|thumb|Promotional release poster]]

Tomás Pichardo Espaillat (Santo Domingo, march 2, 2025) is a Dominican film director specialized in animated film and video art, best known for his animated feature film “Olivia & The Clouds” (2024).[1][2]

In 2008, Pichardo Espaillat graduated with a technical degree from the Fine Arts program at Altos de Chavón and then completed his undergraduate studies at Parsons, The New School for Design, in 2010. Between 2011 and 2013, he created several music videos and animated short films, which led to his acceptance into Fabrica Research Centre, the prestigious visual research center of the Benetton Group, in Treviso, Italy.

In 2015, Pichardo Espaillat held his first solo exhibition, “Niños Héroes,” at the Fabrica Features gallery in Lisbon, Portugal. After returning to Santo Domingo, he began creating animation projects for TED-Ed and The School of Life. Some of these short films were screened at various festivals, including the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (France)[3], Raindance Film Festival (London)[4], the Havana Film Festival (Cuba), and Pictoplasma (Berlin), among others.

In 2016, Pichardo Espaillat held a joint exhibition with Dominican visual artist Luisito Nazario at the Centro de la Imagen in Santo Domingo.[5] This marked the beginning of a professional relationship with the Center and its founder, Mayra Johnson. He also won second place in the Young Image Award in 2017[6] and second place in the Biennial Salon in 2019[7], both events organized by the Centro de la Imagen.

In 2021, Pichardo Espaillat won the award for best Hispanic animated short film at the Libélula Dorada Festival (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)[8]. In 2022, his short film about the Mirabal Sisters was a finalist at the Quirino Awards (Tenerife, Spain)[9] and a retrospective of his work to date was presented at the “Fireworks” section of the Lago Film Fest (Treviso, Italy).[10]

Olivia & The Clouds

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Promotional release poster

In 2014, Pichardo Espaillat began developing his first animated feature film, “Olivia & The Clouds.” This project won the Ibermedia 2019 development fund[11], the DGCINE 2019 FONPROCINE production fund for fiction and animation feature films[12], and participated in training labs at Animation! at Ventana Sur 2019 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)[13], Berlinale Talents 2023 (Berlin, Germany)[14] and Talents Guadalajara at the Guadalajara International Film Festival 2023 (Guadalajara, Mexico).[15]

Olivia & the Clouds had its world premiere at the 77th Locarno Film Festival on 15 August 2024, competing for the Concorso Cineasti del Presente award[16]. Prior to its premiere, Miyu Distribution acquired the film’s distribution rights.[17]

It also competed at the 2024 Ottawa International Animation Festival[18], in the Sutherland Trophy section of the 2024 BFI London Film Festival where it won a special mention[19], in the Harbour section of the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam screened in February 2025[20], in the Contrechamp section of the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival[21] and in the International Animated Feature Films Competition of the 2025 Guadalajara International Film Festival where it won best international animated film.[22]

  1. ^ Campbell, Kambole (2025-06-07). “‘Olivia & the Clouds’ Director Tomás Pichardo Espaillat on the Wild Collaborative Animation Process of His Annecy Player: ‘It Was Chaotic and Crazy’“. Variety. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  2. ^ “LatAm cinema » LatAm premiere: Tomás Pichardo Espaillat, director de “Olivia y las nubes”“. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  3. ^ Lang, Jamie (2025-04-23). “Annecy 2025 Lineup Unveiled: A Celebration of Innovation, Independence and International Animation”. Variety. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  4. ^ “Shorts Programme: Animation 1 2021 Archive”. Raindance. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  5. ^ “Agujero negro”. Diario Libre (in Spanish). 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  6. ^ Imagen, Centro de la (2017-05-31). “Premio Joven 2017”. Centro de la Imagen RD (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  7. ^ Imagen, Centro de la (2019-10-24). “Salón Bienal 2019”. Centro de la Imagen RD (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  8. ^ Rodríguez, Taina (2021-11-10). “Culmina con éxito la 6.ª edición del Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Libélula Dorada”. DGCINE (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  9. ^ “FINALISTAS 2022”. Premios Quirino (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  10. ^ “Lago Film Fest | FIREWORKS: TOMÁS PICHARDO-ESPAILLAT”. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  11. ^ “OLIVIA Y LAS NUBES”. Programa Ibermedia (in European Spanish). 2025-11-04. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  12. ^ Degaudenzi, Adrian (2024-07-16). “Cine dominicano indetenible: “Olivia & las Nubes” llega a la competencia oficial del Festival de Locarno”. DGCINE (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  13. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (2019-10-24). “Ventana Sur Animation! Selected Projects Announced”. Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  14. ^ “Berlinale Talents – Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat”. Berlinale Talents. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  15. ^ “Berlinale Talents – Interview: Tomás Pichardo Espaillat”. Berlinale Talents. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  16. ^ Szalai, Georg (2024-07-10). “Locarno Fest Lineup Includes Hong Sang-soo, Paz Vega Films, Honors for Mélanie Laurent, Guillaume Canet”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  17. ^ Lang, Jamie (2024-08-01). “Miyu Acquires Animated Dominican Feature ‘Olivia & the Clouds’ Ahead of Locarno, Ottawa Competition Screenings (EXCLUSIVE)”. Variety. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  18. ^ Amidi, Amid (2024-07-12). “Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival 2024 Lineup Announced – Full List”. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  19. ^ “Award winners announced at 2024 BFI London Film Festival”. BFI. 2024-10-20. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  20. ^ “Olivia & the Clouds”. IFFR EN. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  21. ^ Amidi, Amid (2025-04-23). “Annecy Selects 21 Animated Features For Competition Lineups”. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  22. ^ “‘O Último Azul’, ‘Olivia y las nubes’ y ‘Los inocentes’ triunfan en el Festival de Cine de Guadalajara”. Programa Ibermedia (in European Spanish). 2025-06-17. Retrieved 2025-11-04.

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