“Way of Giants” - “Caminho dos Gigantes”

Directed, Produced and Written by ALOIS DI LEO

In a forest of gigantic trees, Oquirá a six year old indigenous girl, will challenge her destiny and learn to understand the cycle of life.

Animation TIAGO ROVIDA & HENRIQUE LOBATO
Original Music by TITO LA ROSA
Editing HELENA MAURA & ALOIS DI LEO
Sound Design and Mix DANIEL TURINI & FERNANDO HENNA
Additional Music GUSTAVO MONTEIRO

AWARDS
- 33rd Anual Chicago Children’s Film Festival - Best of the Fest (2016)
- 33rd Anual Chicago Children’s Film Festival - 1st prize for the Best Animated Short film given by the Adult Jury (2016)
- 25ª Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine - Prix TV5 MONDE (2016)
- 16ª Goiânia Mostra Curtas - Best short film by the popular Jury of the 15ª Mostrinha (2016)
- ANIMA MUNDI 2016 - Prize for Best sound Concept
- Curta Cinema 2016 - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival - Best Director
- Baixada Animada 2016 - Jury's Honorable Mention
- MONSTRA - Jury's Honorable Mention
- Animae Caribe - Most Outstanding Animation
- Animae Caribe - Most Outstanding Regional Animation
- Foyle Film Festival - Runner Up - BEST SHORT ANIMATION
- Shorts Shorts Film Festival & Asia - Best Animation
- Mostra Ecofalante de Cinema Ambiental - Jury's Honorable Mention
- Lanterna Mágica - International Animation Film Festival - Best Director
- Lanterna Mágica - International Animation Film Festival - Best Sound
- 16a Mostra Cinema Infantil de Florianópolis - Jury's Honorable Mention
- Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Luís - Best Screenplay
- Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Luís - Best Sound
- Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Luís - Best Editing
- Rhode Island International Film Festival - FIRST prize for Best Children’s Animation
- Festival comKids – Prix Jeunesse Iberoamericano 2017 - 2nd Place Best Fiction 12-15 years
- FEST 2017 New Directors, New Films Festival - FESTinha Award 3 - 7 to 12 years old
- 45 Festival de Cinema de Gramado - Best sound design
- FICI - PRÊMIO BRASIL DE CINEMA INFANTIL - 1° place animated stories
- MUMIA 2017 - Best Film National Category
- Quirino - Best Animation Design

MAIN FESTIVALS
- Annecy Film Festival (Jun 2016)
- 39th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - Young Audience Programme 2017
- Cinélatino 29er Reencontres de tolouse
- 63rd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
- 45th Festival de Cinema de Gramado
- Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2017
- 33rd Anual Chicago Children’s Film Festival
- 25ª Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine
- ANIMA MUNDI 2016
- Curta Cinema 2016 - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival
- Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival - SICAF2016 (Jul 2016)Seoul, North Korea
- 24th Curtas Vila do Conde IFF (Jul 2016)Vila do Conde, Portugal
- 27º Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens de São Paulo (Aug 2016)São Paulo, Brazil Mostra Brasil
- Heartland Film Festival FINALIST (Oct. 20-30, 2016)
- 24th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
- Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2017
- ZLÍN 2017 - 57th International Film Festival for Children and Youth
- 60th CINE Golden Eagle Finalist
- 35th Carrousel international du film de Rimouski
- 19o FESTCURTASBH (Festival Internacional de Curtas de Belo Horizonte)
- 16ª Goiânia Mostra Curtas
- KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2016
- Brooklyn Film Festival
- Olhar de Cinema
- 12ª CineOP – Mostra de Cinema de Ouro Preto
- Lanterna Mágica - Festival Internacional de Animação
- 15th Vancouver Latin American Film Festival
- 11ª CineBH
- FINALISTAS FESTIVAL COMKIDS – PRIX JEUNESSE IBEROAMERICANO 2017
- 16a Mostra Cinema Infantil de Florianópolis
- SPARK ANIMATION 2016
- Foyle Film Festival
- Cardiff Independent Film Festival
- MONSTRA (Lisbon, Portugal)
- 20ª Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes
- International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017 - Educational Programme
- Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen - Educational Programs
- Bienal Internacional do Cinema Sonoro - BIS
- Athens International Film + Video Festival
- Nashville Film Festival
- Sixth international Animation Festival Chilemonos

Cast: SINLOGO Animation