The Dr.W´s book is here!

"Attention everyone...attention, breaking news!!! Doctor W has lost a sense but... Which one?"

Join the tenacious researcher on an extraordinary journey, a trip that will show you every corner, even the most sensitive ones, in search of the lost sense that will return meaning to everything.  Dr. W will undertake this adventure as every other quest: with passion, emotion, and tirelessly...until the end! This journey is not an easy quest, or a ride for blind minds or hypochondriacs hearts, it will be loaded with surprises and dangers: Unbalancing giant waves! Synaesthetes poets! Clowns without a sense of rhythm! So, dear reader, buckle up and clear your mind because this mysterious case is, without any doubts, one that you have never seen before and a real feast for all your senses.

Order it here or in Blume!

Official release: 14th january / 2012 - Fnac Triangle - 6 p.m (Barcelona)

THE ICAA SUPPORTS THE FLYING SQUIRRELS

Great news! The fantastic Flying Squirrels have won an important grant of the Department of the Spanish Ministry of Culture ICAA (Institute of Visual Arts Films) for animation series. After a hard struggle, the five friends are arriving with a trophy of honor in their classroom. And now they arepreparing the most intense adventure of all time: finding the chest in the frightful depths of Dragon City.A small step for Magoproduction and a big jump for The Flying Squirrels.

MARIEL, THE MINI-SERIES BY VANVELVET

 

Mariel, a series fiction, is the brainchild of Vanvelvet. It´s co-produced by La Xarxa de Televisions Locals de Catalunya and Lacamara with Magoproduction´s collaboration. Also with the support of Parc Fluvial del Llobregat and Raquel Castellà´s historical advising, the skilled professional specialized in the industrial colonies of Catalonya, where the production is taking place.
The serie is Inspired by the works of masters of light as Sven Nykvist and his work on "The Hour of the Wolf" by Ingmar Bergman and the narration of "Institute Benjamenta" by the Brothers Quay, Mariel belongs to the  Noir-Drama genre and consists of 13 short chapters that will be beginning to shot next December. The project proposes a meeting between the classical and experimental, using the Super8 as a means and betting on a passionate and truly captivating story.

EL RUISEÑOR Y LA NOCHE, CHAVELA VARGAS SINGS TO LORCA

 “Edith Piaf, Bola de Nieve and Chavela Vargas are the three more dramatic voices of the Twentieth century.”
Pedro Almodóvar

Chavela Vargas is 92 years old and and is fulfilling one of her wishes: to make a tribute to the spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca. The book / CD is called "La Luna Grande" and is motivated by an overwhelming desire: to express her love for the poet, add music to his poems and remember her encounter with the poet’s presence in Spain, encounter that remains in her soul until today. Chavela's voice, as lighthouse of her memory and imagination, will illuminate gradually that world to which only she has access and that now has decided to share through a unique documentary directed by Rubén Rojo Aura and produced by Mago Production and MonkeyHeadFilms (Mexico) called El Ruiseñor y la Noche. The project will collect moments she is living, rehearsals, the recording, presentations and gather statements from people close to her and to the poet. In addition, following her desire of coming to Spain, she will present the disc with the company of our cameras. She will close the cycle in the place where all began and where it should end. Chavela will have fulfilled his last dream, meeting again with the presence of her old friend.

Magoproduction at the Mostra de Cinema Colòmbia-Brasil

The Mostra de Cinema Colombia-Brasil included within the Jornades de Sensibilització 8ª DIASPORA - "Sense fronteres", will be held from 7 to 23 October in Barcelona and it has excellent productions of Magoproduction. The aim of the initiative is to conduct an awareness-raising, through visual arts and new technologies in relation to peaceful coexistence, solidarity and care of our home: the Earth. In the section "Animation from here and there" are two episodes of the famous Dr.W directed by Muyi Neira and, under the slogan of Tots per Tots, the documentary of Florencia P. Marano has been selected, the name of the film is Salah Azzaz, it is the journey through the life of an Algerian in Barcelona. Two different projects that are part of a cycle very eclectic.

CCCB Aula 1
16th October - 13hs - Dr.W
22th October - 19hs - Salah Azzaz (MID selection in collaboration with the International Documentary of Colombia)

THE FLYING SQUIRRELS ARE FINALISTS!

We are proud to announce that The Flying Squirrels have been chosen as finalists at KID'S JURY AWARD 2011  competition! The five most brave friends of the world will face a battle of titans beneath the magnifying glass from a demanding jury of 20 children aged between 11 and 14 years, solely responsible for the final decision. This event is included in the MIPCOM 2011, one of the largest entertainment trade shows in the world who meet the major creative and service providers from the animation world. So from 1th to 6th of October, Peter Keydel travel to Cannes and he will witness this battle of series where we expect a victory of... the invincible Flying Squirrels!

Fish-Net is finished!

"Not everything is what it seems" Around this idea Vanvelvet presents Fish-Net, a short film, shot on Super 8 mm in full color. If we mix kitsch with elegance, this film would be the result. Set in the 50's in a neighborhood of colorful houses where everything is ideal, this film shows us, that sometimes not everything is as it seems...

Soon we´ll invite you to the official premiere of Fish-Net ! The film will be screened together with the short film NOVENTAYDOS by Martin Guido, a delicate Film Noir, you shouldn't miss.

Meanwhile you can watch the trailer! WATCH THE TRAILER!

THE FLYING SQUIRRELS´S SERIE HAS A NEW TEASER!

 

Five fingers has the hand. The strength, the decision, the provocation, the commitment and the style; five inseparable forces, united by the destiny and destined for great things. The five are already here... 

To wake up everyone! Dragon City is trembling!

THE FRENCH CONNECTION: MIFA HERE WE COME!

We will start the month of June with one foot in France. Peter Keydel from Magoproduction will be in the city of Annecy at the International Animation Film Market (MIFA) from 6 to 11 of June -together with the Dr.W and The Flying Squirrels. This is the first time that animation series of Magoproduction are coming to this market.  The MIFA is part of the Annecy Festival and since 25 years it is well known in the world for promoting the encounter between professionals in the sector of animation. Those interested in contacting Peter Keydel can write to: keydel@magoproduction.com 

Have a good market!

About:

Dr.W
Season 1: 4’x 26 / 3D / age: 6+ (in production: 52 more episodes !!)

Directed by Muyi Neira /Co-produced by Mago Production and Televisiò de Catalunya

Broadcasted by: Super 3(Barcelona – Spain), RTVA (Andorra), YLE (Finland), ARTE (France and Germany), RTP (Portugal), OnceTV (Mexico), Encuentros (Argentina), etc.

Introduction: You’re now in the realms of fantasy and magic! You’re surrounded by the wonders of life, and you can ask as many questions as you wish! You are in Dr. W’s show! Are you afraid? Tired? Lonely? Bored? Have you lost your faith? Your way? Your breath? Don't worry! Dr. W is here and he has something for everybody; whether you are as small as a microbe or as big as the universe, fast as lightning or slow as evolution you will get something amazing! Very amazing indeed! So try not to get too excited, try not to laugh and scream too loud, because what you are about to see is something that you have never seen before! Welcome! This is the Dr. W show!

www.thedoctorw.com

The Flying Squirrels:

In development /  13 x 26’ / 3D / age: 9 to 12

Directed by Muyi Neira /Co-produced by Mago Production and Televisiò de Catalunya

Script: Theo de Marcousin, Martin Guido
Synopsys: Four regular teenage friends dream on winning the most famous street basketball game. To get into it, they have to pass a series of dangerous tests, immersed in the big city streets and surrounded by an ambiance of graffiti, skateboarding and hip-hop music. They are tough. They are mighty and ambitious. They are “The Flying Squirrels”.

www.thefsquirrels.com

SALAH AZZAZ IN BARCELONA DOCUMENTARY EXHIBITION

The documentary film Salah Azzaz directed by Florence P. Marano has been choosen to be part of the documentary exhibition of the 8^th edition of the Diaspora, an event organized by the TV program Totsx Tots from Radio Com. The event will take place in October at the Jaume Fuster Library in the Plaza Lesseps in Barcelona. It will bring together a selection of documentary films that have won in national and international  festivals.

About the documentary: 

Salah was born and raised in Algeria, where he was a shepherd. One day he was forced to join army. His complicated situation brought him to Spain, escaping from his country as a political refugee. It’s being six years since Salah lives in Barcelona. The first months he was received in a place where he met social workers where he got involved in their activities. Some years later he became social worker himself. Now things have calmed down in Algeria and Salah is thinking how it would be to go back But the fact that he has built his own life in Barcelona keeps him away from the idea to return to his country. At the end of the day he has often the feeling that he belongs to more than one place and at the same time to no place at all.

MAGOPRODUCTION presents ‘FISH·NET’ a shortfilm by Vanvelvet

"Not everything is the way it seems”, around this idea Vanvelvet, film director and head of the post production department in Mago, had built the little story called ‘Fish-net’, her most recent short film, shot in Super 8 and situated in the late 50’s. The shooting took place at a picturesque district of Barcelona full of colorful houses during the last days of autumn 2011.
After the naturalistic documentary ‘Mutism’ (2010), where Vanvelvet followed hunters of wild boars over the volcanic mountains of La Garotxa, she returns now to fiction with this short film. Soon more news about the premiere in Barcelona. Stay in touch !

Dr.W coming to bookstores soon!

Attention all Dr.W fans! The Dr. W book “The Strange Case of the Misplaced Senses” is already at the printers. This is the first book in a collection published by Mago Production and the Spanish editorial Blume, based on the adventures of the delusional and amazing Dr Woody Bonepecker, whose animated TV series ‘Dr.W’ has transcend boundaries. In this first publication, which deals with the senses, Dr. W himself has lost a sense, but he doesn’t know which one. So he begins to search for it. In this adventure he’s joined by his friends, some from the old gang and some other new fellows, who turn the reading experience into an amazing and fun journey suitable for all ages.

The book, published in Catalan, will be in Barcelona’s bookstores in the upcoming weeks and may also be purchased through Mago (info@magoproduction.com).We will announce the launch date very soon.

And for all Dr.W friends on Facebook, stay connected on the net, because we’ll be giving away copies autographed by the creators of this series that is poised to become an all-time children’s favourite! 

Mago at the Animabasque Business and MipTV 2011

The Magomarket tour 2011 begins. First stop: Euskadi, where ‘The Flying Squirrels’ will be presented in the fourth edition of the Animabasque Business. The 3D animation series of Magoproduction, is one of the ten projects selected to be introduced at the audiovisual market that is part of the 7th Animation Film Festival of Basauri-Bizkaia. The presentation will be on March 31. Peter Keydel and Martin Guido, our business dreamteam, will be on the road to go directly from Bilbao to Cannes, to take part at the MipTV 2011 from april 4 to 7. Go get them boys!

‘Cesc i Cati’ online!

Their courage and intelligence are unbeatable. Nothing escapes from their sight. They are the aces of the network! Cesc and Cati are the stars of the new animated miniseries created and produced by Magoproduction for a campaign against the internet child abuse, an important project commissioned by the Information Security Center of Catalunya (Cesicat). Through four episodes, these young heroes will face their cyber rivals and help children to navigate safely on the web. The best is that you can watch them online by following this link! Don’t miss it!

CIC_EP001 from magoproduction on Vimeo.

Dr.W arrives to Portugal and Argentina!

Two more broadcasters are joining the 'Dr.W mania'. One of them is the Portuguese state channel ‘RTP’, which just acquired the first season that soon will be on air. And across the Atlantic Ocean, Argentine channel ‘Encuentro’ will also program animated series produced by Magoproduction. Soon six million argentine homes will be able to watch the most hilarious and exciting tv show, in its first introduction to the Latin-American television. 

Woody Bonepecker is already practicing his best Spanish and Portuguese, adding this two new languages to a list, which start with catalan, and continued in less than a year with german and french. And we are just warming up. Be ready for the upcoming news!

Dr.W bounces to Australia!

The Fifth Heart of Gold International Film Festival has just announced that ‘The roasted consequence’ from Dr.W’s animated series has been selected as part of the International competition.

Next month the global warming episode of the Magoproduction TV series will be screened with another 170 audiovisual works from over 24 countries, over the four days of the festival in the Queensland city of Gympie, right on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland of Australia.

Dr W on TV in France and Germany!

Following the premieres of the season. This month the incredible doctor Woody Bonepecker arrived to the German and French television. Since January 9th, Arte TV channel began broadcasting the first season of this animated series produced by Mago Production, known as ‘L’incroyable docteur W’ in France. Every Sunday at 8:10 am and 8:40 am Dr.W appears with two premier episodes, which are repeated every Wednesday and Saturday at the same hour in the morning.

For this weekend, Arte has scheduled the premiere of ‘The roasted consequence’, episode about the global warming, and also ‘The sandwich standoff’, where our dear doctor explains why we have Goosebumps.

Coming soon: more news about Dr.W on his world tour.

www.thedoctorw.com

Short film ‘Ninety-two’ leaps from the festivals to Catalan national television

On Saturday January 22, "Ninety-two" debuts on the small screen. After nearly two years of travelling to local and international festivals, the short film directed by Martin Guido and produced by Mago Production will be broadcast in the Sala 33 show on Televisió de Catalunya (TVC) and presented by award-winning film journalist Alex Gorina.

About the short film:

Ninety-Two doesn't tell a story. It's about the turning point of a story - the determinant. It's the timelessness of an endpoint, the urgent need to end-up with something. it is something that doesn't matter because the past never says more than the present suggests itself. Ninety-Two sheds light (and shadow) over stormy ties and damming sins.

10min|B/N|35mm

Directed by MARTIN GUIDO

Performed by ALBA YRUELA XIFRÓ and JUAN JOSÉ ARJONA

Script by LUCAS MARTIN

© Copyright 2009 MAGO AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION S.L.

Dr. W on TV! :: Premiere in Catalonia: January 15, 2011.

It's time! Get ready for four minutes of pure happiness with a twist of knowledge, because on January 15th will be the premiere of the Dr.W animation series on Club Super 3 TV. This co-production by Mago Production and TVC will be screened every Saturday and Sunday at 6 pm.

You’re now in the realms of fantasy and magic! You’re surrounded by the wonders of life, and you can ask as many questions as you wish! You are in Dr. W’s show! Are you afraid? Tired? Lonely? Bored? Have you lost your faith? Your way? Your breath? Worry not! Dr. W is here and he has something for everybody; whether you are as small as a microbe or as big as the universe, fast as lightning or slow as evolution you will get something amazing! Very amazing indeed! So try not to get too excited, try not to laugh and scream too loud, because what you are about to see is something thatyou have will never have seen before! Welcome, this is the Dr. W show! www.thedoctorw.com

Mago Production and Dr.W

Back in 2007, Woody Bonepecker took his first steps in the animation series. His first role was as a supporting character in a short film called 'Impeccable'. He was an ironic and sinister doctor in charge of transforming the face of a boxer into the face of a handsome lover, not knowing that years later he himself would experience surgery with pencils and erasers. In 2008, by the hand of his creator Muyi Neira, Woody Bonepecker, abandoned his pallor, gained color in his cheeks and was renamed as Dr.W, a funny and sweetly delirious scientist, who starred his own TV show with a bunch of equally crazy characters ready to help him through the wildest experiments.

With an early version of the pilot episode in 2008, Mago Production backed and believed in the project of Dr.W series and received the support of TVC and the ICIC. After nearly two years of hard work, despite the crisis and global warming, thanks to a great, invaluable team of 22 professionals, they finished the series in May 2010. During the production of the series, the first episode of Dr. W won awards in international festivals.  Before production was completed, the channels YLE (Finland)  and Arte (France, Germany) requested the purchase of the first season.  In late 2010, Mago began the production of the first book of the first collection of Dr. W. And in 2011 it not only announces the release of the series in Catalonia  but also in Finland, France and Germany.

Season's Greetings!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2011 from Magoproduction team.