Olivia & the Clouds () is a 2024 Dominican adult animated experimental drama film written and directed by Tomás Pichardo Espaillat in his feature directorial debut.
The film had its world premiere at the 77th Locarno Film Festival on 15 August 2024.
Summary Olivia and The Clouds explores love's complexities through the Rashomon effect. Olivia, haunted by a past love, hides it under her bed. She trades flowers with this ghost in exchange for comforting rain clouds.
Voice cast Olga Valdez as Olivia Héctor Aníbal as Ramón Elsa Núñez as Doña Olivia Fery Cordero Bello as Mauricio Dominique Goris as Barbara Fidia Peralta as Yudelkis Lill Taveras as Laura Rebecca Dalmasí as Graciela Cesar Calcagno as Arturo Ricardo Ariel Toribio as Vendedor de flores / Marinero
Production In an interview with Loud and Clear, Pichardo Espaillat revealed that the production of the film began ten years prior. Different animators contributed different animation techniques to the film. "The film has these different points of views and characters, so I could play around with that idea in the visuals. All these people could bring their own styles and ways of working," he explained.
Release 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. Prior to its premiere, Miyu Distribution acquired the film's distribution rights.
It also competed at the 2024 Ottawa International Animation Festival, in the Sutherland Trophy section of the 2024 BFI London Film Festival where it won a special mention, in the Harbour section of the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam screened in February 2025, in the Contrechamp section of the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival and in the International Animated Feature Films Competition of the 2025 Guadalajara International Film Festival where it won best international animated film.
The film had a limited theatrical release on June 19, 2025, in Dominican theaters in the Fine Arts chain.
Accolades Award / Film Festival Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Locarno Film Festival 17 August 2024 Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present Olivia & the Clouds Junior Jury Award Ottawa International Animation Festival 28 September 2024 Best Feature BFI London Film Festival 20 October 2024 Sutherland Trophy Havana Film Festival 13 December 2024 Best Animated Film Málaga Film Festival22 March 2025 Zonazine – Silver Biznaga for Best Ibero-American Film Film Schools Award for Best Film Filmfest Bremen 23 March 2025 Best Visual Innovation San Diego Latino Film Festival 23 March 2025 Best Feature Film Athens International Film And Video Festival 13 April 2025 Film House Award Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film 10 May 2025 Animovie Annecy International Animation Film Festival 14 June 2025 Contrechamp – Best Feature Film Guadalajara International Film Festival 14 June 2025 Best International Animation Feature Film Costa Rica International Film Festival 29 June 2025 Best Feature Film from Central America and the Caribbean Animator (festival) 12 July 2025 International Full-Length Competition Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival 28 September 2025 Best Feature-Length Fiction Film Hispanic Heritage Film Festival 8 October 2025 Best Feature Film Rengo International Film Festival 29 November 2025 Best Feature Film Fiction International Best Director International Fiction Feature Tomás Pichardo Espaillat La Silla Awards 18 December 2025 Best Animation Olivia & The Clouds Annie Awards 21 February 2026 Best Editorial - Feature Tomás Pichardo Espaillat Lanterna Mágica Festival 28 March 2026 Best Direction Best Animation Technique Olivia & The Clouds Fantaspoa 26 April 2026 Best Director Tomás Pichardo Espaillat Platino Awards 9 May 2026 Best Animated Feature Olivia & The Clouds Pulcinella Awards 30 May 2026 Best Animation The Best of DR 13 August 2026 Best Animated Feature Photoimagen 27 August 2026 Recognition Award Tomás Pichardo Espaillat References
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