Caminandes

Caminandes is an independently produced series of animated short films created by Pablo Vazquez (was born in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina^[1]), produced and released by the Blender Foundation.^[2][3]

Caminandes (1, 2 & 3)
Directed by	Pablo Vazquez
Produced by	Blender Foundation
Country	Netherlands

Promotional image for Llama Drama showing Koro in front of a desolate road.

Promotional image for Gran Dillama showing Koro behind an electrical fence.

Promotional image for Llamigos showing Koro and Oti in a minecart.

Etymology

The title "Caminandes" is a portmanteau of the Spanish word "caminar" ("to walk") and Andes, the longest continental mountain range in the world.^[2] The subtitles of episodes 2 and 3 are also portmanteaus of various Spanish words.

Plot

The films center on Koro the llama^[a] and his attempts to overcome various obstacles in Patagonia.

Caminandes 1: Llama Drama (2013)

Koro has trouble crossing an apparent desolate road, a problem that an unwitting Armadillo does not share.

Caminandes 2: Gran Dillama (2013)

Koro hunts for food on the other side of a fence and is once again inspired by the Armadillo but this time to a shocking effect.

Caminandes 3: Llamigos (2016)

Koro meets Oti, a pesky magellanic penguin, in an epic battle over tasty red berries during the winter.

Production

Blender Foundation Amsterdam team in September 2020, some of which were involved in the Caminandes series.

The films, inspired by the cartoons of Chuck Jones,^[5] are created using FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software) such as^[2]

• Blender, a professional free and open-source 3D computer graphics software
• GIMP, a free and open-source raster graphics editor
• Krita, a free and open-source raster graphics editor based on Qt 5 and the KDE Frameworks 5
• Linux, a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open-source software development and distribution

The first film was produced by Pablo Vazquez, Beorn Leonard and Francesco Siddi with a soundtrack by Jan Morgenstern.^[2] Hjalti Hjalmarsson, Andy Goralczyk and Sergey Sharybin joined the production team for the second film.^[3]

Awards

Jan Morgenstern won the 2014 Jerry Goldsmith award for "Best Score for an Animated Short Film" at the International Film Music Festival in Córdoba, Spain, for Gran Dillama.^[6][7]

Gallery

• Caminandes 1: Llama Drama (2013)
• Caminandes 2: Gran Dillama (2013)
• Caminandes 3: Llamigos (2016)