"Airgela" is "Alegria" backwards and "Alegria" means "Joy" or "Happiness." This is a fundamental word in this film. It's very important. Symbolically "Alegria" is crucial word in the creation of this project. Although it wasn't present from the beginning, as… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
A little bit more than 50% of what you see on screen is handcrafted and the other 50% was about emulating these textures on… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
I tried to exploit such freedom to create those drawings like if I was a boy. I tried to draw with that freedom and… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
I feel that joy is the basic emotion of life and of human beings. It's what supports everything. We are here to be happy.… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
I built the film [Boy and the World] this way. I gathered all the tools I usually use such as brushes, color pencils, crayons,… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
Director and producers have to take all the risks they can. We developed this film with the possibility to create departing from a blank… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
On another level this film talks about that. We had tremendous freedom while making this film. We never thought about marketing. It wasn't a… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
Each film has its processes. It doesn't mean that all animated films have to be like "Boy and the World," but creators have to… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
We discovered this halfway through the process. When we started making the film there were some lines of dialogue in Portuguese, but we then… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
The way a film is made tells you about its message. The processes are the same as the products. We made the film starting… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
Is as if the music is another character or as if it was a part of this great opera. I also through about this… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
The film [Boy and the World]gave me the possibility to create a new language. Animation is a very rich medium but hasn't fully been… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
We were in another planet and we were reaching for something closer to a fable. It was something fabulous. I started looking at the… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
![“I built the film [Boy and the World] this way. I gathered all the tools I usually use such as brushes, color pencils, crayons, watercolors, and everything else I found in my studio, and I put them on top of a table. I had this feeling of freedom and possibility like if I was this boy. I was using…” quote by Alex Abreu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c05/alex-abreu-19959_boys_i-built-the-film-boy-and-the-world-this_334807.jpg)
![“The film [Boy and the World]gave me the possibility to create a new language. Animation is a very rich medium but hasn't fully been exploited by artists. Often artists are trapped by words.” quote by Alex Abreu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f6a/alex-abreu-19959_animation_the-film-boy-and-the-world-gave-me-the-p_981852.jpg)
