At the end of the process we called a market research company to find out whom the film was for or what was the target audience. We didn't have a lot of money to release the film, so in order… — 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 have total freedom. There are films that are born with the purpose to sell. They are still admirable films with great artists and great visuals, but we wanted to use a more radical approach to create… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
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)
