Paraguay
Papiroflexia (Spanish for “origami”) is the animated tale of Fred, a skillful paper folder who could shape the world with his hands. Originally created as a poem by the director, it was turned into a short animated film in the UCLA Animation Workshop.
Joaquin Baldwin is an animator and web site designer from Paraguay, who’s working on an MFA in animation at UCLA. He has been granted several awards, including the Jack Kent Cooke full Graduate Scholarship in 2006.
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Crew
Director: Joaquin Baldwin
Sound recording and mixing: Jake Monaco
Foley artist: Melissa Graziano
Music
Original score: Nick Fevola
Flute: Timothy Hagen
Guitar: Aaron Rosenberg
Vibraphone: Alexander Burke
Vocals: Celeste Torres
Violin: Armen Der-kevorkian
Violin: Marina Hall
Violin: Joel Pargman
Violin: Ray Reinebach
Acoustic Bass: Aubrey Torres
Credits and Thanks
Bruna Veras, Carlos Cabrera, Celia Mercer, Dan McLaughlin, Fred McMillan, Gustavo Morales, James Suhr, Matt Flynn
Film: Papiroflexia, directed by Joaquin Baldwin
An animated film about shaping the world with your hands.
Cameron Diaz weighs in: "How can films change the world? They can't, but the people who watch them can. By changing minds, we change the world. My own passion is climate change; this film inspires me."