THE COMIC KING OF GUATEMALA

The Comic King of Guatemala from George Clipp on Vimeo.

A carload of comics head from the U.S to Guatemala, a dream or a disaster?

This documentary takes a look at Guatemala’s first ever comic book shop, offering an insight into its impact on the community.


Awards:

Best Documentary Award Winner - Phoenix Comicon Film Festival, 2013 (U.S.A)
Best Documentary Award Nominee - St Kilda Film Festival, 2013 (Australia)
Best Short Documentary Award Nominee - Endeavours Documentary Film Festival, 2013 (Singapore)

Screenings:

St Kilda Film Festival, 2013 (Australia)
Comic-Con International Film Festival, 2013 (U.S.A)
Raindance Film Festival, 2013 (U.K)
Access All Areas Film Festival, 2013/4 [Touring Festival] (Australia)
Boston Comicon, 2013 (U.S.A)
Canberra Short Film Festival, 2013 (Australia)
ClujShorts Film Festival, 2014 (Romania)
Electric Lantern Film Festival, 2013 (U.K)
Festival Ícaro, 2013 (Guatemala)
Heart of Gold Film Festival, 2013 (Australia)
International Animated Documentary Film Festival, 2013 (Italy)
International Random Film Festival, 2013 (Sweden)
Kids Comic Con, 2013 (U.S.A)
Oz Comic Con, 2013 (Australia)
Phoenix Comicon Film Festival, 2013 (U.S.A)
ProFiRe Short Film Festival, 2013 (U.K)
Purbeck Film Festival, 2013 (U.K)
Reel Heroes Film Festival, 2013 (U.S.A)
Regent Park Film Festival, 2013 (Canada)
Three One Six Oh! Film Festival, 2013 (Australia)
United Nations Association Film Festival, 2013 (U.S.A)
Comics and the Multimodal World Conference, 2013 (Canada)
Kids Read Comics! Convention, 2013 (U.S.A)
International Comic Arts Forum, 2013 (U.S.A)
International Comics and Graphic Novel Conference, 2013 (U.K)

Credits:

Directed by: George Clipp & Jonathan Barnes
Produced by: George Clipp & Matthew Cleaves
Illustrations and Animations by: Sebastian Fowler
Sound by: Sasha Zastavnikovic
Translations by: Diana Pilar

2013 | Documentary | 10 mins
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