Short Film

AnimalArk

In a breathtaking exploration of Colombia's rich biodiversity, a contemplative journey reveals the urgent battle between environmental preservation and societal demands, highlighting the vulnerable animal species on the brink of extinction due to human impact.

Produced by

David Alejandro García Cruz

Directed by

David Alejandro García Cruz

Project Description

Colombia has a big and exuberant biodiversity throughout various ecosystems in terms of fauna and flora, however, this wealth its been confronted day and night by a constant tension between natural preservation and the needs of our society, which leads to displace and reduce these vibrant environments and the species that inhabit them to satisfy logics of extraction and consumption, driven by our ways to live. AnimalArk born's from this reality and presents itself as a contemplative experience in expanded format, giving protagonism to Colombian animal species in a high state of vulnerability, highlighting the actions that we, as humans, have been doing repeteadly and negatively affecting the ecosystems wich leads these animal species to it's possible extinction.

About the Director

Graphic Designer and Animation Specialist graduated from the National University of Colombia with more than 10 years of experience in illustration and animations projects such as TV series, documentaries, transmedia projects and videos for expanded formats; his interest range through storytelling, technological innovation, and the projects with a pedagogical and participatory approach. Currently works as a professor in the Animation Production program of the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogotá, Colombia.