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The story is set on an island devastated by a massive industrial accident years prior.

The 2017 Animated Contenders: "Birdboy - The Film Experience Birdboy:The Forgotten Children

The tension the film drags out of this straightforward visual imbalance is hard to overstate. Birdboy is a deeply unsettling film, The Film Experience The story is set on an island devastated

: The animation uses sketchy lines and a muted palette of browns and greys, with vibrant greens reserved exclusively for the secret garden where Birdboy finds peace. : Birdboy , a young bird haunted by

: Birdboy , a young bird haunted by inner demons and addicted to drugs, hides in a secret garden to avoid the island's violent, rifle-toting police force.

: It won Best Animated Feature at the 2016 Goya Awards and was an official selection at festivals like Annecy and BFI London .

(Spanish: Psiconautas, los niños olvidados ) is a 2015 Spanish animated horror-drama film directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero . Based on Vázquez's graphic novel Psiconautas , it expanded on their 2011 short film, Birdboy . The film is celebrated for its unique "tragic-tainment" style, contrasting "cute" anthropomorphic characters with a grim, post-apocalyptic reality. Plot and Themes