Film festival 2026
Animacije
Spain
00:02:23
2026
Now I Remember is a poetic animated short that imagines existence as a conscious choice made before birth. Set in a timeless realm of ideas, the film follows Ecoé, a soul who longs to experience a world with limits. Guided by other beings and confronted with Chronos, the embodiment of time and matter, she decides to enter the physical world, knowing that pleasure and suffering are inseparable.Drawing inspiration from philosophy, mythology, and metaphysical thought, the film presents the laws of nature as the rules of a game we agree to play. Through a hybrid visual language that combines digital animation, collage, stop motion, rotoscoping, and handcrafted materials, Now I Remember explores memory, free will, and the loss of origin as the price of incarnation.
Director
Mercedes Pino López
Concept & Script
Mercedes Pino López
Art Direction
Mercedes Pino López
Animation & Mixed Media
Mercedes Pino López
(digital animation, stop motion, collage, rotoscoping)
Music
Pablo Olofsson Castañeda
Voice Acting
Ecoé — Cristina Jiménez
Árbol Magenta — Adelfa Calvo
Cronos — Rafa Chaves
Sound Technician
Pedro Pino López
Live-Action Performance
Cronos — Pablo Olofsson Castañeda
With the collaboration of
Shifta by ELISAVA
Title
Now I Remember
Original Title
Ahora recuerdo
Format
Digital
Duration
2 minutes 23 seconds
Genre
Animated / Fantasy
Technique
Mixed-media animation (digital animation, stop motion, collage, rotoscoping, live-action)
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound
Stereo
Dialogue
Spanish
Subtitles
English / French
Country of Production
Spain / France
Year of Completion
2026
Color
Color
