Anselmo Wannabe
26 episodes x 7', Italy, Portugal
Animation Series
“So children, what do you want to be when you grow up?”
Letizia, who always has the right answer, readily raises her hand. The teacher's finger slides over the kids, until it points towards a terrified "Anselmo!"Anselmo is a 10-year-old boy, attending the last year of primary school. This is the age in which The fateful question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" suddenly acquires a frightening concreteness.
The boy panics, while all the professions of the world flow through his head, as Anselmo imagines himself in the role of a waiter, an astronaut, an archaeologist…
Each episode consists of an imaginary adventure of the boy confronting himself with a different profession: an inexhaustible source of challenges that generate comic misadventures.
Credits
Script Massimo Ottoni, Fabio Natale
Animation Direction Francesco Forti
Directing Assistants Giuseppe Lo Verso, Victoria Musci
Editing Massimo Ottoni
Animation Revision Andrea Pavone, Nicola Giacomelli, Martina Generali, Francesca Sofia Rosso, Carlotta Vachetti, Salvatore Centoducati
Storyboard Supervision Francesco Forti
Storyboard Victoria Musci, Massimo Ottoni, Alessandra Marcati, Irene Panaro, Isabella Pasqualetti, Julien Cittadino, Linda Kelvink
Rigging Francesco Forti, Isabella Pasqualetti
Background concept Milena Tipaldo
Background Elisabetta Bosco, Cecilia Petruci, Sara Tarquini, Julien Cittadino, Linda Kelvink
Layout & Set Design Francesca Sofia Rosso, Martina Generali, Alessandro Marcati, Irene Panaro
Executive Producer Federico Turani
Production Director Arianna Rostagno
Line Producer Giuseppe Lo Verso
Production Assistant Daniel Maru
Administration Stefania Longo
AIM Creative Studios
Animation Supervisor Sara Franco
Animation Camila Reis, Carolina Cardoso, David Silva, Filipe Serrano, Gabriela Fial, João Chigueco, João Ferreira, Margarida Domingues, Maria Spencer, Marta Cutileiro, Marta Lebre, Patrícia Almeida, Rafael Jesus, Raúl Pina Vicente, Rúben Ricardo
Executive Production Jonas César
Production Tiago Ribeiro, Natália Andrade, Irina Calado (MUSŌ FILMS)
Line Producer Mariana Oliveira
Cast
Teacher Ivo Canelas
Anselmo Francisco Barreto Silva
Valentina Curatelli
Letizia Arianna Granata
Marta Valentina Curatelli
Mario Adriano Valle
Clara Linda Kelvink
Daria Giulia Magnaniferrario
Brunello Giulia Magnaniferrario
Guglielmo Adrano Valle
Adult characters Fabio Bosco
Portuguese Voice Recording Billyboom - Sound Design
Sound Design Aion Collective
Project Manager & Sound Coordinator Francesco Zucarello
Sound Editing Francesco Zucarello, Alessandro Montagnana
Sound Mix Luca Bagetto
Masters & Delivery Fabrizio Nastasi Per Imago
Original Score Fabio Barovero
Musicians Fabio Tiralongo, Marco Genovese, Alessandro Borgia, Sati Romano, Ivan Cammarata, Stefano Cocon, Raffaele Kohler, Giulio Rosa, Gialuca Calonghi, Lorenzo Corti
Support MIC, RAI, RTP, Piemonte Film TV Fund, Crédito Fiscal Italiano, ICA