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Karu-Karu

Audio-Visual STORYTELLING
www.karu-karu.com Ana Maria Mendez Salgado & Carlos Alberto Manrique Clavijo. Somos una pareja de narradores audio-visuales.

We are a couple of audio-visual storytellers who brew metaphors to concoct smiles, tears and other things in between. In Quechua, one of the Native South American language families, Karu-Karu means "very far away". Realizamos animaciones, ilustraciones y sonidos, que buscan conjurar sonrisas, lágrimas y lo que ellas esconden. En Quechua, uno de las familias linguísticas de Sur América, Karu-Karu s

ignifica "muy, muy lejos".

~ 2D Animation
~ Sound Design
~ Concept Art, Characters & Backgrounds
~ Illustration, Picture books, Comics
~ Storyboarding
~ Artist's books
~ Training & Corporate Animation (projects driven by ethical principles)
~ Projects in English / Español
..

25/10/2025

✨Friends in beautiful Tassie!✨ We've had the fortune of screening "Wishes" as part of the official selection of the Lutruwita Animation Festival!🎬💫

Of the lovely connections we have with Hobart, there are two particularly special ones: 🌱Alicia Rackett , who generously mentored us, believed in us and helped us shape our project at the start of the journey; and long-time collaborator with a magical and incredibly unique voice, Isabella Man 🎙, featured in the opening and closing of our pilot. 💜💚🐦

Thank you so much, ! 🌟

Lots of love to our wonderful and talented cast & crew ♡♡♡ (tagged in the comments)🌟
Of course, very special thanks to our generous supporters and investors , and Investment Fund. 🙏

Thanks to , , , and for supporting the festival!

03/10/2025

✨AACTA voting closes Oct 6!✨ Vote for a short that you love. So many award-deserving shorts in this category! And what a privilege to see "Wishes" amongst them.

In an industry with so many closed doors, your vote is a way of telling these teams that you support what they do.

members, your vote means the world! 💜💚🐦
⏳ Closes on October the 6th - Link in Bio 🔔

Amazing SA productions in 2nd slide tagged in the comments (thanks to for the original list!)

Thank you, wonderful and talented cast & crew ♡♡♡ (tagged in the comments)
Huge thanks to our generous supporters and investors , and Investment Fund. 🌟

26/09/2025

Wait, what?!? Isn't Sitges a genre festival?
So... isn't it all about horror? 👻 Thrillers? 🔪 Sci-fi? 🚀 Fantasy?
Yes, fantasy! 🧚‍♀️🦄 Sitges-kids Fantasy!

The Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya is the oldest and one of the most respected genre festivals in the world. 🏆🎬 So we're still pinching ourselves about the news that "Wishes" is part of this official selection!! 💜💚🐦

Enlluernats de tenir les nostres criatures màgiques en aquest fantàstic país de monstres! ✨ Gràcies, ! 🙏
(Dazzled to have our magical creatures in this fantastic land of monsters! Thanks !)

Tremendes gràcies als nostres wonderful and talented cast & crew ♡♡♡ (tagged in the comments)🌟
Moltíssimes gràcies als nostres generous supporters and investors , and Investment Fund.

Post design by .au.ar

22/09/2025

✨ How beautiful to have had "Wishes" in the official selection of the Australian Women's Film Festival 🌸 And what a wonderful opportunity to have worked with such an incredibly talented and good-hearted team; with half of our crew identifying as women or girls.

In the words of Marian Wright Edelman "You can't be what you can't see".🌱
Thanks to these amazing role-models, who worked hard in giving shape to Wishes, telling the story of a girl's will to make the world around her better through empathy and kindness:

Ana María Méndez Salgado (Director, Production Designer, Original Story creator)
Ruth Estelle (Script Editor)
Susanne Eknes Selvarajah (Animator, Production coordinator)
Mawarini (Background layouts, digital paint, Animator) .au.ar
Luisa Fernanda Méndez Salgado (Background layouts, digital paint, Animator)
Lorell Lehman (Maquette artist)
Amellie Kang (Voice actress (Lulú)
Nicole Schoen (Voice actress, 'Teacher')
Syrun Choperena (Voice actress, 'Mamá')
Isabella Man (Voice actress (Narrator and additional voices)
Irma Teresa Manrique Méndez (Voice actress - Lulú voice development and additional voices)

Our fantastic female mentors and supporters:
Alicia Rackett
Toni Stowers
Beth Neate
Jess Cahill
Julia Light
Lisa Iona
Lara Damiani

💜💚🐦

Thanks for welcoming our film and for making this event possible, !

Thank you, the the rest of our wonderful and talented cast & crew as well ♡♡♡ (tagged in the comments) and, of course, huge thanks to our generous supporters and investors , and Investment Fund.

Post design by .au.ar

04/09/2025

🌕💫 "Настане вечер — месец изгрее, звезди обсипят сводът небесен; гора зашуми, вятър повее"
"Evening falls - the moon rises, stars fill the sky; the forest rustles, the wind blows"🌙✨
- "Hadzhi Dimitar" by Hristo Botev

How beautiful to see "Wishes" in the Children Competition of the World Festival of Animated Film Varna 🌊🎬 next to a stunning group of animated films we really admire. 💜💚🐦

Starting in 1979, the WFAF Varna rightfully found its place as one of the historic “big five” animation festivals worldwide (alongside Annecy, Zagreb, Ottawa, and Hiroshima). After being paused in 1989, it was revived in 2011 and is now recognised by ASIFA as one of the most significant events for animation cinema in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.

https://www.varnafest.org/catalogue-2025

Благодаря ти World Festival of Animated Film!

Thank you, wonderful and talented cast & crew ♡♡♡ (tagged in the comments)
Huge thanks to our generous supporters and investors , and Investment Fund.

16/08/2025

🌱 "Wishes" was born from that stubborn belief we have in creating the world we want to live in. What a privilege to offer our pilot for your consideration as part of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, amongst this group of amazing shorts (each of them deserving of the award). ✨

Inside every one of us there’s a box of wishes. Most have our name on them... But the most powerful wishes, are those that lie in our hearts but belong to someone else.

Round 1 Viewing Period is underway - Closes on the 6th of October. "Wishes" is available to view at AACTA TV (link in bio):
https://tv.aacta.org/collection/short-film/

If you're an member, please consider voting! 💜💚🐦

Thank you, wonderful and talented cast & crew ♡♡♡ (tagged in the comments)
Huge thanks to our generous supporters and investors , and Investment Fund.

28/07/2025

How amazing to see our pilot screening at the the Corujinha, International Childhood and Youth Festival in the beautiful city of Balneário Camboriú, Brazil!

Muito obrigado, Festival Corujinha!

We love how this festival provides children with access to cinema, literature, music, photography, and theatre. 💜💚🐦

Thank you, wonderful and talented cast & crew ♡♡♡ (tagged in the comments) and thanks to our generous supporters and investors , and Investment Fund. Wishes is visiting children all over the world thanks to you!

08/07/2025

"Come with questions. Come with feelings. Come as you are, confused, curious, chaotic."
- Anibar

What a privilege to be a part of this "playground for uncertainty". One of the many things we love about is how they "promote animation as an art-form but also as a medium to raise awareness for societal issues".

With 'Wishes' we are trying to create the world we'd like to live in; encouraging and empowering children to take change into their own hands, through empathy.

It's a way of sharing the side of our Colombianness that's not found in the mainstream news; one of human connection, profound thought, deep emotions, colourful language, resilience and hope.

It's an ode to our origin and an offer to our hereafter. 💜💚🐦

Thank you, wonderfully chaotic and splendidly curious cast & crew ♡♡♡ (tagged in the comments) and to our generous supporters and investors Screen Australia, South Australian Film Corporation and Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund. None of this would have been possible without you!

21/06/2025

Our przyjaciele (Friends) at Festiwal Kinolub are doing something beautiful in Poland: bringing films to children of 14 cities who otherwise wouldn't have much access to cinema. How amazing to know that 'Wishes' is travelling with them. 💜💚🐦

" is a celebration of films produced for children and youth, visited each year by approximately 11 000 viewers." https://kinolub.pl/about-the-festival/

Dziękuję (thank you) KINOLUB!

UN convention on the rights of the child:
♡ "Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities." (article 31)
♡ "Governments must do all they can to ensure that children survive and develop to their full potential." (article 6)

https://www.unicef.org.au/united-nations-convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child
https://www.unicef.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/UNCRC_summary-1_1.pdf
https://www.unicef.org/lac/historias/10-derechos-fundamentales-de-la-infancia-por-quino

And thank you, wonderful and talented cast & crew ♡♡♡ (tagged in the comments) and to our generous supporters and investors , and Investment Fund. None of this would have been possible without you!

05/06/2025

Melbourne friends! We have 11,750 frames of love to share with you thanks to Australia’s longest-running (and Oscar-qualifying) short film festival: the wonderful St. Kilda Film Festival. Muchas, muchas gracias for including "Wishes" in your official selection, !! 💜💚🐦

Screenings:
Animation Showcase 9 Jun 12:30pm
Animation Showcase at the Market 12 Jun 8:00pm

https://www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au/2025-films-in-competition/wishes-windows-nests/

We're never ever tired of reiterating our gratitude to the wonderful humans in our cast & crew ♡♡♡ (tagged in the comments) and to our generous supporters and investors , and Investment Fund. None of this would have been possible without you!

02/06/2025

Happy 65th birthday, Zlín Film Festival! We couldn't believe our eyes when we saw "Wishes" in the official selection of the world’s oldest and largest film festival for children and youth!! 💜💚🐦

Děkujeme for welcoming our small-but-big-hearted pilot to the Czech Republic! 🇨🇿

Screenings:
May 31st 9:30-9:38 (GAC - sál 5 | LIDL)
June 4th 8:00-08:08 (GAC - sál 4 | FRANZ JOSEF KAISER)
https://program.zlinfest.cz/en/detail/?id=22403

As always, thanks to our generous supporters and investors , and Investment Fund , as well as the wildly talented & kindhearted humans in our cast & crew ♡♡♡ (tagged in the comments). None of this would have been possible without you!

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31/05/2025

We couldn’t be there in person this time, but these two definitely made it to the queue! 💜💚🐦
It’s heart-warming to be in the official selection of VAFI & RAFI, Croatia’s international animation festival devoted entirely to children and youth.

This means a lot to us — VAFI & RAFI is a member of the European Children’s Film Association, and one of their awards is even backed by UNICEF to help promote children’s rights. 💫

Thanks to our generous supporters and investors , and Investment Fund , as well as the wildly talented & kindhearted humans in our cast & crew ♡♡♡ (tagged in the comments).

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Karu-Karu, Adelaide Studios, 1, Mulberry Road
Adelaide, SA
5065

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Tuesday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 4:30pm
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Friday	9:30am - 4:30pm

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