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Catmandu’s animated<br />

feature fi lm Metegol<br />

(Foosball 3D) is slated<br />

for delivery in 2012<br />

Breaking the mold<br />

F<br />

Upstart animation studios in Argentina are<br />

pushing beyond service work to forge<br />

a new content creation hub—and their<br />

plan seems to be working<br />

BY KATE CALDER<br />

September 2011<br />

tv<br />

or the last decade, Argentina has been building a<br />

reputation as an aff ordable animation service hub<br />

in Latin America owing to a combination of quick<br />

turnaround times, aff ordable rates and a solid, if<br />

small, talent pool.<br />

“We became very cheap, and companies came<br />

here because they knew there was an industry of<br />

talented people,” says Gaston Cami, VP of international sales<br />

and co-productions at Buenos Aires-based Illusion Studios,<br />

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