Awards: Winner, Experimental Short, Animation Festival, Los Angeles; Special Mention – Animated Painted Award, Animaphix International Animated Film Festival, Palermo

Through the Argentinian tango, through the poem, through the dynamic of black ink, Loca powerfully expresses the rebirth of a woman. The visual language is uniquely cinematic, born from a deep understanding of 2D animation. Bold ink stokes pulse and transform, making the medium itself an act of expression. As the woman moves through the tango, her body and the line that defines her evolve together: from rigid and contained to fluid and alive. (Written by Kira Yanagi, ’26)