Volandino, the character created, directed and performed by Javier ideami is the final winner of the Freixenet Video Competition. In addition to one of the main awards, it also wins the 20.000 euro grant for the production of a new film. Famous spanish director Bigas Luna together with a team of judges chose the winner from more than 2000 video productions.
Below you can find a selection of links that expand more on the news
(Javier Gonzalez is the birth name of Javier ideami, ideami is his artistic name. Nowadays Javier only uses the ideami surname and name)
1) Article at Vanity Fair
http://blogs.revistavanityfair.es/vanityshow/2012/11/30/la-burbuja-freixenet-dice-adios-a-las-celebrities/
2) On National Television
During the awards Gala director Bigas Luna explained that he and the team of judges chose Volandino because it unites great technical abilities and expertise, great conceptual and storytelling work and on top of it, the film makes people laugh which is so important in the times we live in.
These are some of the words of ideami after knowing he was the winner
” Volandino is an imperfect astronaut, like life itself; And as many times happens, when he arrives very high Volandino realizes that what matters the most in life is not the success that today is here and tomorrow is gone, but what was there all along from the beginning, the family, the friends, those with whom we share our most special moments, those from whose love we are made, for all of them i decided to make this toast, thank you very much for stimulating our creativity through this wonderful competition ”