'Arrugas - Wrinkles' makes its LA run

Positioning itself for Academy Award nomination by screening in Los Angeles theaters this week, 'Wrinkles' is a traditionally animated feature film based on Paco Roca´s name-sake graphic novel, published by Editions Delcourt. In 2008 the Department for Culture prized it with the National Comic Award and Italy´s prestigious Lucca Festival bestowed it the Gran Guinigi Award for best long story. Wrinkles has also won the top prizes for Best Material and Best Script by the Salón Internacional del Cómic in Barcelona 2008 and the Award for Best Spanish Comic Strip by the Diario de Avisos of Tenerife 2008.



Directed by Ignacio Ferreras, Produced by Perro Verde Films (España) ‏ / Cromosoma (España)  / ‏TVG (España) with Manuel Cristóbal and Oriol Ivern as Producers, Wrinkles deals with Alzheimers, a disease that affects many people and their families the world over. 



Here's a clip from the film. The teaser can be found here.

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