Birdboy:the Forgotten Children Apr 2026

The tension the film drags out of this straightforward visual imbalance is hard to overstate. Birdboy is a deeply unsettling film, The Film Experience

: It is rated R due to its disturbing imagery and mature content, despite its storybook aesthetic. Birdboy:The Forgotten Children

: A young mouse named Dinky and her friends attempt to escape the island's suffocating atmosphere and her abusive home life. The tension the film drags out of this

(Spanish: Psiconautas, los niños olvidados ) is a 2015 Spanish animated horror-drama film directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero . Based on Vázquez's graphic novel Psiconautas , it expanded on their 2011 short film, Birdboy . The film is celebrated for its unique "tragic-tainment" style, contrasting "cute" anthropomorphic characters with a grim, post-apocalyptic reality. Plot and Themes (Spanish: Psiconautas, los niños olvidados ) is a

: It won Best Animated Feature at the 2016 Goya Awards and was an official selection at festivals like Annecy and BFI London .

: The animation uses sketchy lines and a muted palette of browns and greys, with vibrant greens reserved exclusively for the secret garden where Birdboy finds peace.

The 2017 Animated Contenders: "Birdboy - The Film Experience