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SEÑAL

2026 · Animation · 3 min 9 sec

Rosa, seventy-five, and her teenage neighbor Leo live with different kinds of isolation. A photograph from 1988 gives them a reason to look beyond the technology separating them and discover a connection already running through their lives. The animated short brings two generations into the same conversation.

Creator
Miguel Angel Echavarria Velez / yipao.studio
Release date
May 2, 2026
Runtime
3 min 9 sec

Runtime follows the official Vimeo player and structured metadata: 3:09. The creator’s description lists 3:08.

Genre
Animation
Genre context
Creator-described 3D animated short about generational loneliness.
Viewing source
Miguel Angel Echavarria Velez on Vimeo ↗
Format
AI-generated / AI-assisted film
AI production
Directed by Miguel Angel Echavarria Velez and produced by yipao.studio. The official production notes identify Midjourney v6.1 for character keyframes, Kling AI for image-to-video animation, ElevenLabs for Spanish voice performances, and DaVinci Resolve for post-production, sound design, and grading. Human direction is explicitly credited.

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