Series · 2025
Mundo de Lírio
Animated musical series for preschoolers · 26 x 7 min · Brazil and Chile co-production
Lírio, a five-year-old boy, turns into a tree to learn from nature how to deal with fear, anger and shyness.
Forest Criações took part in conceiving and developing the series, which was born here as Pé de Lírio. It was produced by the Akwa Creative Lab studio, in co-production with Chile's GVG Producciones, created and directed by Amanda Fernandes.
- Chilemonos 2026
- Co-produced by Akwa Creative Lab
Synopsis
Lírio is a five-year-old Black boy raised by a single mother. Faced with the challenges of his age, such as fear, shame, anger or insecurity, he finds a way out: he turns into a tree. In each episode a native species reveals a secret through a song, and Lírio returns to his world stronger and more confident. Buriti, wolf apple, genipap, Cerrado cashew, baru, silk floss, jacaranda and faveleira are among the trees celebrated.
Forest Criações began developing the series in 2016 as Pé de Lírio, with FSA funding for the bible, scripts, pilot and music demo, and won Best Pitch at Rio WebFest 2017. The first season was produced by Akwa Creative Lab and GVG Producciones, funded by FAC-DF and LIC-DF, and premiered at the Animage festival in Pernambuco in 2025.
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Credits
- Created and directed by
- Amanda Fernandes
- Produced by
- Akwa Creative Lab and GVG Producciones
- Executive producer
- Amanda Fernandes, Julian Rosenblatt and Cadu Zimmermann
- Screenplay
- Jama Wapichana, Juliana Mendes and Renata Diniz
- Production design
- Renato Moll and William Jungmann
- Animation
- Alopra Studio
- Original songs
- Débora Valente, Leandro Morais, Rafael Maklon and Sascha Kratzer
- Voice cast
- Débora Valente, Nambir, Aline Marcimiano and Kika de Moraes
- Concept and development
- Forest Criações
- Development scripts
- Thiago Foresti and Juliana Mendes
- Character design
- Renato Moll
- Development funding
- FSA/Ancine, PRODAV
- Production funding
- FAC-DF, LIC-DF, Neoenergia Brasília and Instituto Neoenergia
Awards
- Chilemonos, Chile, 2026: first place, Latin American animated series competition for under-sixes
- Rio WebFest, 2017: best pitch, Super Project France award (as Pé de Lírio)
Selections
- Animage, Pernambuco International Animation Festival, Brazil, 2025
- MONSTRA, Lisbon Animation Festival, Portugal, 2026 (international premiere)
- Abidjan Animation Festival, Ivory Coast, 2026
- Development: Anima Coaching, Anima Mundi, 2017 · Marseille Web Fest, 2018 · 5th ICUMAM Lab, 2018 · Rio Content Market, 2018 · SAPI, 2019 · Gramado Film Market, 2019 · Kidscreen Summit, 2020
Distribution
- Episodes on the Mundo de Lírio YouTube channel and YouTube Kids
- NTV, TVN's children's channel, Chile
- Albums Lírio para Dormir and Lírio para Acordar on music platforms
- Screenings at Cinema São Luiz in Recife and in public schools in Brasília
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