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"This award is the recognition of a project in which the whole team has invested a lot of time and enthusiasm. It is very important for the studio, since it was their first film". This was stated by Amaia Markuleta, who along with five other graduates of the University of Navarra, participated in the production of Planet 51, winner of the 2010 Goya award for best animated film.

The team also included Miguel Pablos, Carmen Lucena, Sebastian Kaufman, Javier Hernaez and José María de la Puente, alumni from School de Comunicación. In addition, Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Sopeña, also graduates of the center, collaborated in the rewriting of the script.

"For me personally, knowing that people like our work is the best reward," explains Amaia Markuleta. And she adds that she hopes "to continue developing new projects in the exciting world of animation and, as far as possible, to continue making industry".

The most expensive film in Spanish cinema

Carmen Lucena, José María de la Puente, Javier Hernáez and Miguel Pablos, graduates who worked on the film Planet 51.

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Planet 51 is an alien adventure comedy about an American astronaut, Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker, who lands on Planet 51, thinking he is the first to set foot on it. To his surprise, he discovers that it is inhabited by green beings with antennae, living in a world reminiscent of 1950's America, and that it is inhabited by a group of aliens. Their only fear is being invaded by 'aliens' like Chuck. With the financial aid of Lem and his friends, Chuck tries to return safely to his spaceship, before being captured.

The film, the most expensive in Spanish cinema, is produced by Illion Animation Studios and HandMade Films and directed by Jorge Blanco, with Javier Abad and Marcos Martínez as co-directors.