Tulio Raggi González

He was a prominent Cuban animated film director and screenwriter. He is considered a pioneer of this genre in Cuba.

He earned a degree in Art History and completed studies in Civil and Diplomatic Law, as well as in Music Theory, solfège, and piano at the Miramar Animation Conservatory at the Academia Garcés.

During his lifetime he directed more than 60 works and some of them have earned multiple national and international recognitions.

Tulio Raggi defined himself as an incorrigible storyteller. From everyday life he was that little man, like an elf, who enriched fantasy from childhood and that of two other generations of Cubans. It is because he was like that, Tulio mischievous, imaginative, a creator even for the jokes that on many occasions caused irritation.

Of extraordinary culture, no one will ever be able to deny that he was one of the best animated film directors of revolutionary Cuba because he made revolution through those animations and animated messages in which he transmitted to children signs of love for nature, traditions, family, the history of a country in which he decided to stay at cost and risk.

He was part of the ICAIC Animation Studios from almost their founding and contributed to the professional development of many animated filmmakers such as Juan Padrón, cherished by Tulio, a brother.

The Grateful Man, The Blind Little Girl, Father's First Step, The Runaway Black Boy, Cinnamon's Ears, Filminutes, The Passage of Yabebirí, The Vessels and five adventures of Elpidio Valdés are just some of the animated works he gave to Cuban children.

As a wise conversationalist, virtuoso draftsman, of extremely sophisticated technique, lover of comics, student of history, a man who awakened different passions and always admiration and smiles, Tulio Raggi will be remembered thus.

Filmography
1964: Captain Bluff
1965:
So-and-so and What's-his-name
Macrotí a Cuban Noah
1966:
Stradivarius Pérez
The Grateful Guy
1967:
The Streetcar
The Little Witch Maguita
The Poet and the Doll
Damocles
Captain Tareco on the Mysterious Planet
1969: The Mockingbird
1971: Cheo guataca
1972:
Clouds
Die if You Want
1973: Little Round Thing
1974:
The Song of the Glucositos
The Plaza
1975:
The Builder
The Submarine Duel
Stone Soup
The Passage of the güije
The Runaway Black Boy
1976: The Dark Bird
1977:
The Treasure
The Line
Father's First Step
The Zero
1978:
The Stockade
The Sugar Mill
Friends
1979:
The Blind Firefly
The Dancing Top
The Little Sand Castle
1980:
The Pollen of Dreams
The Drone and the Rose
1981:
The Six Wonders
The Witch's Medicine
Adventures of Majá Vivo
1982: Filminute No. 5
1983: The Trembling and Lonely Soul
1984: Dreams and Nightmares
1985:
Cinnamon's Ears
Filminute No. 10
1986:
The Dinosaurs
The Blind Little Girl
The Broken Clock
1987:
The Passage of Yabebirí
The Vessels
1988:
Filminutes No. 16, 17 and 18. (co-direction).
Elpidio Valdés on Summer Campaign. (co-direction).
Elpidio Valdés Captured!. (co-direction).
Elpidio Valdés and the 5th Hunters. (co-direction).
1989:
The Alphabet
Elpidio Valdés and Weyler's Grandmother. (co-direction).
Elpidio Valdés and Palmiche against the Lancers. (co-direction).
Filminute No. 19. (co-direction).
1990:
Filminutes No. 20, 21 and 22
The Grateful Man
1991: Elpidio Valdés Gets Married
1992: Ignorance. (UNICEF).
1993:
Respiratory Infections
Food is Life
Bon Appétit
1995:
Filminutes 30 and 33
1996:
Taking Care of the Environment is Taking Care of Health I and II. (UNICEF. Mexico).
Expressing Ourselves Freely and Being Heard. (UNICEF. Mexico).
Participating Children's Rights and Girls' Rights. (UNICEF. Mexico).
Tlaloc. (Mexico).
Proper Pesticide Management. (Mexico).
Water Management in the Home and Cleaning of Tanks. (Mexico).
The Sanitary Latrine on Dry Land. (Mexico).
Cleaning and Disinfection of Water Tanks. (Mexico).
Filminute 37
1997:
The Party for Everyone. (Health Secretariat Mexico).
Some and Others. (Health Secretariat Mexico).
Protected Home. (Health Secretariat Mexico).
A Cautious Man is Worth Two. (Health Secretariat Mexico).
Soldadera. (Health Secretariat Mexico).
Black Sunday. (Health Secretariat Mexico).
1998:
Easy Compost. (Health Secretariat Mexico).
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. (Health Secretariat Mexico).
1999:
The Fox is Wiser. (Casa de las Américas).
Filminute 44
2000:
Filminute 49
Elpidio Valdés Against the Iron Fortress
Elpidio Valdés Faces Resoplez
2001: Filminute 53

Awards and Recognitions
Award for Best Educational Films for the works The Alphabet and The Vessels. V Children's Film Festival of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, 1997.
Special Coral Award for the Complete Work of Elpidio Valdés. XI International Festival of New Latin American Cinema of Havana, 1989.
The Trembling and Lonely Soul.
Caracol Award for Animation. UNEAC Festival. Havana, 1983.
Caracol Mention for Design of the Work. UNEAC Festival of Film, Radio and T.V. of Havana, 1983.
Selection among the 30 Best Films Made until 1989.
The Zero
Green Crocodile Screenplay Award. José Martí Pioneers Organization. Havana, 1977
The Grateful Man
Caracol Award for Best Design. UNEAC Festival of Film, Radio and T.V. of Havana, 1990.
Coral Award for Best Animated Film. XII International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, 1990.
The Passage of Yabebirí
Toucan Award for Best Animated Film. Bahia Festival. Brazil, 1988.
1st Coral Prize. IX International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, 1987.
Father's First Step
Selection among the 30 Best Films Made until 1989.
Film Critics Award as the Most Outstanding Film of the Year. Havana, 1977.
The Broken Clock
Caracol Award for Best Animation. III UNEAC Festival of Film, Radio and T.V., Havana, 1986.
The Mockingbird
Film Critics Award as the Most Outstanding Film of the Year. Havana, 1969.
Selection among the 30 Best Films Made until 1989.
Elena in the Rainforests
Caracol Mention in the Animation Camera and Special Effects Specialty. XIV UNEAC Festival of Film, Radio and T.V. of Havana, 1992.
Toronto Festival Award. Canada, 1992.
Elpidio Valdés
Pioneers Award. Havana, 1989.
Elpidio Valdés and Palmiche Against the Lancers
Caracol Award. 25th Pioneer Festival of UNEAC. Havana, 1990.
Filminute No. 16
First Coral Prize for Animation. XI International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, 1989.
Filminute No. 30
Caracol Award for Direction. UNEAC Festival of Film, Radio and T.V. of Havana, 1995.
Caracol Award for Soundtrack. UNEAC Festival. Havana, 1995
First Coral Prize. XVII International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, 1994.
Filminute No. 5
Film Critics Award as the Most Outstanding Film of the Year. Havana, 1982.
Selection among the 30 Best Films Made until 1989.
Filminute No. 53
2nd Coral Prize. XXIV Festival of New Latin American Cinema of Havana, 2002
Filminutes Series
Special Coral Award. XII International Festival of New Latin American Cinema of Havana, 1990.
Nominated as the Best Animated Series. Ibero-American Audiovisual Industry Market MIDIA. Spain, 1998.
And Pure as a Child
Caracol Award for Best Screenplay (shared). V UNEAC Festival of Film, Radio and T.V. of Havana, 1988.