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California Institute of the Arts

Roy Del Espacio

Experimental Animation Visiting Artists (EAVA) Series

Event Information

Date: Oct. 26

Time: 4:30 PM

Location: CalArts Campus; A115

About:

Experimental Animation Visiting Artists series presents Roy Del Espacio restoration screening! Join Brian Smee, Isabelle Aspin, and Craig Rogers for a special presentation of Roy del Espacio, Mexico’s third animated feature film.

roy del espacio eava calarts poster

Poster design by Jiajing Lie (@hugeling0)
 

About the Artist & Film

Brian Smee is a 2D animator, storyboard artist, and filmmaker. Isabelle Aspin is a Los Angeles–based background artist specializing in thoughtfully researched, story-driven background art. Craig Rogers is the co-founder of Deaf Crocodile.

Directed by Héctor López Carmona, Roy del Espacio (1983) is a 64-minute outsider sci-fi animation that became a celebrated piece of lost media before being rediscovered and restored for a 2026 Blu-ray release by Deaf Crocodile. The film draws loosely from 1930s Flash Gordon serials through rotoscoping, while also incorporating unauthorized footage from the Japanese science-fiction film Message from Space.