Simon Gerbaud

My grandfather fought alongside Pancho Villa, became Master Mason, was an elected official who represented Oaxaca three times, and president of the national Association of Cattle Hands. In 1942, he formed the Legion of Mexican Fighters, a group of 100,000 cattle hands training to repel a possible Nazi invasion in Mexico. His story of success, however, held a secret that affected my family, and that I discovered while making this documentary.

Zapping Animation is an international collective animation project launched in the context of World Animation Day 2010, with the aim of paying tribute to Émile Reynaud. The animators who participated in Zapping Animation are: Salvador Tovar, Salvador Herrera, Tania de León, Juan Carlos López, Claudio Ramírez Castelli, Lein de León, Carlos Narro, Ma. Carmen Poveda, Elizabeth Ortiz, Jorge Álvarez, María Lorenzo, Sara Álvarez, Rosa Peris, Carmen Lloret, Eva Mocholí, Simón Gerbaud, Eduardo Patoni, Mercedes Peris, Carlos Gamboa, Miguel Vidal, Zulu, José Ángel García Moreno, Héctor Dávila, Mónica Alós, María Ángeles López, Wisab, Miguel Ángel Guillem, and Emiliano González.

What is a library? Construct a definition with words: knowledge, memory and refuge are, among others, the definitions of those who use this place. This is an exploration of them.

The historic meeting between Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata in Xochimilco.

A failed Broadway singer who now works as a production manager must save opening night on his new production by wrangling his eccentric cast and crew.

This animated short film explores the possibilities of creating movements out of materials found in nature: holes in rocks and water. It begins and ends with paper referring to the pictorial representation inspired by the observation of nature.

This animated short film explores everyday objects (a shoe, a laptop, a chair, a fridge, an animal skull ...) using the deconstruction. The title is a wordplay that combines two verbs in spanish: to know (saber) and to see (ver). This short film was made with part of the images produced for the exhibition saVer which includes interactive installation, silk-screen printings and sculptures.

In a rusty world, a robot attempts to assemble its final creation.