Studio

About

In Aura Studio we are a team of artists moved by developing high quality advertising and content, specially on character animation and design.

Our goal is to find new ways to tell stories, always looking forward, but never forgetting the original bases of animation.

Collaboration is key for us, we offer our clients to work side by side as a solid team, from conceptualization to execution giving our full experience to achieve the best possible results.

Aura is a concept, energy from within us, a shout that gives us motivation to tell interesting stories, experiment with design in different styles and techniques, trying to break established boundaries.

Created by Leo Campasso, award-winning animation director, renowned in the best animation portals, boasting 25 years of experience.
An extensive professional career working for clients such as Cartoon Network, Disney, MTV, Fox, Google, Coca Cola, Facebook, Marvel ...

Character illustration by AURA

Personal portfolio

Leo Campasso

Animation director behind AURA, with 20 years of experience in 2D and 3D character animation for advertising. Discover more of his work in his personal portfolio.

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The story

Since
2018

  1. 2018Aura Studio

    Animation studio created by animators. Since 2018.

  2. 2021Home

    Shortfilm. The relationship between people and their environment.

  3. 2022Tsunami Girl

    Best Short for Children +10, Ojo de Pescado. Special mentions at KUKI Berlin and Cartón Buenos Aires.

  4. 2023Relevo

    Official selection, commissioned films — Annecy 2023.

  5. 2024Staff Pick

    Tsunami Girl receives the Vimeo Staff Pick.

  6. TodayFirst own series

    We are producing our first own series, and continue making first-quality advertising and shortfilms.

Aura Studio · since 2018

Among the works of this period are Home (2021) and La niña y el tsunami (2022), known internationally as Tsunami Girl, co-directed with Antonio and Carlos Balseiro. Both works approach the relationship between people and their environment from different narrative perspectives.

In 2022, La niña y el tsunami won Best Short Film for Children, +10 subcategory, at the Ojo de Pescado Festival, Chile; a special mention in the children’s short film category at KUKI, Berlin; and a special mention for Narrative Treatment at the Cartón International Animated Short Film Festival, Buenos Aires. Its festival run included the short film competition at Animest, Romania, and selections at Curta Kinoforum, São Paulo; the Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan; and REGARD, Canada. In 2024 it also received the Vimeo Staff Pick distinction.

In 2023, Relevo — The Rules Are Changing, co-directed with Mariano “Rocky” Ríos and with animation direction by Leo Campasso, was part of the official competition selection of “commissioned films” at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2023.

Today Aura Studio continues to combine the direction of commercial projects with the development of its own work. Its practice keeps the link between drawing, character animation and the exploration of 2D, 3D and new technologies, which has run through its work since the first independent shorts.