The Heart Behind GOAT(2026)
GOAT (2026) opens to the chanting of a crowd: "Roots run deep!" The rest of the film goes on to echo that sentiment, offering gorgeous animation and a heartfelt story along the way.

Bored with his mediocre life, millionaire BRAULIO GROSELHA has a strange dream, where a masked figure urges him to fight crime using the code name FATMAN. He summons his butler, Mongogildo, as his new partner: ROBADA. The dynamic duo soon becomes a sensation in the fight against crime and the target of the evil plans of Dr. Gore and his henchman KARAS. After challenging Karas and his Ninja helpers, Fatman and Robada must face Dr. Gore's new creation: the gigantic Monster-Chicken!
GOAT (2026) opens to the chanting of a crowd: "Roots run deep!" The rest of the film goes on to echo that sentiment, offering gorgeous animation and a heartfelt story along the way.
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