Tag: Cannes Film Market
Fortissimo Films Picks Up Chinese Animated Fantasy ‘The Umbrella Fairy’ for Cannes
Fortissimo Films, a Chine- and Netherlands-based sales agency which previously snagged Tian Xiaopeng's visually adventurous Deep Sea, has picked up another Chinese animated feature: The Umbrella...
Filmax Acquires International Rights to ‘Robotia’
Spanish-Argentinian animated family feature Robotia is gearing up for global rollout, with Filmax picking up international rights and ready to shop the CGI movie to...
Pop Family, Toonz & Telegael Boot Up CGI Feature ‘Arvee Chronicles’
Sydney-based Pop Family Entertainment, global kids' and family entertainment major Toonz Media Group and Irish production studio Telegael are building on their longtime collaborative...
‘They Shot the Piano Player’ Strikes a Chord with Sony Pictures Classics
From Cannes, Sony Pictures Classics announced it has acquired all rights to distribute They Shot the Piano Player -- the new animated feature docudrama from...
Sylvain Chomet’s ‘The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol’ Gets Rolling with Sony Pictures Classics
Reported from the Cannes Film Festival & Market, Sony Pictures Classics has picked up multiple territory rights to The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol, the...
1st Niigata Int’l Animation Film Festival to Be Held in Japan Next March
In a special announcement from Cannes, details of the first annual Niigata International Animation Film Festival were revealed. Organized by the NIAFF Executive Committee,...
Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Kim’ Heads to the Big Screen with Cosmos-Maya
Singapore- and India-based animation studio Cosmos-Maya announced today it has selected Rudyard Kipling’s classic novel Kim to be adapted for its next feature-length animated...
Makoto Shinkai’s ‘Suzume no Tojimari’ Sets Global Distribution with Crunchyroll, Sony & Wild Bunch
Crunchyroll today announced it has acquired the global distribution and marketing rights (excluding Asia) from TOHO, for Makoto Shinkai’s upcoming film, Suzume no Tojimari...
SC Films Snags ‘Girl in the Clouds’ Sales Rights
U.K.-based SC Films International has acquired world sales rights (excluding France and Belgium) to the animated feature Girl in the Clouds. The $15 million...
Watch: ‘Mavka. The Forest Song’ Team Shares Message of Ukrainian Resilience in Final Production Stages
The unbreakable creatives at Ukraine's Animagrad animation studio (part of FILM.UA Group) announce they have entered the final stage of production for their highly-anticipated...
Cannes: ‘Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia’ Sparks a New Adventure for a Familiar Heroine
***This interview originally appeared in the May '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 320)***
For the past three decades, Thorsten Wegener has been producing high-profile...
Katy Perry to Star in ‘Melody’ Movie from ‘Miraculous’ Maker Jeremy Zag
Fans are going to hear Katy Perry roar in animation once again, as the five-time American Music Awards-winner has been tapped to voice the...
Global Screen Nets ‘The Last Whale Singer,’ Pre-Sales Open in Cannes
Global Screen, a TELEPOOL brand, has acquired the animated family feature film The Last Whale Singer for global distribution. Available for the first time for...
CMG Snags Annecy Selection ‘Away’ in Time for Cannes Market
Cinema Management Group (CMG) has picked up sales rights to fantasy-laced adventure Away, the feature directorial debut of Latvian animator Gints Zilbalodis (Aqua, Oasis,...
Volga Eyes Indie Animation Acquisitions at Cannes
Cannes' most famous event, the glitzy and star-struck film festival, often overshadows the nuts-and-bolts business that goes on at the same time at the...
Aquamen Teases ‘Kong’ at Cannes
Producers Jeongjung "JJ" Kim and Gary Zhang have presented the first trailer for their $40 million 3D CG feature Kong at the Cannes Film...
KRU Preps ‘Ribbit’ for Global Distribution
Ribbit, a 3-D animated comedy story about a frog with an identity crisis is ready for delivery to distributors around the world.
Set amongst the...
Fei Productions Launches Animated ‘Yaya’ Feature
French studio Fei Productions is working on a new animated feature based on Patrick Marty’s four-volume graphic novel La Balade de Yaya (The Ballad...
Wizart Releases ‘Snow Queen’ Movie Trailer
Moscow- and Voronezh-based CG animation studio Wizart has released a trailer for its upcoming 3-D feature The Snow Queen. Based on the famous Hans...
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