GERMANY, FROM TOUCHING STORIES TO TRAIL-BLAZING ANIMATION

IN THE 2022 ANIMATION GERMANY REPORT, 462 GERMAN FILMS WERE EVALUATED IN 77 COUNTRIES AND ACHIEVED A TURNOVER OF 107 MILLION EUROS OUTSIDE GERMANY IN 2022, REACHING AUDIENCES OF OVER 14.6 MILLION. LET’S DISCOVER TOGETHER THE LATEST PRODUCTIONS AND PREVIEWS FROM TWO IMPORTANT GERMAN STUDIOS.

Telescope Animation is currently in production (and partially in development) with their multi-platform story universe The Last Whale Singer. The original IP tells the story of a family of humpback whales who can heal the oceans with their magical song. The feature film, an international co-production between Germany, Canada and the Czech Republic, is currently in production with a worldwide theatrical release in 2025/26. The game is the prequel to the feature film: a prototype is currently in production and game development is slated to begin in 2024. The series (in development, the production start is planned for 2025) directly links to the feature film and continues the hero’s adventures.

Telescope is also in production with the debut short film Epifania; it has in addition more original IPs in development, vast story universes to be told as exciting, touching, and meaningful tales on multiple platforms.

Since last year, Ulysses Filmproduktion has been in production with the film Niko3 - Beyond the Northern Lights. In the third film about the flying reindeer, Niko’s long-awaited place in Santa’s flying squad is disputed by the unexpected challenger Stella. The film will be released worldwide in the winter of 2024. Global Screen has world distribution rights to this animated adventure.

Already completed and travelling all over the world, The Amazing Maurice is now in theatres in more than 85 countries, including successfully in France as well as the U.S., where it opened on more than 2,000 screens. The film was invited to the Sundance Festival and is now nominated for the Golden Sparrow 2023, one of the most relevant Children’s Film Festivals in Germany in the category best feature film Ulysses Films’ new project in financing is also picking up steamthe screenplay for Pirate Mo and the Legend of the Red Ruby won the German Animation Script Award at ITFS 2023 for the greatest international market potential.

The production of this adaptation of Kirsten Boie’s bestselling novel Seeräubermoses will start at the end of 2023. This will be coproduced with Letterbox (GER), Arx Anima (AUT) and ArxLight (ESP). World distribution is handled by The Playmaker Munich and the first territories have been sold. More features and two TV series with global exploitation potential are in the development pipeline for the next three years.