PRODUCT NEWS
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FULLERAT PARTNERS
AB INTERNATIONAL
THREE titles are brought to Cannes by Spain’s Fullerat Partners. The Gnomix features friendly magical beings who live in a candy world. The Animukis feature fun-loving animals that love to play games, while a narrator interacts with them. Glob! follows a group of kids and their dog as they travel the world in an amazing flying-ship-balloon.
SERIES Black Spot (8 x 52 mins) is brought to MIPCOM by Paris-based AB International. The story concerns a new urban prosecutor appointed to a crime-ridden isolated town where he works with the local female sheriff. On top of the crimes in the area she is increasingly obsessed with the case of her own kidnapping 20 years previously.
Gnomix (Fullerat Partners)
ANIMA KITCHENT Black Spot (AB International)
VERSATILE MEDIA
CHINA’s Versatile Media is prioritising two animation titles in Cannes. Firstly, feature-length Axel 2: The Floating Planet, which follows an earth-man who was left on a planet and with the use of an engine must try to force the planet from its orbit and fly it back to the earth. However the planet is home to three characters trying to defend their homeland. Secret Y is a series that aims to introduce scientific knowledge to children by telling short stories. HG DISTRIBUTION
QUEBEC’s HG Distribution is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a wide-ranging line-up. Titles include: youth sitcom My Boss Is A Bear (26 x 30 mins), set in a campsite where the boss is an agoraphobic bear; sci-fi animated kids series Guardians Evolution (13 x 30 mins); new factual entertainment show Gamers: Beyond The Game (1 x 90 mins), following three players as they aim to be world champions while discovering the workings of a booming industry; adolescent story Fluffy Marky (16 x 7 mins/1 x 48 mins), about a young waster who overnight is transformed into a puppet; pop science show One Stop Science Shop (26 x 15 mins/13 x 30 mins); and St-Nickel (6 x 52 mins), a drama series set in a strip club.
SPAIN’s Anima Kitchent is showcasing two animation series at MIPCOM. Piny Institute Of New York sees Michelle and her friends share their passion for fashion, sports, music and also discover the importance of friendship and effort. In Cleo & Cuquin Cleo and her siblings solve everyday problems by playing — as cooks, actors, astronauts or detectives among other things. Piny Institute Of New York (Anima Kichent)
GLOBAL SCREEN
DRAMA series top the slate of Germany’s Global Screen. New to the international market are Charite, Fangar - Prisoners and historical drama Luther, a film that will be ready for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017. The company also brings The Tale Of The Land Of Plenty, the latest story from the Finest Fairy Tale Collection (42 x 60 mins), which are adaptations of German fairy tale classics.
REDROVER
PRE-SCHOOL series Bubble Marin (52 x 11 mins) employs Korea-based Redrover’s 3D technology to portray the adventures of submarine Marin and his friends in a lush environment. A recent deal with Planet Nemo Animation will see the series roll out across the Francophone world, Italy and CEE regions.
Fangar - Prisoners (Global Screen)
COTTONWOOD MEDIA
My Boss Is A Bear (HG Distribution)
COTTONWOOD Media returns to MIPCOM with pre-school series The Ollie & Moon Show (52 x 11 mins), a mix of 2D animation and live action, featuring a pair of curious, globe-trotting cats who introduce kids to unlikely friendships and global citizenship.
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Bubble Marin (Redrover)