Malaga’s Animation Day showcases some of the most important animation features in the pipeline in Spain, all made with international partners.
On Tuesday, March 14, five recent outstanding Spanish animated works in progress will be pitched by their producers to the international industry during the event.
Animation Day forms part of Spanish Screenings Content at Malaga Festival’s industry zone Mafiz, supported by Icex Spain’s Trade & Investment entity with the collaboration of Diboos, the Spanish Federation of Animation Producers and the VFX Production Companies Associations.
The five Wip animated titles selected are “4 Days Before Christmas,” a produced by 3Doubles Producciones and Capitán Araña with Canada’s Pvp Media; Barcelona-based Doce Entertainment’s Latin American project “Dalia and the Red Book”; Salvador Simó’s Spain-China toon feature “Dragonkeeper”; Abano Producions, El Gatoverde and Uniko’s German co-production “Sultana’s Dream”; and “Rock Bottom,” a Spain-Poland co-production from Alba Sotorra, Jaibo Films and Gs Animation.
On Tuesday, March 14, five recent outstanding Spanish animated works in progress will be pitched by their producers to the international industry during the event.
Animation Day forms part of Spanish Screenings Content at Malaga Festival’s industry zone Mafiz, supported by Icex Spain’s Trade & Investment entity with the collaboration of Diboos, the Spanish Federation of Animation Producers and the VFX Production Companies Associations.
The five Wip animated titles selected are “4 Days Before Christmas,” a produced by 3Doubles Producciones and Capitán Araña with Canada’s Pvp Media; Barcelona-based Doce Entertainment’s Latin American project “Dalia and the Red Book”; Salvador Simó’s Spain-China toon feature “Dragonkeeper”; Abano Producions, El Gatoverde and Uniko’s German co-production “Sultana’s Dream”; and “Rock Bottom,” a Spain-Poland co-production from Alba Sotorra, Jaibo Films and Gs Animation.
- 3/14/2023
- by Emiliano De Pablos and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Viva Kids has acquired North American distribution rights to Dragonkeeper, the animated action-adventure film from Spanish firm Guardián de Dragones and China Film Animation. Hulu will release domestically after the film’s theatrical bow, which is slated for August 2023. Based on the first book in Carole Wilkinson’s series of fantasy novels, the film follows Ping, a young orphan who must venture across ancient China to help the last surviving dragons from extinction. Across her wild and dangerous journey Ping finds a way to unlock her power and discover that she is a true dragonkeeper. Visual development on the film comes from animation vet Sergio Pablos (Despicable Me), while English-language voice cast includes Bill Nighy (Love Actually), Bill Bailey (Hot Fuzz), Anthony Howell (Alien: Isolation) and newcomer Mayalinee Griffiths as Ping. Dragonkeeper is directed by Salvador Simó, who also directed the Annecy title Buñuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles.
- 9/7/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Bill Nighy (Love Actually), Bill Bailey (Hot Fuzz) and Naomi Yang (Lilting) are to lead voice cast in Spain-China animation co-pro Dragonkeeper.
Salvador Simó is newly aboard as lead director on the action-adventure feature, having most recently directed Annecy hit Buñuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles, which was recently picked up for the U.S. by GKids. Simó and producer Manuel Cristobal have just returned from work in China with the film’s co-director Jian-Ping Li.
Dragonkeeper centers on Ping, a slave girl who dreams of freedom while looking after imprisoned dragons in the Emperor’s castle. One fateful day a dragon escapes forcing Ping to go on a mission. She must deliver the last dragon egg to the ocean and save the dragons from extinction. On her journey she learns to unlock her special powers as she discovers she is the last true dragonkeeper.
The feature is...
Salvador Simó is newly aboard as lead director on the action-adventure feature, having most recently directed Annecy hit Buñuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles, which was recently picked up for the U.S. by GKids. Simó and producer Manuel Cristobal have just returned from work in China with the film’s co-director Jian-Ping Li.
Dragonkeeper centers on Ping, a slave girl who dreams of freedom while looking after imprisoned dragons in the Emperor’s castle. One fateful day a dragon escapes forcing Ping to go on a mission. She must deliver the last dragon egg to the ocean and save the dragons from extinction. On her journey she learns to unlock her special powers as she discovers she is the last true dragonkeeper.
The feature is...
- 9/5/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Cannes — The 2019 Cannes Film Festival confirmed the build in world cinema animation: Three movies, all French, played in its main sections: “The Bears’ Invasion of Sicily” and “The Swallows of Kabul,” both Directors’ Fortnight entries, and “I Want My Body,” in Critics’ Week.
Animated movies – Studiocanal’s “Around the World,” “I Want My Body,” a Netflix buy – proved among the Cannes Film Market’s best sellers, given their resilience as both theatrical plays and anti-churn attraction for global platforms.
There were 130 animation titles, projects and completed films at the Marché du Film this year, the same number as stereoscopic 3D titles 10 years ago, according to Jerome Paillard, Cannes Film Market executive director.
The Cannes Film Market has hosted an Annecy Goes to Cannes pix-in-post showcase since 2016. This year round, it was expanded into a fuller Animation Day with a second-part panel discussion on the production-distribution of adult audience animation.
The...
Animated movies – Studiocanal’s “Around the World,” “I Want My Body,” a Netflix buy – proved among the Cannes Film Market’s best sellers, given their resilience as both theatrical plays and anti-churn attraction for global platforms.
There were 130 animation titles, projects and completed films at the Marché du Film this year, the same number as stereoscopic 3D titles 10 years ago, according to Jerome Paillard, Cannes Film Market executive director.
The Cannes Film Market has hosted an Annecy Goes to Cannes pix-in-post showcase since 2016. This year round, it was expanded into a fuller Animation Day with a second-part panel discussion on the production-distribution of adult audience animation.
The...
- 5/28/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Madrid — Two female-driven feature comedy projects with potential international appeal, Cristina Trenas and Isabel Delclaux’s “Three Astronauts” and Roberto Goñi and Laura Molpeceres’ “Two Friends,” proved top highlights at the fifth edition of Pitchbox, held in Madrid.
Organized by online platform Filmarket Hub, the films-in-development showcase took place May 22, attracting a typically select but high-quality caliber of executives and represented companies from key players such as Telecinco Cinema, Atresmedia Cine, Tve, Warner Bros. España, DeAPlaneta, Tornasol Films, Morena Films, Latido Films, Dynamo and TriPictures.
The seven projects pitched, previously filtered and analyzed by Filmarket Hub, generated a wide-ranging selection in terms of film genres and budgets, while reflecting women’s growing visibility in creation, direction and lead characters.
Event’s networking also served to confirm that Spanish film industry problems remain, from regulatory uncertainty to under-capitalized public funding schemes and the commitment to independent production of many public broadcasters.
Organized by online platform Filmarket Hub, the films-in-development showcase took place May 22, attracting a typically select but high-quality caliber of executives and represented companies from key players such as Telecinco Cinema, Atresmedia Cine, Tve, Warner Bros. España, DeAPlaneta, Tornasol Films, Morena Films, Latido Films, Dynamo and TriPictures.
The seven projects pitched, previously filtered and analyzed by Filmarket Hub, generated a wide-ranging selection in terms of film genres and budgets, while reflecting women’s growing visibility in creation, direction and lead characters.
Event’s networking also served to confirm that Spanish film industry problems remain, from regulatory uncertainty to under-capitalized public funding schemes and the commitment to independent production of many public broadcasters.
- 5/24/2018
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Larry Levene-produced “3 Astronauts,” Jorge Dorado and Ivan Sainz-Pardo’s “The Road of Life” and Gsus López’s “Story at Dawn” figure among the seven finalists at the fifth edition of Pitchbox, a films-in-development showcase organized in Madrid by online platform Filmarket Hub. Taking place May 22, the event encourages new film talent discovery — and it gives Madrid a new line in co-production forums as well.
The projects will be pitched in front of a select group of executives from key Spain-based film companies, among them Atresmedia Cine, Telecinco Cinema, Rtve, Avalon, DeAPlaneta, TriPictures and Dynamo. After the pitch fest, the participants meet in a networking session.
“The companies can know first-hand a wide-ranging project selection which has already been filtered and analyzed, giving them direct access to the best emerging talent through an entertaining event format,” says Filmarket Hub co-founder Bernardo Gómez.
With more than 12,000 users across Europe and Latin America,...
The projects will be pitched in front of a select group of executives from key Spain-based film companies, among them Atresmedia Cine, Telecinco Cinema, Rtve, Avalon, DeAPlaneta, TriPictures and Dynamo. After the pitch fest, the participants meet in a networking session.
“The companies can know first-hand a wide-ranging project selection which has already been filtered and analyzed, giving them direct access to the best emerging talent through an entertaining event format,” says Filmarket Hub co-founder Bernardo Gómez.
With more than 12,000 users across Europe and Latin America,...
- 5/12/2018
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Spain has become the latest country to secure a co-production agreement with China.
Spain has become the latest country to sign a co-production film agreement with China.
The agreement coincided with the visit of Spanish president Mariano Rajoy to Beijing. Both governments signed the deal, which was approved by the parliaments of the two countries earlier in the year.
China remains a difficult market in which to secure distribution, with a quota of 38 international films sanctioned in 2013 and 34 in 2014.
The new agreement will allow Spanish films to be distributed within the Asian superpower, providing each co-production partner has contributed a minimum of 20% to the feature.
In an statement, the Icaa (Spanish Government agency for cinema) celebrated the agreement and highlighted the new tax deduction for foreign productions in the country of 15% with a maximum of €2.5m.
However, the Spanish film industry has said 15% is insufficent for attracting internatiponal shoots in Spain.
Two projects...
Spain has become the latest country to sign a co-production film agreement with China.
The agreement coincided with the visit of Spanish president Mariano Rajoy to Beijing. Both governments signed the deal, which was approved by the parliaments of the two countries earlier in the year.
China remains a difficult market in which to secure distribution, with a quota of 38 international films sanctioned in 2013 and 34 in 2014.
The new agreement will allow Spanish films to be distributed within the Asian superpower, providing each co-production partner has contributed a minimum of 20% to the feature.
In an statement, the Icaa (Spanish Government agency for cinema) celebrated the agreement and highlighted the new tax deduction for foreign productions in the country of 15% with a maximum of €2.5m.
However, the Spanish film industry has said 15% is insufficent for attracting internatiponal shoots in Spain.
Two projects...
- 10/1/2014
- by jsardafr@hotmail.com (Juan Sarda)
- ScreenDaily
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