Samka Productions
The French studio has secured a distributor for a couple of its 2D animated series: viking school (26 x 22 minutes) and Once upon a time… Items (78 x seven minutes). UK-based distributor Jetpack has acquired the worldwide rights, excluding France, to both series, which are aimed at children aged six to ten. viking school (pictured), co-star of Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon, follows a group of friends training to be future Vikings, while Objects is co-professional with France’s Procidis and is based on their IP Once Upon a Time. The edutainment series features historical figures and scientific lore presented in a comedic style.
Princess SAM Photos
The Paris-based producer/distributor has signed several international sales for tara duncan (52 x 13 minutes), which is aimed at children from six to nine years old. Pubcasters RTÉ (Ireland), TVNZ (New Zealand), and Télé-Québec (Canada) picked up the computer-animated series, which is an adaptation of the YA book series about a young wielder of magic, written by Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian.
dandeloo
The French producer/distributor has sold its 2D animated short film Mom it’s pouring rain (pictured) to the Italian broadcaster RAI. The 2021 special about a girl whose mother struggles with depression is aimed at children ages 6-11 and shared audiences. The deal was finalized by Gennarino Romano, Dandelooo’s international sales and acquisitions manager. The 26-minute short was commissioned by Canal+ and is co-produced by Dandelooo and Laïdak Films, based in France and Germany.
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