Animayo, Spain’s leading animation festival, is celebrating its 18th edition with the help of Disney legend Andreas Deja who will be presenting his independently-produced short, “Mushka.” “Having Deja choose Animayo to debut his film in Spain is the greatest honor,” said Damian Perea, founder-director of the festival, which unspools May 3-6 on the island of Gran Canaria.
A hand-drawn 2D animated story about an unlikely friendship between a young girl and a Siberian tiger in 1970s’ Soviet Union, “Mushka” is Deja’s directorial debut. His lauded Walt Disney Animation Studio credits include “The Lion King,” “Aladdin,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.”
Other notable Spanish premieres at Animayo include that of Jan Bubenicek and Denisa Grimmova’s “Even Mice Belong in Heaven,” about two mortal enemies, a mouse and a fox, who after an accident, find themselves in animal heaven.
Animayo will also treat attendees to...
A hand-drawn 2D animated story about an unlikely friendship between a young girl and a Siberian tiger in 1970s’ Soviet Union, “Mushka” is Deja’s directorial debut. His lauded Walt Disney Animation Studio credits include “The Lion King,” “Aladdin,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.”
Other notable Spanish premieres at Animayo include that of Jan Bubenicek and Denisa Grimmova’s “Even Mice Belong in Heaven,” about two mortal enemies, a mouse and a fox, who after an accident, find themselves in animal heaven.
Animayo will also treat attendees to...
- 5/2/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Stuttgart-based sales company Sola Media has taken international rights to animated feature “Gus, the Guide Dog,” currently in pre-production and to be directed by Portugal’s Bruno Simões, an animation director and previs artist who has worked on films such as “Skyfall,” “Epic” and “Rio 2.”
Family-oriented “Gus” is produced by Roger Torras at Barcelona’s Wknd, Humberto Santana at Animanostra (Portugal), and Xosé Zapata at Sygnatia (Spain). Producers are in talks with a company from a third country to join the team. The feature will also be produced with the support of Movistar Plus and Spanish pubcaster Tve.
The feature follows Gus, a service dog by nature, but who lives on the streets. He’s joyful and his positivity is contagious. When he meets Gwen, a 14-year blind girl, he will do the impossible to become Gwen’s eyes. However, their parents think she will be better with a professional guide dog.
Family-oriented “Gus” is produced by Roger Torras at Barcelona’s Wknd, Humberto Santana at Animanostra (Portugal), and Xosé Zapata at Sygnatia (Spain). Producers are in talks with a company from a third country to join the team. The feature will also be produced with the support of Movistar Plus and Spanish pubcaster Tve.
The feature follows Gus, a service dog by nature, but who lives on the streets. He’s joyful and his positivity is contagious. When he meets Gwen, a 14-year blind girl, he will do the impossible to become Gwen’s eyes. However, their parents think she will be better with a professional guide dog.
- 6/21/2021
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Film is based on Carole Wilkinson’s novel series.
London-based sales outfit Sc Films International has taken international rights to Dragonkeeper, an upcoming family animation from Spain and China.
Based on the opening novel in the Dragonkeeper series by Carole Wilkinson, the film will be set in a magical China during the Han Dynasty. The story follows the adventures of Ping, a slave girl who becomes a Dragonkeeper by helping the last surviving dragon find a safe location to hatch its egg.
To date, there are six books in the franchise.
Wilkinson adapted her own text with Ignacio Ferreras, Rosanna Cecchini,...
London-based sales outfit Sc Films International has taken international rights to Dragonkeeper, an upcoming family animation from Spain and China.
Based on the opening novel in the Dragonkeeper series by Carole Wilkinson, the film will be set in a magical China during the Han Dynasty. The story follows the adventures of Ping, a slave girl who becomes a Dragonkeeper by helping the last surviving dragon find a safe location to hatch its egg.
To date, there are six books in the franchise.
Wilkinson adapted her own text with Ignacio Ferreras, Rosanna Cecchini,...
- 9/3/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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