Film list
Every full-length feature film produced and released in European cinemas 1926-now

In production
Full-length animated feature films currently in production in Europe


Upcoming US films
Animation films in production in US



Distributors
Contact details of companies who distribute animation

Funding
Where to apply for financial support



 

 

 

 


Full-length animated films currently in production in Europe, plus a few more in advanced development or pre-production.

This list is not exhaustive - I try to add everything I stumble upon...

Please contact me if you have any amendments or updates.


...LATEST: there are 38 films in production and another 40 odd in pre-production:

7 Zwerge
Allez, Raconte
O Apostolo
Around the World in 50 Years
Arthur Christmas
Arthur et la guerre de deux mondes

Cendrillion
Le Chat du Rabbin
Despicable Me
Egill, the Last Pagan
Extraordinary Tales
Fimfarum 3
The Flying Machine
Gnomeo and Juliet
The Great Bear
Jackboots on Whitehall
Jensen & Jensen
Der kleine Rabe Socke - Gemeinsam bin ich stark
Konferenz der Tiere
Little Big Panda
Lotte and the Moonstone Secret
Moomins and the Comet Chase
The Magic Crystal
Un monstre à Paris
Noche de ¿Paz? (Holy Night)
La Nuit des Enfants Rois
Occho Kochoi
Olsen Banden – på de bonede gulve
Orla Frogsnatcher
Pirates
Postman Pat
Ramon
Rock the Boat
Das Sandmännchen und der verlorene Traumsand
Suske en Wiske
Titeuf
Une vie de chat
Winx Club 2 - 3D


Around the World in 50 Years/le Voyage Extraordinaire de Samy

Production company: nWave Pictures (Belgium)
Duration: 85 mins
Director: Ben Stassen
Writer: Ben Stassen, Domonic Paris
Producer: Ben Stassen, Eric Dillens
Distributor: nWave Distibution
Release date: 11 August (France), 28 October 2010 (Germany)
Source: www.nwave.com


O Apostolo

Production company: Artefacto Producciones (Spain)
Director: Fernando Cortizo
Writer: Fernando Cortizo
Producers: Sergio Gavino, Isabel Rey, Laura Rodriguez, Rafael Toba
Synopsis: A convict escaped from the jail will try to recover a haul hidden in an isolated village some years ago. But what he finds there will involve him in a sentence worst than the one he has suffered. Sinister ancients, strange disappearances, spirits, an odd parish priest and even Santiago de Compostela's archbishop will meet each other in a story full of terror, humour and fantasy.
Release date: 25 August 2010
Source: www.oapostolo.es

Stop motion, stereoscopic 3D


Despicable Me

Studio: Universal Studios
Production company: Illumination Entertainment (US), MacGuff ligne (France)
Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud, Sergio Pablos
Writer: Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul
Producer: Nina Rappaport, Robert Taylor
Synopsis: Steroscopic 3D.
Release date: 23 September (Germany), 13 October 2010 (France), 15 October 2010 (UK)
Source: www.despicable.me


Das Sandmännchen und der verlorene Traumsand

English title: The Sandman and the Lost Sand of Dreams
Production company: Scopas Medien, Movie Company (Germany)
Funding support: RBB, MDR
Duration: 72 min
Director:
Writer: Katharina Reschke, Jan Claudius Strathmann
Producer:
Distributor:
International sales:
Synopsis: Someone has stolen the Sandman’s Sand of Dreams. Without this fine sparkling dust, all the children on earth will lose their dreams forever. In an adventurous quest through the fantastic Land of Dreams, Lina and Mico, a young brother and sister help the Sandman get back the Sand of Dreams from the miserable and dangerous Storm, who has stolen the Sand and taken it to the land of topsy-turvy wishes
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Budget: €7.5m
Release date: 30 September 2010
Source: www.medienboard.de


Fimfarum 3 - do tretice všeho dobrého

English title: Fimfarum 3 - Third Time Lucky
Production company: MAUR Film, Czech TV, ACE, Kratky Film Praha (Czech Republic)
Funding support: Czech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography
Director: Vlasta Pospíšilová, Kristína Dufková, David Súkup
Synopsis: Steroscopic 3D.
Distributor: Biscop (Czech Rep)
International sales: MAUR Film
Release date: 7 October 2010 (Czech Republic)
Source: www.maurfilm.com


Konferenz der Tiere

Production company: Constantin Film Produktion, Ambient Entertainment, White Horse Pictures (Germany)
Funding support: DFFF, FFA, nordmedia Fonds GmbH, Mitteln des Landes Niedersachsen, Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen (NBank), FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
Director: Holger Tappe, Reinhard Klooss
Writer: Oliver Huzly, Reinhard Klooss
Producer: Holger Tappe, Reinhard Klooss, Martin Moskowicz
Synopsis: Germany's first stereoscopic 3D animation movie.
Distributor: Constantin Film
Release date: 7 October 2010 (Germany)
Source: www.despicable.me


Olsen Banden – på de bonede gulve

English title: The Olsen Gang – Moving in Higher Circles
Duration: 100 min
Production company: Nordisk Film, A.Film (Denmark)
Funding support: Danish Film Institute, DR TV, Den Vestdanske Filmpulje
Director: Jorgen Lerdam
Writer: Nikolaj Peyk
Producer: Tomas Radoor, Thomas Heinesen
Distributor: Nordisk Film
International sales: Nordisk Film International Sales
Budget:
Release date: 14 October 2010 (Denmark)
Source: www.dfi.dk


Allez, Raconte

Production company: Les Armateurs, 2 Minutes (France), Melusine (Luxembourg), La Parti (Belgium)
Funding support: Studio Canal, Gébéka Films
Director: Jean-Christophe Roger
Writer: Lewis Trondheim, José Parrondo
Cast: Dany Boon, Omat and Fred, Virginie Hocq
Distributor: Gébéka Films (France)
Budget: €3m
Duration: 80 mins
Release date: 20 October 2010
Source: www.studio352lux.com,
www.allezraconte-lefilm.fr


Arthur et la guerre de deux mondes
English title: Arthur and the War of two Worlds
Production company: EuropaCorp (France)
Director: Luc Besson
Writer: Luc Besson, Celine Garcia
Producer: Luc Besson, Stephane Leconte, Emmanuel Prevost
Release date: 20 October 2010 (France)


Winx Club 3D - Magica Avventura

Production company: Rainbow (Italy)
Synopsis: Stereoscopic 3D follow-up to 2007 movie based on the popular TV franchise.
Distributor: Medusa Film (Italy)
Release date: 29 October 2010 (Italy)
Source: film.35mm.it


Un Monstre à Paris

English title: A Monster in Paris
Production company: EuropaCorp, Bibo Films, FCA (France)
Duration: 85 min
Director: Eric Bergeron
Writer: Stephane Kazandijan, Eric Bergeron
Distributor: EuropaCorp
Synopsis: Paris, 1910. A terrifying creature spreads fear upon the Capital. Emile - a shy projectionist in a movie theater - and Raoul - a colorful inventor - find themselves thrown into the Monster Hunt. On this wild ride, they meet a big-hearted cabaret singer, an eccentric scientist assisted by a monkey, a ruthless Prefect of Police. And a strange creature who might not be so frightening after all. What if, behind those deceiving appearances, the true Monster was not who you’d think it is.
Release date: 14 December 2011 (France)
Source: www.bibofilms.com, www.europacorp.com


Une vie de chat

English title: A Cat Day's Night
Production company: Folimage (France)
Director: Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
Producer: Jacques-Rémy Girerd
Distributor: Gébéka Films (France)
International sales:
Release date: 15 December 2010 (France)
Source: www.gebekafilms.com


Noche de ¿Paz? (Holy Night)
Production company: Dygra Films (Spain)
Director: David Rubin, Juan Galinanes
Producer: Manolo Gomez
Duration: 90 mins
Release date: Dec 2010

Stereoscopic 3D.


Rock the Boat

Production company: Gaumont, MacGuff Ligne (France)
Funding support:
Director: Fabien Suarez and André Bessy
Writer: Fabien Suarez
Producer: Franck Chorot
Distributor: Gaumont
International sales:
Synopsis: A porcupine and cheetah get onto Noah’s Ark by pretending to be a new species – porceetahs.
Budget: $35m
Release date: tbc
Source:

The film will be produced in stereoscopic 3D.


The Magic Crystal

Production company: Epidem Zot (Finland)/Cartoon One (Italy)
Director: Antti Haikala
Writer: Thomas Wipf, Bob Swain, Dan Wicksman
Producer: Mikael Wahlforss, Gianluca Bellomo
Distributor: Sandrew Metronome (Nordic region), Cartoon One (Italy)
Budget: €4.5m
Release date: 2011
Source: www.epidemzot.com


Le Chat du Rabbin

English title: The Rabbi's Cat (my translation)
Production companies: Autochenille Productions (France)
Funding support: France 3 Cinema
Director: Joann Sfar, Antoine Delesvaux
Writer: Joann Sfar, Sandrina Jardel
Distributor: TFM Distribution
Release date: tbc


Jackboots on Whitehall

Production companies: McHenry Brothers Productions, E-Motion, Matador Pictures, Cinema Four (UK)
Director: Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
Writer: Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
Distributor: Vertigo Films
Release date: 8 October 2010 (UK)


Egill, the Last Pagan

Production company: Lichthof Productions (Hungary), Se-Ma-For Produkcja Filmowa (Poland), Caoz (Iceland)
Release date: tbc
Source: www.egillmovie.com


Muumi ja punainen pyrstötähti

English title: Moomins and the Comet Chase
Duration: 75 min
Production company: Oy Filmkompaniet Alpha AB (Finland)
Director: Maria Lindberg
Writers: Joel Backstrom, Iivo baric, Anders Larsson and Minna Karvonen
Producer: Tom Carpelan
Synopsis: Stereoscopic 3D film reversioned from 70s Polish TV series. One day Moomintroll notices that something strange has happened in the Moominvalley – grey dust covers everything; not just the grass, but the river, the trees, and the Moominhouse, too! Moomintroll runs to ask the knowledgeable Mr. Muskrat if he knows what is happening. Muskrat declares that this is the way things tend to look like before the earth faces an awful fate coming from the sky…
With the help of his father, Moominpappa, Moomintroll and his worried friends build the best raft ever and start on a challenging journey to the observatory in the Lonely Mountains. The wise professors there must know what the threat from space is all about!
International sales: NonStop Sales
Release date:
2010
Source: NonStop Sales


Cendrillon: Elle etait une fois dans l'Ouest...
Production company: Hérold & Family (France), Nexus Productions (Belgium)
Director: Pascal Hérold
Writer: Pascal Hérold
Distributor: MK2 (France)
Release date: 2011
Source: www.unifrance.org

Stereoscopic 3D.


Orla Frøsnapper

English title: Orla Frogsnatcher
Duration: 80 min
Production company: Crone Film A/S (Denmark)
Director: Gert Fredholm, Peter Dodd
Writer: Søren Danielsen, Peter Dodd, Vicki Berlin, Michael W. Horsten
Producer: Nina Crone, Erik Wilstrup
Funding support: Danish Film Institute (60-40 scheme), Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Media Programme
Synopsis: Summer, sunshine and holiday time has arrived for Victor and his best friend Jakob. They can look forward to fun and games and hanging out with Sausage, the dog, and Jakob's cool cousin Clara. When a circus arrives in town with a talent show, Victor starts training a sketch number with Sausage. But when the town tyrant, Orla Frogsnapper begins his scheming, nothing is what it seems to be.
Distributor: SF Film
International sales: Sola Media
Release date: 3 February 2011 (Denmark)
Source: www.dfi.dk


Den kæmpestore bjørn

English title: The Great Bear
Duration: 75 min
Production company: Copenhagen Bombay (Denmark)
Director: Esben Toft Jacobsen
Writer: Jannik Tai Mosholt, Esben Toft Jacobsen
Producer: Petter Lindblad
Funding support: Danish Film Institute, DR, Nordisk Film & TV-fond, Nordisk Film
Synopsis: Jonathan, 11, usually spends his vacations alone with his grandfather who lives on the edge of a vast forest populated by mythical animals. This year his kid sister Sophie joins him. But it's not cool to be stuck with a little sister, so he does what he can to avoid her. He succeeds entirely too well: Sophie is kidnapped by a giant, 1,000-year-old bear. Now, Jonathan has to venture into the heart of the forest to confront the strange beings that dwell there and retrieve his sister.
Distributor: Nordisk Film
International sales: Copenhagen Bombay
Release date: 10 February 2011 (Denmark)
Source: www.copenhagenbombay.com



Gnomeo and Juliet

Production company: Starz Animation (Canada), Rocket Pictures (UK), Miramax (US)
Director: Kelly Asbury
Writers: Mark Burton, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, John R Smith, Rob Sprackling
Producer: Baker Bloodworth, Steve Hamilton-Shaw, Elton John
Synopsis: Shakespeare's tragic romance gets a garden-gnome twist.
Distributor: Walt Disney (UK)
International sales: Pathe International
Release date: 11 February 2011 (UK)
Source: www.patheinternational.com



La Nuit des Enfants Rois

English title: The Night of the Child Kings
Production companies: Fidélité Films, Onyx Films, Studio 37 (France)
Director: Antoine Charreyron
Writer: Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de la Patellière
Producers: Aton Soumache, Marc Missonnier, Olivier Delbosc
Funding support: France 3 Cinema
Distributor: Warner Bros (France)
Release date: 9 March 2011 (France)


Little Big Panda

Duration: 82 min
Production company: Benchmark Entertainment, Bambooland (Germany), Toonf Valencia (Spain), Les Films de la Perrine (France)
Funding support: BR, FFF Bayern, Berlin Brandenburg Film Commission
Director: Greg Manwaring, Michael Schoemann
Writers: Jörg Tensing
Producer: Michael Schoemann
Synopsis: A young panda, rejected by his herd because of his many wild ideas, goes on a journey and finds self-assurance, friends and new abilities, with which he can finally save the whole herd from threatened disaster.
International sales: NFP Marketing & Distribution
Budget: €8m
Release date: Easter 2011
Source: www.bbfc.de


Titeuf - le film

Production company: Moonscoop (France)
Director: Philippe Chapuis (Zep)
Writer: Philippe Chapuis (Zep)
Distributor: Pathe Distribution
Release date: 6 April, 2011
Source: www.patheinternational.com


Arthur Christmas

Duration:
Production company: Aardman Animations (UK), Sony Pictures (US)
Director: Sarah Smith, Barry Cook, Peter Lord
Writers: Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith
Synopsis: The true behind the scenes story of Christmas.
Distributor: Sony Pictures
International sales: Sony Pictures
Release date: 11 November 2011 (UK)


7 Zwerge – Der 7bte Zwerg

English title: Seven Dwarves
Production company: Trixter Film, Zipfelmuetzenfilm (Germany)
Funding support: FFF Bayern
Director: Boris Aljinovic
Writers: Bernd Eilert, Armin Prediger, Marteinn Thorisson
Synopsis: Animated spin-off from the successful live action films.
Release date: 2011

Source: www.fff-bayern.de


Der kleine Rabe Socke - Gemeinsam bin ich stark

Duration: 75 min
Production company: Studio 88 (Germany)
Director: Sandor Jesse
Writer: Katja Grübel
Producer: Dirk Beinhold, Roland Junker, Dirk Dotzert
Budget: €4m
Release date: 2011
Source: www.studio88.de


Jensen & Jensen

Duration: 90 min
Production company: Miso Film(Denmark)
Director: Craig Frank
Writer: Jens Korse, Oliver Zahle
Producer: Jonas Allen, Peter Bose
Funding support: Danish Film Institute, DR
Synopsis: The year is 2019. In a world where money is everything and debt can get you the death sentence, the Jensen brothers, Bjarne and Jimmy, are feeling the squeeze. When they accidentally nab a wanted jewellery thief, they see a chance to start over as bounty hunters. Their first challenge is nailing the fearsome financial huckster Milo, but their quest for a windfall bounty quickly turns out to be anything but foolproof.
Distributor: SF Film
International sales: Nordisk Film
Release date: 18 August 2011
Source: www.dfi.dk


Extraordinary Tales
Production company: Les Armateurs (France), R&R Communications (USA), Melusine Productions (Lux)
Director: Raul Garcia
Writer: Raul Garcia after Edgar Allen Poe
Producer: Stéphan Roelants
Co-producer: Didier Brunner, Raul Garcia
Duration: 70 min
Release date: 2011
Source: www.melusineproductions.com


Lotte ja Kuukivi Saladus

English title: Lotte and the Moonstone Secret
Duration: 79 min
Production company: Joonisfilm (Estonia), Rija Films (Latvia)
Directors: Heiki Ernits, Janno Põldma
Writers: Heiki Ernits, Janno Põldma
Synopsis: Sequel to Lotte from Gadgetville (2006). In their last adventure, Lotte's uncle Klaus and his friends Fred and Ville took three stones from a secret temple. What they didn’t know is that the stones are the only way for the Moon Rabbits to get back home. While two of them, Tik and Rhiv, search for Klaus and the stones, Lotte and her uncle want to unlock the stones’ secrets. They have many adventures on their way to find Fred and Ville, during which they are followed by the two Moon Rabbits and Paul, the cat, who is also very interested in the mysterious stones.
International sales: Sola Media
Release date:
2011
Source: www.sola-media.net


Latajaca Maszyna

English title: The Flying Machine
Production company: Denis Friedman Productions (France), BreakThru Films (Poland), Storm Studio (Norway)
Director: Martin Clapp, Mark Skrobecki, Adam Wyrwas
Writers:
Funding support: Polish Film Institute, TVP, Canal Plus
Synopsis: The Flying Machine tells of a magical journey taken by a young girl, Anna. Her father sells his hand-made toys and puppets in a little Warsaw shop. Anna loves the shop as much as she loves her father, but unfortunately it is not successful: there are few customers, and an accountant arrives to close it down. But worse is to come: Anna’s father has no choice but to take a job for a toy corporation in London, and he must leave the heartbroken Anna in Warsaw. Auntie George, who arrives at the flat to look after her, bringing her pale and over-protected little son, Anna’s cousin Chip-chip. Soon they find on secluded little square a delapidated old grand piano. A piano with a difference… that erupts into magical life, sprouts billowing sails and rises into the sky with Anna and Chip-chip aboard. On board, they discover a wonderful telescope through which they can see places in all over the world and also far, far away Anna’s father… They set off for a thrilling journey across Europe following the wonder and passion of Chopin’s life and music on their way to London.
Distributor: World Cinema
International sales:
Release date:
tbc
Source: breakthrufilms.pl


Postman Pat Film

Production company: Timeless Films (UK), Classic Media (US)
Writers: Kim Fuller
Synopsis: Animated stereoscopic 3D spin-off from the stop-motion TV series created by Ivor Wood.
International sales: Timeless Films
Release date: Autumn 2011

Source: www.classicmedia.tv


Ramon

Production company: IB Cinema (Spain)
Duration: 92 min
Director: Sam
Synopsis: Stop motion action horror and mystery.
International sales:
Release date:
2011
Source: www.ibcinema.com


Occho Kochoi
Production company: TeamTO (France)
Writer: Antoine Barraud, Benjamin Renner
Duration: 90 mins
Source: www.teamto.com



Pirates!

Production company: Aardman Animations (UK), Sony Pictures (US)
Funding support: France 2, Eurimages
Director: Peter Lord, Nick Park
Writers: Gideon Defoe
Synopsis: Adventures of a loveable band of Victorian pirates.
Distributor: Sony Pictures
International sales: Sony Pictures
Release date: 21 September 2012


In pre-production/advanced development...


Adam, die Schlange und Eva
Production company: BFC Berliner Film Companie Production (Germany), Adam & Eve Productions Limited (UK)
Funding support: FBB
Director: Neil Krepela
Writer: Terry Jones
Producer: Rainer Soehnlein
Release date: tbc
Source:
www.bbfc.de


Astrid Silverlock
Production company: White Shark Films (Sweden)
Release date: tbc
Source:www.whitesharkfilm.com


Aya de Yopougon
English title: Aya Of Yop City
Production company: Autochenille Production (France)
Director: Clément Oubrerie, Marguerite Abouet
Funding support: France TV, TF1 International
Source: www.unifrance.org


Blackys Mondfahrt
Production companies: Ulysses Filmproduktion (Germany)
Director: Francis Nielsen
Writer: Angel A Pariente
Source: www.ffhsh.de


Bug Muldoon
Production company: Magma Films (Ireland), Europool, Ulysses Films (Germany)
Duration: 80 mins
International sales: Telepool (Germany)
Source: www.magmaworld.com


Bunyan and Babe
Production companies: Exodus Film Group (US), Sparx Animation (France)
Director: Tony Bancroft, Jim Rygeil
Writers: Michael A Nickels, Julia A Wall, Dick Clement, Ian LaFrenais
Producers: John D Eraklis, Max Howard
Synopsis: 12 year old Travis Barclay and his little sister Whitney are sent begrudgingly on a summer trip to visit their grandparents’ farm in Delbert County. A greedy land developer, Norm Blandsford, has been buying up the little country town, running the hard working residents off their land.  After Travis has a run-in with one of Blandsford's men, he is chased into the forest where he stumbles upon a magic portal to the hidden world where Paul Bunyan lives.
Source: www.exodusfilmgroup.com


Cereal Heroes
Production companies: Fable Works, Odyssey Entertainment (US), Sparx Animation (France)
Writer: David Meinstein
Release date: tbc
Source: www.sparx.com


Chico and Rita
Production companies: Magic Light Pictures (UK)
Director: Fernando Trueba
Release date: tbc
Source: www.magiclightpictures.com


Cool Flame- Der Reporter

Production company: Benchmark Entertainment, Public Toons, MBP (Germany)
Director: Ully Arndt
Writer: Ully Arndt
Producer: Michael Schoemann, Dirk Hampel
Source: www.fff-bayern.de

Status of film unclear: online Flash animated game sponsored by a car manufacturer is already up and running.


Le Diable, le jeune fille et le moulin
Production company: Les Films Pelleas (France)
Director: Sebastien Laudenbach, Nathalie Hertzberg
Writer: Olivier Py, Sebastien Laudenbach, Nathalie Hertzberg, after the Grimm brothers
Producer: Philippe Martin, David Thion
International sales:
Source: www.pelleas.fr


Ernest et Celestine
Production company: Les Armateurs (France), Melusine Productions (Luxembourg), La Parti Prod., Maybe Movies
Director: Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier,Vincent Patar
Writer: Daniel Pennac
Producer: Didier Brunner, Stephan Roelants
Co-producers: Philippe Kauffmann and Henri Magalon
Synopsis: Based on the comic books of the same name by Gabrielle Vincent.
Source: www.melusineproductions.com

Release date: tbc


Gladiator Academy (working title)
Production company: Rainbow (Italy)
Source: Company


Glenkill
Production company: UFA Cinema, Potsdam
Duration: 90 min
Writer: Matthias Dinter
Director: Michael Schaak
Synopsis: CG film based on the international bestseller by Leonie Swann.
Source: www.ffhsh.de


Gnomes and Trolls II - the Forest Trials
Production company: White Sharek Films (Sweden)
Director: Gregoire Sivan
Writer: Daniel Pennac
Synopsis: Based on the comic books of the same name by Gabrielle Vincent.
Budget:
Source: www.whitesharkfilm.com


Goleor, the Scale and the Sword

Production company: Green Moon, Kandor Graphics (Spain)
Director: Manuel Sicilia
Writer: Manuel Sicilia
Producer: Juan Molina, Enrique Posner, Raul Garcia, Antonio Meliveo
Budget: €22m
Release date: 2011
Source: www.kandorgraphics.com

Expected to go into production in January 2010.


Grass Roots: the Movie
Production company: Bolex Brothers(UK)
Director: Dave Borthwick
Writer:
Producer:
Distributor:
International sales: Celluloid Dreams
Synopsis: Based on the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers cartoon strips by Gilbert Shelton.
Budget:
Source: www.celluloid-dreams.com


Gregory Hunter and the Ghosts of the Lost Empire
Production company: Lumiq Studios (Italy)
Synopsis: Based on sci-fi graphic novels by Antionio Serra.
Budget:
Source: www.lumiq.com


Human
Production company: Cydonia, Lumiq Studios (Italy)
Director: Guido Manuli
Writer: Guido Manuli
Synopsis: A story about the impossible love story between the pig Bo and the frog Hu inside the portals of television.
Source: www.lumiq.com


Le Jour des corneilles
English title: The Day of the Crows
Production company: Finalement (France), Melusine Productions (Lux), Max Films (Canada)
Director: Serge Elissalde
Writer: Amandine Taffin
Producer: William Picot, Stéphan Roelants
Co-producer: Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal
Duration: 80 min
Release date: tbc 2011
Source: www.melusineproductions.com


Janosch - Komm, wir finden einen Schatz
Production company: Papa Löwe Filmproduktion (Germany)
Funding support: FFF Bayern
Director: Irina Probost
Writer: Nana Meyer
Release date: tbc
Source: www.fff-bayern.com, www.mfa-film.de


The Lion Boy
Production company:
Director: Bruno Desraisses, Jimmy Murakami
Producer:
International sales: Wild Bunch
Source: www.wildbunch.biz


Louis la Chance
Production company: Shax Animation (France)
Director: Philippe Leclerc
Synopsis: A hilarious, fast paced, action-packed feature during the early years of the Monaco Grand Prix. Louis and his brother, Remi, have developed a powerful new racing fuel. Their opponent, Franz Borgstein caused the death of their father, and now with their new fuel and their father's restored Bugatti, they will seek revenge.
International sales: Cinema Management Company (USA)
Source: www.thefilmcatalogue.com


Majorette (formerly Macrales)
Production company: La Parti Productions, Walking the Dog (Belgium), Melusine Productions (Lux)
Duration: 80 min
Release date: 2012
Source: www.studio352lux.com
, www.lapartifilms.com


Le Magasin des Suicides
Production company: Diabolo Films (France), Entre Chien et Lup (Belgium), Kaliboiu Productions (Canada)
Studios used: TouTenKartoon (France)
Director: Patrice Leconte
Distributor: Diabolo Films
Budget: €9m
Release date: 2012
Source: www.diabolofilms.com

Expected to go into production spring 2010.


Marnies Welt
Production company: UFA Cinema (Germany)
Writer: Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Release date: www.ffhsh.de


Marvi Hämmer & Der ägyptische Fluch
Production company: Reverse Angle Dockside, Hamburg
Duration: 90 min
Writer: Oliver Huzly, Philip Lazebnik, Volker Prakelt
Synopsis: CG adventure featuring a rat-reporter on the trail of ancient Egyptian treasure, based on the TV series.
Source: www.ffhsh.de


La Mécanique du Coeur
English title: The Mechanics of the Heart
Production company: EuropaCorp
Director: Mathias Malzieu, Stephane Berla
Writer: Mathias Malzieu, Joann Sfar
Synopsis: Set in 1874, story turns on a young man whose heart was replaced at birth with a clock. He should avoid strong emotions, above all love, but can't keep his heart under control. The story has already inspired an album by Dionysos, which was sold with the novel in an October launch.
Source: www.variety.com


Le Monde truqué
Production company: Je Suis Bien Content (France)
Director: Tardi
Source: www.unifrance.org


Not the End of the World
Production company: The Illuminated Film Company (UK)
Director: Piet Kroon
Writer: Piet Kroon, from the book by Geraldine McCaughrean
Producer: Iain Harvey
Release date: tbc
Source: www.illuminatedfilms.com

In pre-production (Dec 2008)


Ooops! Noah is Gone...
Production company: Magma Films (Ireland), Ulysses Films (Germany)
Duration: 90 mins
Source: www.magmaworld.com


Pourquoi j'ai (pas) mangé mon pere
Production company: Les Armateurs, Boréales, Pathé Renn Productions (France)
Director: Pyer Coffin, Darren Walsh
Producer: Frédéric Fougéa
Distributor: Pathé
International sales: Pathé
Budget: €20-24m
Release date: 2011

Pathé has committed €7m to budget.


Prima Ballerina
Production company: Rambling Rose Animation, Zentropa (Denmark)
Director:
Producer:
International sales: Trust Film Sales
Budget: €3.5m

Source: www.ramblingrosefilm.dk


Ritter Rost
Production company: Caligari Film- und Fernsehproduktions (Germany)
Director: Thomas Bodenstein
Writer: Mark Slater, Gabriele M. Walther
Stereoscopic 3D.

Source: www.fff-bayern.de


Der Sängerkrieg der Heidehasen
Production company: Toons n Tales Filmproduktion (Germany)
Writer: Heike Sperling, Oliver Huzly
Source: www.ffhsh.de


Le Secret de Loulou
Production company: Prima Linea Production (France)
Director: Grégoire Solotareff
Source: www.unifrance.org


Le Soldat Rose
Production company: Bonne Pioche, UGC (France)
Director: Louis Chedid
Source: www.animation-france.fr



Song of the Sea
Production company: Cartoon Salon (Ireland)
Director: Tomm Moore
Source: theblogofthesea.blogspot.com

Stupid Invaders
Production company: Xilam Animation (France)
Source: www.xilam.com


Le Tableau
English title: The Painting
Production companies: Blue Spirit Animation (France)
Funding support: France 3 Cinema


Tante Hilda contre Atillem
Production company: Folimage Valence (France)
Director: Jacques-Rémy Girerd
Writer: Jacques-Rémy Girerd
Release: 2012
Source: www.unifrance.org


Thor - The Edda Chronicles
Production company: CAOZ (Iceland), Magma Films (Ireland), Ulysses Films (Germany)
Budget: €9m
Source: www.magmaworld.com


Werner-Eiskalt
Production company: Constantin Film Produktion (Germany)
Director: Gernot Roll
Writer: Rötger Feldmann, Thomas Platt, Herman Weigel
Source: www.ffsh.de


Le Vilain petit Chartreux
Production company: les Films du Nord (France)
Director: Fabrice Luang-Vija
Source: www.unifrance.org


The Wizard of Oz
Production company: Studio Action (France)
Director: John Boorman
Writer: John Boorman, Ron Mita, Jim McClain, from the book by Frank Oz
Producer: Kieran Corrigan, Laurent Rodon, Claude Gorvsky
Release date: tbc
Budget: $25m


Zombie Western: The Legend of the Dark Butcher
Production company: Perro Verde (Spain), Happy FlyFish (Denmark)
Director: Juanjo Ramirez, Tor Freuergaard
Producer: Manuel Cristobal, Soren Fleng
Writer: Juanjo Ramirez, Alby Ojeda
Duration: 75 minutes
Source: www.zombiewesternthemovie.com


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Upcoming European film releases

2010


July

The Secret of Kells/Spain

Jasper, Penguin Explorer/Soda Pictures, UK

August
Despicable Me/Universal, Spain

Around the World in 50 Years/le Voyage Extraordinaire de Samy/EuropaCorp, France

The Illusionist/Warner Bros, UK

September
Despicable Me/Universal, Germany

October
A Town Called Panic (Panique au Village)/Optimum Releasing, UK

Despicable Me/Universal, UK, France

Olsen Banden – på de bonede gulve/Nordisk Film, Denmark

Allez Raconte!/Gebeka Films, France

November

l'Apprenti Pere Noel/Gaumont Distribution, France

December

Une vie de Chat/France

2011

February
Gnomeo & Juliet/Disney, UK

June
Cendrillon/France

October
La Mécanique du cœur,
EuropaCorp, France

November
Arthur Christmas/Sony, UK

December
Arthur Christmas/Sony, Germany

Un monstre à Paris/ EuropaCorp, France

2012

September
Pirates/Sony, UK

October
Pirates/Sony, Germany

 


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