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.
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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