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Michele Assante Italy

Born in 1992, Michele Assante’s first animated short “The Room” has received several national awards and commendations. He has a degree in classical literature and completed the foundation course in film directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC) in Rome. As a film journalist and radio writer, Michele is a recipient of the Best National College Radio Format award. He is currently taking an MA in animation at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples. In 2018, he began developing “Taleraiders” with Fabiana Fiengo, a cartoonist and concept artist at the Sergio Bonelli Editore comic book publishing house. The project was selected for Cartoon Media Springboard. Michele is now working at Mad Entertainment as 3D Generalist Artist.

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Taleraiders
Project Information

TALENT PROJECT

TV series 13x22’, in concept
GENRE: Fantasy Adventure
TARGET GROUP: 6–10 years
ANIMATION TECHNIQUE: 2D
TOTAL BUDGET: n/s
IN PLACE: < 20%
PARTNERS: GraFFiti Creative Srl (IT)

Teo the orphan is found under a tree near the shore of San Peter Island. When he sneaks into the house of Agata, an alleged witch, everything changes: he is catapulted into a parallel world where folktales are real. Teo joins the crazy league of the Taleraiders, searchers of magical objects that must be captured from the evil BauBau, who is hungry for human fear. Together with his new friends in the league, and backed by the power of the Four Winds, Teo explores one hundred seas of tales, battling to save the day and find out who he really is. There is a world out there waiting to be explored. A world that lies beneath the stones of an ancient castle, on the top of a snowy mountain or at the bottom of a shining sea. It is a world of beautiful and scary folktales that traverse our landscapes like invisible roots.

“Taleraiders” is fun and filled with the thrill of adventure; it mirrors the sensation we’ve all felt spending a summer day hunting for pixies and mysteries, or wondered at each step of the way on the journey to growing up. “Taleraiders” features real places that become magical thresholds for every kid brave enough to cross them. It is being developed as a frame for different contexts and media, involving partnerships with European cultural institutions in the creation of thematic digital routes and apps, with all the possibilities given by the link to real, existing places. “Taleraiders” aims to be the fireplace around which we will tell tales of the differences that bond us.

Michele Assante, Scriptwriter

Additional information (available on request)

Concept / Bible, Designs

At APD we are looking for

co-producers and collaborators from Europe and beyond to bring as much diversity as possible to our adventures. Most importantly, we are looking for valuable feedback on “Taleraiders”.

Michele Assante
Michele Assante & Fabiana Fiengo
Animator & Journalist