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TALENT PROJECT

TV Series 12x20’, in concept
GENRE: science fantasy, adventure, comedy
TARGET GROUP: young adults
DIRECTOR: Johannes Dreibach, Igor Medvedev
ANIMATION TECHNIQUE: 2D digital
TOTAL BUDGET: n/s
IN PLACE: <20%

Imagine a world populated not only by humans but also by mysterious creatures who have unique abilities and create curious effects on their surroundings. There is only one of each kind and they all live in different areas of the world. Their effects are sometimes helpful to the humans around them, sometimes bothersome and sometimes even a real threat! Kun and Nuri are two scientists who travel the world together with captain Terry and his houseboat to find out more about these strange beings.

In the golden age of television, Europe is now developing high-end drama series but it still lacks animated content for young adult audiences. The most popular of these originate in either the US or Japan, two cultures with which most of our generation (people under 35) have grown up and feel comfortable. We would like to use some of the virtues of these two animation traditions: chiefly, the melancholy of the East and the humour of the West, while adding a European flavour. Our series is inspired by fantastic themes as well as the adventurous endeavours of people like Charles Darwin and Alexander von Humboldt – Europeans who travelled the world to better understand it. We are fascinated by the exploratory spirit of our ancestors and want to revive it in a world that has faith in progress but, concurrently, is completely incomprehensible. To this end, we are aiming for a style that is distinctly graphic and recognisable while at the same time being dreamlike.

Johannes Dreibach, Director / Igor Medvedev, Director

Concept / Bible, Treatments, Designs

production companies, studios, distributors and funding bodies interested in developing animated series for young adults. We also believe our idea could be suitable for a game and we would like to meet companies producing interactive content.

TALENT PROJECT

TV series 26x5’, Game, Mobile Content / App, audio, print, in concept
GENRE: Comedy, Adventure, Educational
TARGET GROUP: preschool
DIRECTOR: Eliza Plocieniak-Alvarez A
NIMATION TECHNIQUE: digital cut-out, analogue painted textures
TOTAL BUDGET: 1,300,000 EUR
IN PLACE: < 20%

Nitso is a big yellow yeti who wants to learn the alphabet. He also likes to eat a lot. He even eats his ABC book... Oh no, Nitso has eaten his homework! How will he learn the next letter of the alphabet? Well, he can always ask the Great Master Tebahpla. The wisest of all people Tebahpla knows everything and anything about everything. But will he manage to help Nitso? The apparently simple task of learning the alphabet becomes filled with discoveries and humour. Come and join the adventure! “The Very Hairy Alphabet” teaches children both English and the alphabet in a unique way. First of all, we want to give kids the opportunity to go beyond the same old ‘A is for apple’ routine: Nitso learns that B is the ‘big bear in a bikini’; H has ‘hilarious hiccups’ and S ‘smelly socks’.

We believe that the bold humour and smart gags will make even the most reluctant learners love the alphabet, because learning by having fun is the most effective way of learning. Playing with humour, Tebahpla and Nitso form a great duo to show children that something wonderful can be created even through failure. “The Very Hairy Alphabet” is also unique in its visual style. The hand-painted, cut-out elements catch children’s attention with their haptic texture and vivid colours, making the events of the story feel that much closer.

Eliza Plocieniak-Alvarez, Director

Pilot Episode, Concept / Bible, Treatments, Designs, Trailer

- ESL Version (English as a Second Language)

- English Version

- German Version

for a producer/production company interested in developing the project with us and possibly taking it to Cartoon Forum. We are also seeking development finance as well as German and/or English broadcasters.

TALENT PROJECT

Short film 25'/TV series 5x5’, in concept
GENRE: Documentary
TARGET GROUP: young adults, adults
DIRECTOR: Maria Virginia Moratti 
ANIMATION TECHNIQUE: 2d animation, live action, rotoscoping
TOTAL BUDGET: n/s
IN PLACE: < 20%

SHORT SYNOPSIS The grandparents' bedroom, with simple clay walls. The clothes hanging on the wall and their bright colours. The long way to school. A red thread to hold on while walking alongside the delta of the River Niger. The alphabet loudly sung together with classmates. These are memories. Eno's memories, a Nigerian woman. The happiest memories she chose to bring with her from her homeland to Italy, where now she's living. Eno is one of the five characters of FILI - Threads. The animated documentary tells the happy memories linked to the countries that five immigrants have left behind to get to Italy. Moments firmly hang on to disant countries, hidden in the memory of those who lived them. These memories allow to see protagonists, not only masses and crowds. Single prtraits of persons, not anonymous shots of migration flows.

AUDIOVISUAL APPROACH The documentary uses 2d animation and live action footages. The style the animations refer to are the carnet de voyage/travel diaries.Each encounter is set in the place that now the protagonists call home, whether it's a house, a room or a tent in a reception center for migrants, a kitchen in a restaurant, a carpet in a mosque or an hotel room. Only the protagonists' voices guide the animations and the sound design is very realistic. 

TEASER https://vimeo.com/318347491 password: fili

Stefilm (www.stefilm.it) is one of the most prominent documentary film and television series producers in Italy.

With FILI - Threads by Maria Virginia Moratti, a project of documentary animation, Stefilm opens for the first time to pure animation.

Track Record, Treatments, Scripts, Designs, Trailer

International co-producers for pre-production and production. We are also seeking feedback and advice to help us understand the project’s potential and financial requirements.