New Europe Movie Gross sales has closed distribution offers for stop-motion animation “Tales From the Magic Backyard” with patrons in a number of territories, forward of its screenings subsequent week on the Annecy Intl. Animation Movie Competition within the Contrechamp Function Competitors.

Patrons embody Pack Magic in Spain, Hulahop in Croatia, Skalvijos Kino Centras in Lithuania, Falcon in Indonesia, Bear With Me Distribution in Slovakia, Pilot Movie within the Czech Rep. and Animateka in Slovenia. Gebeka will launch the movie in France. Talks in different nations are ongoing.

The movie, which had its world premiere within the Berlinale’s Era Kplus part, follows three children who spend the night time at their grandpa’s home. To fill the silence after shedding their grandma, the household’s storyteller, they start to create their very own tales and uncover the facility of creativeness.

The movie is directed by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar and Jean-Claude Rozec. The screenwriters are Marek Král, Petr Krajíček, Patrik Pašš, Jerneja Kaja Balog, Maja Križnik and Blandine Jet. It’s primarily based on a ebook by Arnošt Goldflam.

The producers are Martin Vandas and Alena Vandasová of Czech Republic’s Maurfilm; Juraj Krasnohorský and Henrieta Cvangová of Slovakia’s Artichoke; Kolja Saksida of Slovakia’s ZVVIK; and Jean-François Le Corre and Mathieu Courtois of France’s Vivement Lundi!

The co-producers are Czech Tv, Slovak Tv and Radio, RTV Slovenia and Pictanovo, with the assist of Région Hauts-de-France and Studio Personne N’est Parfait!

Monetary assist got here from Inventive Europe MEDIA, Eurimages, Czech Movie Fund, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Slovenian Movie Centre, Public Company of the Republic of Slovenia, Movie Studio Viba Movie Ljubljana, Région Bretagne/Bretagne Cinéma, Centre Nationwide du Cinéma et de l’Picture Animée, TVR Tempo – Rennes Métropole, Gebeka Movies, Tébéo, TébéSud, France Télévisions – France 3 Bretagne and NuFrame.