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Honoring André Martin, famous film critic, director of animated films, and one of the founding members of Jica (Journées internationales du cinéma d’animation), and supported by Citia and the Afca association, the André-Martin Prize rewards a long French animation and short French film produced in 2019.

“Driving to develop animated features and series that reach out to more sophisticated global families and 18-34 young adults after the milestone success of the Academy Award-nominated ‘I Lost My Body’, Marc du Pontavice’s French animation studio Xilam Animation has tapped ‘Dustbin Baby’ and ‘Hetty Feather’ screenwriter Helen Blakeman to write ‘Lucy Lost’. ”

Read full article from Variety here.

Moka, the King of the Savannah’s son, a naive and reckless little crocodile, leaves home one day to go explore his vast kingdom. Cherry, a brave rhinoceros from the Royal Guard is sent along to insure his protection. But much to her despair, Moka’s insatiable curiosity and impulsive behavior are constantly getting them into trouble!

• Package deals in Portugal see over 100 hours of content picked up by RTP and Dreamia
• Sales also secured in Greece and Turkey

Two series from Xilam Animation studio are part of the Official Selection of the 2020 Cartoons on the Bay Festival which will take place in Pescara from December 3 to 5:

• “Coach Me If You Can”, Kids TV Series category (7-11 years old)
• “Lupin’s Tales”, Preschool TV Series category (2-4 years old)

“Coach Me If You Can” is on air in France on Okoo and France.tv since February 19, 2020.

“Lupin’s Tales” is Xilam’s newest preschool 2D / 3D series.

During the 22nd Cartoon Movie, participants voted the winners of the Cartoon Tributes, the awards for outstanding contribution to the development of European Animation over the last year. The ceremony took place in Bordeaux on Thursday 5 March and the winners received a trophy, symbol of the professional recognition from their peers. The aim of the Cartoon Movie Tributes is to reward outstanding achievements, companies or personalities that have had a positive and dynamic influence on the animation feature film industry. All professionals attending the Cartoon Movie voted for their favorite nominee in three categories: Director, Distributor and Producer of the Year.

Xilam Animation’s multi-award winning feature I Lost My Body scooped a pair of gongs at the 45^th César Awards for Best Animated Film and Best Original Score. These latest wins follow I Lost My Body’s outstanding awards and festivals success, which has seen the critically acclaimed feature take home 30 awards to date including three Annie Awards, a double win at Annecy International Animated Film Festival and the prestigious Critics’ Week prize at Cannes Film Festival, in addition to a further 37 nominations including at the Academy Awards® for Best Animated Film.

Meredith Shea opened the event with a presentation of how to submit animated features to the Academy Awards. An animation panel followed with Hollywood producer Bonnie Arnold as moderator, and guests: director Jérémy Clapin (I lost my body), producer Marc du Pontavice, producers Damien and Didier Brunner (Folivari), composer Emmanuel Deletang (Samsam, les Hirondelles de Kaboul, Ernest et Célestine), scriptwriter Anita Doron (Parvana), director Alain Gagnol (Phantom Boy, les Contes du Hérisson) as well as directors Hélène Giraud and Thomas Szabo (Minuscule).

TV France International unveiled, this Monday Feb 3^rd, the 9 nominees for the 2020 Prix Export which which ceremony will take place on April 6^th at the Trianon-Elysées Montmartre in Paris. These trophies reward exporters whose TV programs have sold the best internationally.

Lupin dreams of being like the storybook heroes he admires, and goes from one tale to the next to live out their adventures. But the impetuous wolf-cub is far from perfect, and it’s not easy getting to that “happy ending”! Luckily, he can count on the Narrator’s help to learn from his mistakes.

Get a first look at “Lupin’s Tales” here.