NEW ANIMATED FEATURES
BENJAMIN BAT FROM HOLLAND
A few new international animated features in work for you today, starting with
BENJAMIN BAT from Holland, the coming-of-age story, penned by
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Benjamin Bat is coming from studios in Holland |
Karen van Holst Pellekaan, which revolves around a small, fearful bat called Benjamin. When he happens to fall in love with Sherida, a Surinamese
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The movie will be a coming of age story |
songbird, everything changes, and he has to stand up for himself and challenge his family in order to win her heart.
GINGER'S TALE FROM RUSSIA
One of the films that will compete at this year's Annecy Animated Film Festival (online this June) is Russia's
GINGER'S TALE! Directed
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Ginger's Tale comes to Russian cinemas this October |
by
Konstantin Shchekin, it follows Potter, a kind and poor guy, who finds a magical artifact called the Stone Of Fire, that makes him rich and mean. The
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The film already has a stellar Russian voice cast |
evil Queen decides to kill him, so she can take the Stone Of Fire. Only a girl called Ginger can save Potter with her devotion. It will arrive into Russian cinemas in October. Watch trailer
here.
BIGFOOT FAMILY FROM FRANCE
Coming from Belgium and France is new animated adventure
BIGFOOT FAMILY from
Ben Stassen and
Jeremie Degruson: Bigfoot, Adam's father, wants to use his fame for a good cause. Protecting a large
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Bigfoot family arrives from France and Belgium studios |
wildlife reserve in Alaska sounds like the perfect opportunity! When Bigfoot mysteriously disappears without a trace, Adam and his animal friends will brave anything to find him again and save the nature reserve.
THE KNIGHT AND THE PRINCESS
Saudi Arabia and Egypt are, meanwhile, bringing to Annecy their animated movie
THE KNIGHT AND THE PRINCESS from
Bashir El Deek and
Ibrahim Mousa: it will be a true story with a fictional twist. An
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The Knight and the Princess is at work in Arabia and Egypt |
unwavering young warrior's determination to save abducted women and children from pirates, leads him to fall in love with a princess and confront a brutal tyrant and his devious sorcerer.
LEN AND THE SONG OF WHALES
Currently in work over in Colombia and Argentina is animated movie
LEN AND THE SONG OF THE WHALES following Len, a wild and curious 9-year-old girl, who is afraid of water, in a tribe where all activities
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Len and the song of the whales is at work over in Colombia and Argentina |
take place in the sea, next to the whales. She receives a warning from a stranger from another tribe about an imminent tsunami, and a tough mission, to convince them to leave their home and trust their enemies to survive.