The Dublin-based distributor is heading to MIP TV with new animation.
Storybud, an RTE commission from Dublin’s Kite Entertainment, which recently won the RTS Award for Best Children’s Programme, is a series of 15 x 5 minute short stories based on fairytales and nursery rhymes for kids aged 8 and over. Written by Irish comedians, the stories are reimagined with lots of funny twists. These refreshed tales like Cinderella’s other Fella and Humpty Mumpty are read by TV personalities including Baz Ashmawy. Each tale is brought to life with colourful illustration.
Ollie, from Belgium’s Lunanime, Ireland’s Ink and Light and Norway’s Storyline is a 52 x 4 minute non-verbal animation aimed at a preschool audience. In a peaceful park in the middle of a busy city, Ollie (a small owl) and his friends (a little stork, a young frog and five tiny birds) have exciting adventures. The show has already sold to ITV, YLE, Hop, CYBC, VRT, NRK, RTE, RTL Netherlands, RTBF and Eurokim.
Tiny Toot from Denmark’s Toolbox Film is a 26 x 7 minute series for 2-5 year olds. Tiny Toot is about 3 years old. She lives with her cat Gato, her brother, her mum and Dad, and Pixie, her little magician elf who lives in a mouse hole in the wall. Every morning Pixie invites Tiny Toot and Gato on a new adventure. The series will be completed by the end of this year but has already been acquired by DR, YLE, SVT, NRK, RUV and RTE and Carlsen has already published books based upon the upcoming series.
Monster will also be highlighting newly completed series, Fia’s Fairies, from Ireland’s Little Moon, Storytime with Ms B Booksy from US-based Driver Studios, Zizi and Hannibal from South Africa’s Pixcomm, The Charlie Shepherd Show, from Brazil’s TV Pingium, Noodle and Bun from South Africa’s Polycat and Once upon my Story from Canada’s Maki Media.