CMG Racks Up Sales for Cesar Zelada’s Animated Tale ‘Kayara’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comEmilio Mayorga Cinema Management Group (CMG) has inked multiple new sales deals for César Zelada’s sophomore feature “Kayara,” an animated teen-empowerment fable produced by Lima-based Tunche Films in co-production with India’s Toonz Media Group via its Canary Islands-based Fortoon Island.In the latest wave of sales, Mis.
Label Aps has acquired “Kayara” for Scandinavia, Films4You for Portugal, Bir for Turkey, Bohemia for Czech and Slovak Republics, Blitz for Ex-Yugoslavia, Five Star for Israel, Muse for Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia, Falcon for Indonesia, and Mongol Films Distribution for Mongolia.“With the continued interest in authentic, indigenous animated stories, we are confident ‘Kayara’ will, like our previous animated hit ‘Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon,’ be licensed to blue-chip independent distributors in every territory around the world for release in 2024,” CMG President Edward Noeltner told Variety.
The flurry of deals adds to territories already closed led by an eye-turning deal with France to Le Pacte. Sales also include Benelux (WW Entertainment BV), Switzerland (Praesens), Middle East (Front Row Entertainment), Latin America (CDC United Network) as well as Australia and New Zealand to Rialto Distribution.A 3D stereoscopic family film and a story of female teen empowerment, “Kayara” follows the adventures of a 16-year-old girl destined to be the first female to break into the exclusive league of the official messengers – all men– of the Inca Empire, so-called Chasquis.
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