PinGuim Content, MultiVisionnaire Pictures Ink Deal for Tarsila do Amaral’s ‘Tarsilinha’ (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

K.J. Yossman Leading Latin American animation studio PinGuim Content have inked a deal with LA-based sales agent MultiVisionnaire Pictures to represent “Tarsilinha” internationally.“Tarsilinha” is the award-winning animated children’s feature based on the whimsical worlds created by Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral.

The 90-minute long 2D/3D hybrid pic tells the story of an 8-year-old girl who finds herself in a surreal alternate reality full of wonderous creatures and landscapes, all inspired by do Amaral.A groundbreaking modernist, do Amaral herself took inspiration from Brazilian folklore and folk art and is considered one of Latin America’s leading modernist artists.

Zeca Baleiro (“Achados Não Procurados”) has composed a score a Brazilian baião -inspired score to accompany the visuals. “Tarsilinha” premiered at the 2021 Shanghai International Film Festival before exhibiting at a number of prestigious festivals including the Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival, Florianópolis International Children’s Film Festival; the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival and the Belmont World Film festival in Boston.At Shanghai it won a prize for best animation film and won best animated feature film from Latin America/Spain at the 2021 Chilemonos International Animation Festival.MultiVisionnaire will handle the film’s sales worldwide excluding Latin America.

They have recently developed an English-dubbed international trailer together with PinGuim.“We are thrilled to team up with the experts at MultiVisionnaire who will help us take ‘Tarsilinha’ on even further journeys out across the world,” said Kiko and Celia of PinGuim.