Emiliano De Pablos Confirming the increasingly strong interest by international buyers in Spanish animated features, Pink Parrot Media has scored a bevy of key European pre-sales on upcoming Spanish family adventure toon film “4 Days Before Christmas,” led by deals with Splendid in Germany and Kaleidoscope in the U.K.
Produced by Spain’s 3Doubles Producciones and Capitán Araña with Canada’s PVP Media, directed by Steve Majaury and Andrea Sebastián, “4 Days Before Christmas” was one of the five noteworthy animated works in progress presented at this week’s Malaga Film Festival–Spanish Screenings to the international industry.
The film has also been acquired by Voxell por CIS territories, GPI (Baltics), FMA (Former Yugoslavia), Kinoswiat (Poland), Front Row (Middle East), Just Ent. (Benelux), Romania (SC Idea Films), Nos Lusomundo (Portugal) and Scandinavia (Angel Films). “Spain and Canada, the countries in co-production, will be the first to hit theaters at the end of this year,” said Tania Pinto Da Cunha, Pink Parrot VP and partner.
In Spain, “4 Days Before Christmas” is scheduled for a Dec. 15 theatrical release, handled by Filmax. “We are in negotiations with the rest of the territories, among others, with France, South Korea, Latin America and the U.S.,” Pinto added. “We are very happy with these sales.
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