FilmSharks Nabs Worldwide Rights to Annecy Standout ‘My Grandfather’s Demons’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks Int’l has snapped up worldwide rights to Portugal’s first stop motion animated feature “My Grandfather’s Demons,” the debut animated pic by Nuno Beato.
According to FilmSharks CEO Guido Rud, it was able to outbid other contenders for the toon, which had its world premiere at Annecy. “One of the hardest tasks for my acquisition team, run by Santiago Migdal, is to find a true animation gem, not only aesthetically but narratively where the use of different animation techniques makes the story fly even higher,” said Rud. “It was a hard gem to get as many sales agents were chasing it, but we finally won this bid and we are so happy,” said Migdal.
Talks are well underway with Brazil, Benelux, China and the U.S., said Rud. The well-reviewed hybrid toon features a mix of 2D, 3D and stop-motion animation, where the first two techniques are employed in the first part where we meet its lead character, Rosa, a high-flying designer in an ultra-modern office setting.
The colors are cold, flat, clinical as she toils unhappily in her otherwise successful career. News that her somewhat estranged grandfather has passed away makes her abruptly return to her family home in the countryside.
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