‘Puffin Rock and the New Friends’ Sets Voice Cast of Chris O’Dowd, Amy Huberman, WestEnd Launching Sales at EFM – Global Bulletin
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Chris O’Dowd (“Puffin Rock”), Amy Huberman (“Derry Girls”), Beth McCafferty and Eva Whittaker (“Wolfwalkers”) lead the voice cast of “Puffin Rock and the New Friends,” the film based on the TV series “Puffin Rock.” Following their collaboration on Oscar nominees “Song of the Sea” and “The Breadwinner,” WestEnd Films is teaming again with Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon and Northern Ireland’s Dog Ears on the film and is launching sales at Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM), where first footage will be shown to buyers. “Puffin Rock and the New Friends” sees Oona, Baba, May and Mossy joined by a new characters Isabelle, Phoenix and Marvin.
When the last Little Egg of the season disappears under mysterious circumstances, Oona and her new friends race against time to bring the Little Egg home before a big storm hits Puffin Rock and puts the entire island in danger.
The film is directed by Jeremy Purcell (“Joe and Jack”) from a script by “Puffin Rock” head writer Sara Daddy. *** Meanwhile, European Film Promotion‘s Film Sales Support (FSS) scheme is supporting 44 feature films, documentaries and animation films from Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the Ukraine at the EFM.
The scheme offers financial incentives to world sales companies to enhance their sales campaigns to buyers overseas. Films benefiting from the FSS program include “Seneca – On The Creation of Earthquakes” by Robert Schwentke (Germany/Picture Tree International) and “Sica” by Carla Subirana (Spain/Latido Films), both of which are part of Berlinale’s Generation section. “The Properties of the Metals” by Antonio Bigini (Italy/True Colours) and “The Lost Boys” by
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