KIDS MOVIES

>> NEW << THE G.O.A.T.

DE/IN | Completion 2028 | 20' | HD tbc | German; English | By Franziska Schönenberger & Jayakrishnan Subramanian | Family Business Film 

 

Target audience: 8 + teenagers & family + normal adult audience

 

LOGLINE: Two Indian sisters save for building a toilet—until their goat eats the cash. A music video may be their only way out!

 

Dreams flushed away!? Two Indian sisters saved for building a clean toilet, but their goat devours the funds! Laxatives, X-rays, and even the gods can't help. To avoid a "goat curry-catastrophe", they film a music video with the mischievous culprit and turn their stinky situation into viral gold.

 

>> NEW << MAYA'S SONG

DE | 2025 | 13'4'' | HD | German (with sub. for the English song); English (sub.) | By Franziska Schönenberger & Jayakrishnan Subramanian | Family Business Film | Broadcaster: Bayerischer Rundfunk

 

Target audience: 8 + teenagers & family + normal adult audience

 

LOGLINE: Maya writes a song to be seen—not by her skin, but by who she truly is.

 

Maya feels at home with her family, but her appearance constantly raises questions. Strangers ask why her skin is brown while her family's is white. When a supermarket employee fails to recognize her as part of her family, it hits her hard. But instead of retreating, she writes a song to share her story. MAYA’S SONG is a film about adoption, self-acceptance and the longing to be seen—not for the color of one’s skin, but for who one truly is.

 

>> NEW << THE MYSTERY OF MUSIC

BL | Completion x | 90' | 4K | German; English; Bulgarian | By x | Overlock, Raav Films 

 

Target audience: 8 + teenagers & family + normal adult audience

 

LOGLINE: After her grandfather's sudden death, Ema must go on a magical journey with unexpected friends to stage her grandfather’s unfinished musical, buy back his stolen piano, and reconnect with her mother.

 

Following her grandfather’s passing, Ema (14) and her Mother, Ana (35+), must return to her hometown - Kazanlak. There, Ema forms a deep bond with Monica (12), a Roma girl with a gift for music, and two boys, Mityo (10) and Kiro (12), who were her Grandfather’s musical students. When Ema and her mother must return to London, a loan shark, Kancho, seizes her grandfather's piano due to debt! Ema and her new Friends unite to stage her grandfather’s unfinished musical to buy back the piano. Meanwhile, Ana rediscovers her school love, which presents her with essential life choices. She must also rekindle her broken relationship with her Mother - Kalina (65). The answers to the life dilemmas of the three-generation women—Ema, Ana, and Kalina—are hidden within the musical - "The Mystery of Music,” and each must find them for herself. But First Ema and her new friends must stage the musical! 

>> NEW << RUDY

UK | 2023 | 108' | HD | English; hard of hearing subtitles in English available; German (sub.); Italian (sub.) | By Shona Auerbach (the director of Dear Frankie) | Rudy Films Ltd. 

 

Target audience: 12 + teenagers & family + normal adult audience

 

Coming of age drama (indie film)

 

LOGLINE: Poignant insight into loss of a mother, love, and moving on.

 

Cast: Esther McCormick (Rudy); Darren Day (the dad); Kanune Morrissey (the young man)

Composer: Akira Kosemura

 

Set in the heart of rural England, Rudy finds her relationship with her father being tested. Stuck as a proxy parent to her younger siblings and dealing with the recent loss of her mother, she feels increasingly pushed out when her home gets opened up to a paying guest. Through a newfound friendship with a boy from Coventry, she discovers fun, freedom and autonomy, but is it at the sacrifice of the unspoken family wounds?

>> NEW << THE DIARY OF PAULINA P. 

HR | 2023 | 96' | HD | English (sub.), Spanish (sub.), French (sub.), German (sub.), Croatian, Greek (sub.) | By Neven Hitrec | Jaka produkcija | Netflix, HBO, Voyo, RTVSLO, HRT, LTV, ERR

 

Target audience: 7-12 y.o. 

 

Comedy

 

LOGLINE: This is the story of Paulina P. ! We follow her adventures in class and at home, as well as all the problems she successfully overcomes during a school year. The plot of the movie is set in the real world, with a touch of "magic"...

 

Based on a successful novel.

 

N. 1 during 3 weeks on Netflix Croatia.

In top 10 for 10 months for all children content on Netflix Croatia.

 

After a long summer of holidays, Paulina moves on to the third grade, but things have changed. She gets a new teacher, she has a fight with her best friend Nikolina, and the empty house around the corner is haunted. Love is also an issue for the third-grader because the choice between Luka and Ivan is more complicated than she thought. On top of it, her new classmate Ana tries to steal Paulina’s  friends. Things are not going well at home neither. Paulina loves her parents, but mum and dad always seem to be arguing about something. Despite all these difficulties, popular Paulina P. wants to face her challenges. To this end, she uses all her energy, imagination and love towards the people around her. She wants to show Ana what’s what, save her friendship with Nikolina, challenge the ghost in the haunted house and -most importantly- make sure mum and dad love each other just as much as they used to.

>> project << BLACK FLAG 

IT | 4K | English, Italian | by Marco Bolognesi | BOMAR STUDIO

 

90' | Target audience: young adults + adults | Completion 04/2025

 

Science-fiction, distopia for adults (retro-futuristic, cyberpunk) | 2D animation with 3D inserts

 

In a dystopic future, the Governor’s taking office celebration is about to trigger insurrection and chaos in the over-controlled city of Sendai, where individuality is constantly denied in favour of the indistinct mass of the society. Syan and Orange were both assigned the mission to assassinate the Governor, one by the Resistance's movement and the other by the Governor's defeated opponent. Eva, Commander of the armed forces and Governor's wife is hunting Syan in order to kill her because she is a resistant and have had an affair with her husband. As their destinies cross at the end of the party, only one will remain alive, sealing the fate of Sendai City. Each episode unveils the same story through the life, motivation and inner vision of one of the three main characters, as one facet of the truth. Three stories of Power, Love, and Freedom.

>> project << thE KHMER SMILE 

FR/KH/CA | HD | 70' | Completion Summer 2026 (tbc): Planned public screening at Sommet de la Francophonie (Fall 2026) | French, English, Khmer | by Fabrice Beau (FR) | ANIMALPS PRODUCTIONS (FR), Lucha Films (FR), Phare Performing Social Enterprise (KH), Media Business Institute (CA) 

 

Animation adventure road-movie (with humour, fantastic...) for 12+ year-old kids and their families (PG 13) | 2D animation 

 

A journey in search of his origins, somewhere between dream and reality...embark with Fabrice for this dreamlike adventure!

 

Fabrice, who has been adopted as a child by a French family, returns to Cambodia to discover his country of origin. To his great surprise, his trip becomes an intense experience, rich in adventure and emotion, between dream and reality.
 
In production (seeking gap financing of EUR 300 000).
 
Budget: 1,6 M EUR

>> project << THE TRIOX: A TRIOPIA CHRISTMAS

FR | HD | 26' (a series is under development) | Completion 2026 (tbc) | French, English, Italian | by Mauro Gariglio | CAPOQUADRO (IT), ANIMALPS PRODUCTIONS (FR)

 

Christmas Special for 6-12 year-old kids | 2D animation | Comedy, adventure & science-fiction Christmas story

 

THE TRIOX, little green creatures locked in an aquarium, are accidentally thrown into space and  must prevent the sun from being stolen. 

 

Originally, an experiment conducted by an astronaut gives birth to little green beings, THE TRIOX, in an aquarium, in which they are locked, and which contains a true city. These strange aliens accidentally find themselves projected into space, towards Mercury. On this planet, they discover that someone is trying to steal the nearby sun...
The green humorous and extraterrestrial version of the Smurfs projected into an eventful space journey attempting to save the sun!
 
Development completed.
 
Budget: 200 000 EUR