Italian Animation Title ‘Forest’ Scores Pre-Sales at Cannes

“Forest,” an Italian eco-themed animation movie about deforestation, has scored some sturdy pre-sales for Rome-based True Colors on the Cannes Marché du movie.

The still-in-production 3-D animation characteristic – the protagonist of which is a younger mushroom named Fey – has been picked up for roughly 20 territories by High Movie Distribution which is able to distribute “Forest” in Ukraine, CIS, the Baltics, and Japanese European international locations together with former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Poland, Czech and Slovak Republics, Romania, and Hungary. 

Helmed by Luca Della Grotta and Francesco Dafano, the movie is produced by Italy’s AL One, the identical workforce that beforehand spawned 2020 equally themed animation characteristic “Trash” that offered in additional than 30 international locations. 

“Forest” – which is the primary animation title on the True Colors slate and a uncommon case of an Italian animation characteristic movie – was introduced final yr as an in-development undertaking at specialised co-production platforms together with Cartoon Film within the French metropolis of Bordeaux. After launching pre-sales in Cannes, True Colors will now proceed market exercise on “Forest” on the Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Competition in France.

Different True Colors gross sales scored in Cannes comprise offers on two works by Italian first timers: Lyda Patitucci’s atmospheric noir “Like Sheep Amongst Wolves,” produced by Groenlandia which premiered in Rotterdam, and Tiziano Russo’s upcoming teen drama “Supernova” (“Noi anni luce”) produced by Infamous Footage. Each debut movies have been offered for Australia and New Zealand to Palace Movie which additionally acquired Alessio Cremonini’s ISIS-themed drama “Prophets” and Michele Vannucci’s revenge drama “Delta” that launched from Locarno.

Berlinale Technology title “The Properties of Metals” has been offered by True Colors to Swedish Movies for Sweden and LGBTQ drama “Norwegian Dream,” which is Norwegian-Polish director Leiv Igor Devold’s characteristic debut, has discovered distribution in Benelux, Spain, and Israel by way of Cinemien.